For anyone who has "come out" as a teen

[Zach_014]

when you came out as gay or bi did your friends not want to come over to your house because they were afraid of you hitting on them or in the scenario of other people making fun of them for going over to "the gay kid's house" i know it shouldnt matter because if they refuse to hang out with me they arent my true friends but still....

[Abyssal Echo]

when you came out as gay or bi did your friends not want to come over to your house because they were afraid of you hitting on them or in the scenario of other people making fun of them for going over to "the gay kid's house" i know it shouldnt matter because if they refuse to hang out with me they arent my true friends but still....

nah didn't have a prob like that at all. most of my friends suspected I was gay anyway so they weren't shocked or surprised

[PerpetualMotionSquad]

This is why I have only told one best friend in reality. He is still perfectly fine with it so no I have not yet encountered a problem like this and I do feel really sorry for you. :(

[OregonStateDude]

My best friend knows I'm gay and he has no problem coming over or doing a sleepover at my place. He knows I won't hit on him because I told him I wouldn't.

[Iamme.]

I am not gay/bi whatsoever or ever will be but my best friend of 8 yrs is and he as well wondered about this. My advice, tell your closest friends first. If they are your true friends, they won't care that you are or won't "avoid you". I am perfectly fine with my friend being gay and I still come over. And if you want, after telling them that you are gay, if they are still a little weary, inform them that you don't like them and don't think you'll ever to relieve them (Even if you do though).

[OregonStateDude]

And if you want, after telling them that you are gay, if they are still a little weary, inform them that you don't like them and don't think you'll ever to relieve them.

To expand on that, you should tell them that you don't like them "in that way". It's the same concept as a straight boy and girl liking each other as "just friends".

What's funny is that I told my best friend that I thought he was hot, it's how I convinced him that I was gay. But he knows I am not romantically attracted to him, because it would be a pointless one-way street.

[Tristin.]

i was a blatant case of everyone knew i was gay apart from me, so when i did come out nobody was shocked. After i came out, i lost no friends and actually gained a few. My straight friends don't mind because even though i might think they are hot and i joke about with them, they know that i wont 'make a move' or anything like that because i respect that they are straight. So my answer is no, i have never had that problem.