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Prism
    08/14/07 at 01:03 AM
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How old were you when you first realized you were gay?  What were the clues?  How much longer was it before you came out (if you have)?

GayBoi
    03/14/09 at 01:26 AM
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I was about 7 or 8, when I realized I had a crush on a boy.
I knew that I was different, and had heard the term "gay",
and knew I didn't want to be one.

By 7th and 8th grade, there was absolutely no question
what so ever.  Boys were on my mind all the time.

I kept that a secret until I told a best friend at 17.
Eventually he didn't want to hang out anymore, and that
hurt because I had a crush on him.

I came out to parents at 23.  They already sorta knew.


Marcus
    04/10/09 at 08:00 PM
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I was 11 when I first knew I was gay or bi.  I was 16 when I had a crush on my friend.  I was 19 before I had a boyfriend.  I think I am still coming out.  I think it takes a long time.  Maybe a entire life.
jessica
    06/26/09 at 06:07 PM
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I was 21 when i told my dad I was gay - more like drunk, and sitting on the edge of a street curb with a cigarette dangling in my mouth.  and crying, because i was drunk.  But i did come out, not how I had really planned the whole thing...and later on, I told my mom and she said she doesn't understand why I'm choosing a hard life but she still loves me.  so that's that.
Prism
    06/27/09 at 05:56 PM
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Thank you for sharing, jessica.

So, with your mothers logic, she would choose to be a lesbian if it was an easier life than being straight?  She could decide to just jump the fence like that because there would be fewer trials and tribulations?  Did she make a decision to begin with to be straight?  Was she equally attracted to both sexes and decided she'd go with men and not women?

Doesn't make a lot of sense, does it?  I think she'd realize that if she was asked these questions.  Nobody chooses to be gay (you'd have to be an idiot to choose this), just like you do not choose what your favorite color is.  The only choice we have is whether to live a lie or not.  We can tell everyone our favorite color is yellow, and surround ourselves in it, but it won't ever be true.  When the color purple is your true favorite color, you will see it everywhere, it will always call to you, and it will be the only color that best suits you.


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