Posted by ulla on Wednesday, December 30, 2009,
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Lesbian
 Name/nickname: mayjbirdGender: 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...
Posted by ulla on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
In :
Gay
Name or Nick Name: Josh Country or City you are from: Singapore Your Age 20 Your Gender Male What did you come out as? Gay What other words would you use to describe yourself? Funny, witty, optimistic (most of the time!) Hahaha How old were you when you first realised your identity? 15 How old were you when you first told someone? 19 Did you plan it? If so, how? Nope. It was rather impulsive of me (oh yes, that would be another adjective to describe myself). We just finished our last examination paper an... Continue reading ...
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...
 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...
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 ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, April 18, 2009,
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Gay
 Country & city: Reading, England Age: 35 Gender: Male What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered, use any terms you like here)? Gay What other words would you use to describe yourself? Queer How old were you when you first realized your identity? About 7 or 8 How old were you when you first told someone? 18 Did you plan it? If so, how? The BBC were making a documentary about gay people coming out, I plucked up the courage to tell one of the BBC people having called the number given out. Her na...
Posted by ulla on Wednesday, April 1, 2009,
In :
Gay
Country & city: London, UK
Name/nickname: Steve M.
Age: 42
Gender: Male
What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered, use any terms you like here)? Gay
How old were you when you first realized your identity? I knew I was same-sex attracted from the age of 12, but didn’t call myself gay until I was 21.
How old were you when you first told someone? 34
Did you plan it? If so, how? Yes I planned it for a short time and wrote letters to my mum and brother. But it was more like an emotional damn bu... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, March 7, 2009,
In :
Gay
Name or Nick Name : BillioneCountry 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... Continue reading ...
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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Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
In :
Opinion
(Originally published on QueerLife - By Ulla Kelly)
Since the Coming Out Stories project started, I’ve been pondering the
concept of closets and coming out of them. It’s so much bigger than
sexuality, I think. It feels like coming out to tell people I have PTSD
and am on anti-depressants.
When I tell local people I’m a Buddhist they react as if I just said I
was gay/alien/mad. Those three things are not synonyms. My conclusion
is that you don’t have to be LGBTQ to come out.
I’ll t... Continue reading ...
Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009,
In :
Gay
Country & city: United Kingdom
Name/nickname: Scott Tarpey (Neaemo)
Age: 18
Gender: Male
What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered)? Gay
What other words would you use to describe yourself? Misunderstood
How old were you when you first realized your identity? 14
How old were you when you first told someone? 17
Did you plan it? If so, how? October
2007 I did have a plan but the lass wasn’t in college, so i told my new
friend. When, I did we became closer and we were good friends before i
left... Continue reading ...
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