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[Collinsworthington]

im decently popular at school but just came out as bisexual... i play football for my school and im well liked but im scared that the guys in the locker room will be weird.,. sorry if this isnt for this area

[Jem310]

Don't worry about it. Coming out of the closet and showing people that you are being who you are is great. Just walk into that locker room with your head up high. :)

[Plane And Simple]

S&F :arrow2: Teen Sexuality and Gender.

You'll get much more help here :)

[Abhorrence]

I'll be open with you, some people will be different around you. It's just a given because the LGBT community are still not openly accepted everywhere yet, most people are very accepting in most first world areas which is great but obviously there are some people who believe that it is against religions or against other personal beliefs. Most people should be fine with it but if you are at all the target of bullying then you should report it to someone immediately, you do not have to put up with that at all.

[Zachary G]

dont let your coming out change who you are, some people will be weirded out by it, but others will accept you for who you are and not really care. Just go in like you usually do and take care of your business and move on. If anyone rags you about it, tell them not to flatter themselves into thinking you would be interested because you arent. Be bigger than the problem

[Jaffe]

zack.zack is right, you should not change who you are or how you act. You have been in the locker room with these same guys for a long time, nothing really changes in reality.
But Abhorrence is also right. Some people will treat you differently. Reality has not changed. You have not changed. Their ideas and viewpoints have changed. There is no way to avoid that, but I found that pretending nothing changed, acting as if you never came out at all, lets you be and act the exact way you acted before, and they get confused by that and leave you alone.
Remember, in reality nothing has changed. Other people just think things have changed, but they are wrong.

[SethfromMI]

Jack (@Abhorrence) makes a very important point. There are going to be some jerks who are going to make fun of you and give you a hard time (most likely).

That being said, I was lucky and did not have many problems at all when I came out as bi. Now, I did not shout it from the roof tops. it helped I carried on just as normal. I did not try to make anyone feel uncomfortable in the shower or while getting dressed. I kept on focusing on what I was doing. sure I talked to others and in that situation you obviously are going to see stuff. but I made it an effort to continue on the same way as I did before with the guys in there and not think of them sexually.

Only a couple of people have tried to give me grief, but, either I shut them down or others did it for me.

It may be tough at times, but at the same time, hopefully you will have a pretty easy time like I have had. good luck to you

[DoodleSnap]

As stated above, there are always going to be those that bully others because of differences, but I think that if you show confidence and reason, then you will have the support of the majority.
Don't give them the satisfaction of being offended. Tell them that the only reason they are giving you grief is because they are insecure and confused themselves; tell them the truth.
However, it may turn out that nobody confronts you at all. It may turn out that things carry on as 'normal', nobody knows.
It makes life a lot easier to worry about things that:
1. Have happened.
2. You can do something about.

Good luck.

[ashdaniel]

Wow, you are so brave. The scariest thing you ever done are coming out so what else you need to fear. Don't act strange at the locker room. It get weirded if you act weird. You are you there are nothing change but letting people know who you real are.

[KingExplosionMurder]

im decently popular at school but just came out as bisexual... i play football for my school and im well liked but im scared that the guys in the locker room will be weird.,. sorry if this isnt for this area

It's ok if your that well liked at football then they shouldn't mind and it's only weird if you make it weird :) still your very brave for coming out like that and I really respect you for it

[AutumnWinds]

i can understand your worries. i think it's really col that you were brave enough to come out in spite of them. you know it's likely there is someone who isn't as brave and has been inspired from your courage. you're the kind of person i would want to know if you were in my school.

[ClaireM]

coming out must be so hard to do, so total credit to you.
A girl in my running club told a few of us she was gay and asked if we wanted her to get changed and showered separately, but it was just like "whatever". But I guess some boys might be less accepting and might give you grief, but it is their problem not yours.

[Zerg]

Yeah I am still afraid to come out for that reason as well. But if someone else did, I would not think of them differently, because they were like that before they came out, so nothing would change other than myself knowing now.

[PaleBoy]

Try not to make a big deal out of it, and they may also take it light-heartedly