Sasha
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009
Under: Bisexual
Name or Nick Name : Sasha
Country or City you are from: : USA
Your Age : 16
Your Gender : female
What did you come out as? : Bi
What other words would you use to describe yourself? :
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 15
How old were you when you first told someone? : 15
Did you plan it? If so, how? : Kind of. I called a friend of mine and some how got on the topic of my best friend. She had been hiding thing from me ever since I had started talking to a certain boy. After a few minutes, I found out that she liked. Our mutual friend heard my silence and knew that I liked her back.
What made you choose that person to tell? : I wanted to know if my best friend liked me as something more.
Can you remember exactly what you said? : something along the lines of, “I like her too.”
How did you feel? : relieved, excited, hopeful
What was the person’s reaction? : excited
she already knew
What did they say? :
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : prolly a little bit closer
What’s it like now? : we are no longer friends
If you’ve been outed unwillingly, who did it? : My mom caught me making out with my girlfriend in my bedroom.
What happened? : She flipped out and I started crying. My world literally stopped.
What were peoples’ reactions? : I was in tears and my girlfriend was scared.
If you’ve experienced homophobia etc, please give an example. : My dad is homophobic.
Since coming out how out are you at school? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : partly_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? :
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? :
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? :
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : You should go for it.
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : Yes. I would’ve calmly told my parents when my girlfriend was comfortable with it.
Country or City you are from: : USA
Your Age : 16
Your Gender : female
What did you come out as? : Bi
What other words would you use to describe yourself? :
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 15
How old were you when you first told someone? : 15
Did you plan it? If so, how? : Kind of. I called a friend of mine and some how got on the topic of my best friend. She had been hiding thing from me ever since I had started talking to a certain boy. After a few minutes, I found out that she liked. Our mutual friend heard my silence and knew that I liked her back.
What made you choose that person to tell? : I wanted to know if my best friend liked me as something more.
Can you remember exactly what you said? : something along the lines of, “I like her too.”
How did you feel? : relieved, excited, hopeful
What was the person’s reaction? : excited
she already knew
What did they say? :
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : prolly a little bit closer
What’s it like now? : we are no longer friends
If you’ve been outed unwillingly, who did it? : My mom caught me making out with my girlfriend in my bedroom.
What happened? : She flipped out and I started crying. My world literally stopped.
What were peoples’ reactions? : I was in tears and my girlfriend was scared.
If you’ve experienced homophobia etc, please give an example. : My dad is homophobic.
Since coming out how out are you at school? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : partly_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? :
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? :
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? :
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : You should go for it.
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : Yes. I would’ve calmly told my parents when my girlfriend was comfortable with it.
In : Bisexual
