Right now I’m accepting the fact that I myself like guys. I’m waiting for the moment when I have the courage to come out as gay to my whole family. Anyways let’s start with the story. It started in 2nd or 3rd grade, me and this girl that I *thought* I liked were on the… Read more »
Since i can remember, Ive secretly been into girls. I mean, yeah, some boys were cool but I’ve liked girls. When i was 7 years old, my parents divorced, and my mom met a woman and started going out with her. This woman had 2 stepsons and the older one molested me when i was… Read more »
Lying’s not worth it I knew it at 13. I am gay. I hid from it when I was old enough to be expected to act upon expected heterosexuality, but only started that very late in my teens. I fantasized incessantly about men but told myself it was natural to do so and that it… Read more »
Luis Mancheno talks about growing up in Ecuador as a gay man, fleeing his home country after being attacked, and eventually finding safety after becoming a refugee in the United States.
You see I came out a bit late in life. I was 53. But, I’d met a man. And I’d fallen head over heels in love with him. I couldn’t help it. So I had to tell everybody. But I wasn’t out. I mean, I wasn’t out to myself, let alone the rest of the… Read more »
A long time ago, er well. Like a year or so. I told my mother, grandmother, and cousins “I’m bisexual” and all was jolly, my mom said “I figured” and my grandma said “that’s ok, we still love ya”. But I did have to explain what it was to be bisexual to my cousin. It… Read more »
I am a gay teen living in a town of eight thousand people, almost all of which are white, catholic, and conservative. The first time I began to realize that there was something different about me, that I could actually put my finger on, was when I was hanging out with my older sister and… Read more »
I already shared my story here, but now that I read it again I’m not happy with that anymore. There is so much more to say and so much changed in the last few weeks. So take a snack and a drink and I’ll take you through my long time of coming out. When I… Read more »
I had been with my girlfriend for a little over 2 months. The day I told my mum I had been thinking about how I didn’t want my girlfriend to be a secret any longer. So, when My Mum came into my room to say goodnight, I hesitated to say it back. She immediately noticed… Read more »
I never questioned my sexuality. For me, questioning my sexuality was confirming it. When I was younger, I would have dreams and fantasies about guys that I liked, and I wasn’t ashamed of it until I started being taught that homosexuality was a sin. I would click on Youtube videos and I liked to see… Read more »