If you are LGBT+, how did you find out and how have you been getting on since?

I'm currently 16 and a closet* homosexual. I sometimes felt isolated since I don't know anyone else who is LGBT+ so i'm curious about hearing your little stories

I found out that I was gay when I was about 12. At the time I watched a lot of pornography and I realised that I began to care less and less about the female in the video and focused on the males. A year or so later (when I started caring about this sort of stuff) I decided I was asexual, but really I was putting of believing I was gay so I decided I was definitively gay when I was 15. I say im a closet homosexual but 2 or 3 people know I'm gay, but this is from me dropping hints or making jokes that suggest i'm gay, I have never gone and said "Im Gay"

Please tell me your stories, i'm interested in how other people have done things!

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JJD 29 01,2018

As an older guy I can only say, please do everything in your own time and do it only when you feel it's right for you! There is no shame in being 'closet' nor is there an Obligation to come-out to anyone. It is totally OK to lie if you don't want to tell that you're gay. That includes friends as well as family members. If they love you, they don't...... 1 reply

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Arenin 29 01,2018

I realized that I was gay when I was about 6. From that point it wasn't easy growing-up as a gay child living in a straight society, in a time where it wasn't accepted socially that often. Having to try to hide it from people, especially those you care about is a very damaging burden to hold on to. I never really had a "coming out" since the only ...... 1 reply

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Fujoshi 29 01,2018

I've always known I wasn't straight but never really tried to look further into it. When I was in about 3rd to 4th grade, I started thinking I was Bi because I realized I had a crush on a girl from my class but, at the same time I had a crush on a boy. When I was finally in 5th grade I came out as pansexual because I knew for a fact that I had crus...... reply

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Addicted 29 01,2018

Hi there ^0^ !! I'm 17 now, about a year ago I realized that I'm interested in girls..how come it started!! hm when I first discovered about yaoi and yuri stuff (i was about 14 maybe), I was like "oh i wanna try that too" but I just ignored my perverted thoughts... then I started having fantasies about my best friend >^< - I know I'm the worst- in ...... 1 reply

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Keeler12 13 03,2018

I'm bisexual, and I've been hiding it too. For a few years. My friends have often asked me several times whether I was lesbian since I tend to stick to my girl friends a lot and I either dodge the question or just keep quiet. Heck, it's become somewhat of an inside joke. Reason as to why I don't tell them about my sexuality is because on of my frie...... 1 reply

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Drii 31 01,2018

I'm 23 and still working things out. At the moment, I'm pretty sure I'm bi/pan, but it's hard for me to work it out because I've never even been on a date before. I have very little actual experience to back up or disprove anything. I grew up in a very religious family and was very sheltered. I never had the "sex talk" with my family and my school ...... reply

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Eli 13 03,2018

Just like you for years I thought I was asexual because I had never had those sexual urges... But last year I realized that through my whole life I've been falling in love with my girl friends... After that time I got a couple of sexual dreams that I had never had before, so I probably was repressing everything since my family is really religiou...... 2 reply

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coyote ghost 31 01,2018

23, gay guy, Not sure I ever really "found out" ... I grew into it, naturally. I never stopped and thought "I dislike women" it was more like "I like men a lot" I have no phobia of feminine bodies. I'm not repulsed by women. I just happen to favor men. I guess that's really it! I came out when I was 15 after my family found a hickey on my neck. I ...... 1 reply

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Kaiser 13 03,2018

I'm currently 15 and i've been hiding it as well.Right now i'm acutally still figuring out my sexual orientation but i personally feel that i'm attracted to both genders but maybe more so towards guys sexually so maybe i'm gay/bi. I found out about this when i was about 12 when i was really into pornagraphy back then cause i was curious about how t...... 3 reply

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fire 31 01,2018

22, bi girl. Honestly, I don't know how it took me as long as it did to realize. I had a crush on pretty much every 20-something female teacher I had growing up, even looking forward to one of my classes in middle school cause the teacher who taught it was cute, looked adorable in her outfits, and had amazing curves (yes, even then, I didn't realiz...... reply

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