Coming out is hard to do ... and there are some amazing stories collected here, from all walks of life, all over Earth.  Please consider sharing your story, whether you came out yourself, or somebody else came out to you.  For both interviews, there's a standard set of questions plus plenty of space for you to add anything you like, just use either of the aforementioned links - thanks.  The interviews are published here and on a South African LGBTQI portal called QueerLife - big ups to them for hosting the online form and supporting the project - don't forget to visit them and see your story there. 

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mayjbird

Posted by ulla on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, In : Lesbian 


Name/nickname: mayjbird
Gender: female
What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered, use any terms you like here)? dyke
What other words would you use to describe yourself? queer
How old were you when you first realized your identity? probably end of grade school
How old were you when you first told someone? When I was 13 years old.
Did you plan it? If so, how? I didn't, but I'm glad it wasn't pre-meditated... I might have chickened out.
What made you choose that person to tell? I was in an all...

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Kris/Damien

Posted by ulla on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, In : Transgendered 


Country & City:
St. John's, NL, Canada
Name/nickname: Kris/Damien
Age: 16
Gender: Boy, Guy
What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered, use any terms you like here)? At first I came out as gay (never lesbian) and then trans
What other words would you use to describe yourself? Eccentric, childish, impish, dashing, charming, jackass, sock monkey, trannyboy
How old were you when you first realized your identity?
Well apparently I was informing my parents that I was a boy since I could talk, but a...

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A few South African perspectives on coming out to the kids

Posted by ulla on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, In : Coming out to the kids 


I asked members of a local forum to tell me what it was like to come out to their kids.  If anyone out (or even not out) there wants to comment or share stuff, please feel free; you can either use the comment thingy under each post or you can use to contact form.  Anonymity guaranteed if that is what you need.  I have some more of these stories on the way too - plus, as ever, please consider doing the general far-too-linear coming out interview as well - add anything you like to it and ignore...

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Coming out to the kids - a mother's story

Posted by ulla on Friday, May 22, 2009, In : Coming out to the kids 


I was exceptionally lucky. I had the full support of my kids’ dad, who always believed i was bisexual, and probably more of a lesbian.

I kept my first relationship from them as they were so young, and I felt that they didn't need to know. When I met Sarah in 2004, the kids were 13, 11 and 8; the older ones had some idea of what was going on already. I hate being secretive and wanted to be totally open with Sarah in front of them. I told David and Lori together. They asked no questions, but ...

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Billione

Posted by ulla on Saturday, March 7, 2009, In : Gay 
Name or Nick Name : Billione
Country or City you are from: : Detroit, MI USA
Your Age : 33
Your Gender : Male
What did you come out as? : Gay
What other words would you use to describe yourself? : Black, vegetarian, intellectual, intense, son/brother/uncle, a work in progress.
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 5 years old.
How old were you when you first told someone? : 10 years old
Did you plan it? If so, how? : It wasn't planed. It was more or less a situation where someon...

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Julie

Posted by ulla on Thursday, March 5, 2009, In : Lesbian 
Country & city: Presently Placerville, California, USA
Name/nickname: Julie
Age: 38
Gender: F
What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered, use any terms you like here)?
Lesbian
What other words would you use to describe yourself? Positive, cheery, spiritual, compassionate, flirty, girly, overly analytical/intellectualizing
How old were you when you first realized your identity? I think 35
 
How old were you when you first told someone? 35
 
Did you plan it? If so, how? N...

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