How open are you about yourself and how long did it take to get there?

[Dimentio]

Well yesterday i was down the shops, In the car with family and at college and now i can openly talk about me being gay and not care what anyone thinks! And now that i can openly talk about it honestly it is like the best feeling ever and i just feel as light as a feather and i feel so happy! But i knew i was gay for like 5 years and i have been out for nearly 2, So yeah it has been a long process XD
So yeah, How open are you about your sexuality and how long did it take to get there? :D And for straight people if you want, If you know any straight people do you know any gay people and if so how long it took them to tell you of their sexuality? :)

[ReginaGeorge]

From the moment I started questioning my sexuality until the point I came out was, I'm guessing, around 2 years give or take. So, compared to some, my process was very quick. I am officially out, but 99% of the time, there is just no relevance to any conversation to talk about it, but it's not avoided. When it is talked about, sometimes I'm fine, others times I'm not at all and I feel a little down and ashamed. I've only been officially out to everyone not just close friends and family for between 3 - 4 weeks. So, this is all really recent. I have friends who have known for longer, and I have had literally 0 bad responses but I just can't help but feel a bit down about it sometimes. The more I do openly talk about sexuality, not just mine, the more comfortable I'll get. I know this from experience.

So, I am out, but the process isn't over yet.

Not to mention, every new friend I make, I'll eventually need to be open with them too. Again, it's not that I'm hiding it, but it's just not relevant to talk about unless I like someone or have a girlfriend in the same way it's not relevant to talk about someone being heterosexual.

I wish it were more relevant to talk about, but all my friends aren't really into the LGBTQ+ movement, like I am.

[Dimentio]

From the moment I started questioning my sexuality until the point I came out was, I'm guessing, around 2 years give or take. So, compared to some, my process was very quick. I am officially out, but 99% of the time, there is just no relevance to any conversation to talk about it, but it's not avoided. When it is talked about, sometimes I'm fine, others times I'm not at all and I feel a little down and ashamed. I've only been officially out to everyone not just close friends and family for between 3 - 4 weeks. So, this is all really recent. I have friends who have known for longer, and I have had literally 0 bad responses but I just can't help but feel a bit down about it sometimes. The more I do openly talk about sexuality, not just mine, the more comfortable I'll get. I know this from experience.

I am glad to hear you are out at least :) I am the same in the way if it does not need to be talked about i don't talk about it, But just be happy you have had no bad responses, And you are out! Not a lot of people can say that, And there is nothing to be ashamed off, I know what you go through as i sometimes i feel that way too but i hope you do get fully comfortable with it one day :)

[workingatperfect]

Well, I'm straight. But I did go through a bi phase from like 13-16 and am still sexually attracted to girls.

I am, and always have been open about it with my peers. (Emphasis on peers, I would only ever tell my parents if I was serious about girls.) I'm not shy about it. But, that might be different if I was a guy. Unfortunately, girls get a hell of a lot less flack for it.

I know a couple gay guys at my old school that were pretty open about it too. Last year, there was this freshman in drama club and my friend and I were the first people he told that he was gay. He said he had just recently, over the summer come to realize it, he told us around this time, and by the end of the school year, he was out.

But the great, and kind of unusual thing about my old school is that everyone is so accepting. No one gets bullied for it. It was a small school, about 150 per grade, but yeah. A lot of times I've overheard things in class like "Oh, actually... I'm gay." "Really? Awesome. So blah blah blah." It's pretty cool. People tend to treat it like the person just said they got their ears pierced or got some new shoes or something lol.

[Anonimi]

in the closet irl, just becaue i don't know for 100% what i am, only 99% and most of all don't want to be treated differently (trust me, where i live, i will, not very negatively but still)

[Harley Quinn]

I'm 100% open with myself, I never used to be around family but now everyone I know just takes it as second nature. Plus, I've never really had to come out so to speak to anyone, apart from my parents. I was outed when I was like 13/14 and since then I've never had to tell anyone new that I'm gay, they just knew. I guess I was always accepting of myself, I was just more afraid to tell my parents but my 'friend' was planning on telling my parents before I did. So obviously, I kind of had to force myself comfortable on that.

[Joseph69]

I've always been quite open about things, so shortly after I realised I was gay, I told my friends, and they told their friends.
At first I got loads of people that I'd never met asking me if I really was gay, and I was always very happy saying 'yes'.

I realised I was gay and came out about 3 and a half years ago

[Skyline]

I've kinda let go some... I've known I was gay for 4-5 year (I think) I'm only officially out maybe6 people... otherwise I'm pretty careful about how and what I say

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I'm still in the closet ...

[Mebenick]

I came out to all of my friends and my mother after about a month of knowing for sure that I was gay. I realize that that probably sounds odd but I had known that I was attracted to guys for years but it was only when I was a senior in high school when I realized that I was gay. I had my first crush on a guy so I knew for sure when we started dating. So I told everyone at school on Facebook and all of my friends. But now that I am in my second semester of college, I haven't told anyone. It just hasn't come up. I don't think there's a need to have to come out and say it since straight people don't have to be like "I'm straight". If they asked, I wouldn't lie to them but none of my new college friends talk about anything like that. I know it might cause for an awkward moment some day when they find out but by that point, we will have been friends for so long that they won't care that I'm gay. So yes I'm open with everyone that I meet on twitter or anywhere else but not with every single person so far.

[Eth_94123]

I've been able to be open about my sexuality from the day I came out which a year in April :)

[justin 13]

Still and for a long time in the closet. No way out, no gay friends and catholic school.

[Twilly F. Sniper]

It took me a little less than 4 years to come out. I knew I was bi since 5th grade and I came out beginning of this school year (freshman).
There was a sign of it, behavior I exerted towards my own brother from about 2nd to 4th grade. I would act like I loved him (awkward way).
After I came out to myself, about a year and a half, I told my best friend, and a few others. This was beginning of 7th grade.
Then I came out in 9th. Since, I've been getting shit about it. Homophobic comments, as well as 20 questions (literally much more, at least 100,) about the guys I like. I won't usually answer.