irony
My very open-minded mom looked at me as if I had three heads, but my devoutly Muslim best friend didn't bat an eye.
2012-01-30 09:37:37 / Rating: 76.5 / 
Story archives - tag: "coming out"
Moma
After a small congratulatory yay for Hawaii's gay rights, I learned that coming out to my dad wouldn't just cost me another guilt tripping lecture, but the right to call him dad.
2012-01-04 13:06:25 / Rating: 97.5 /
becks
My mom thought I was pregnant when I sat down to talk with her, then gave a sigh of relief when I told her I'm gay.
2011-07-15 10:31:23 / Rating: 462 /
Adeline
I decided to go big when coming out to my family by revealing all at the same time that I'm lesbian, agnostic, vegan, and I work for a phone sex hotline.
2010-12-06 15:08:50 / Rating: 832.5 /
Kiddo
When I came out to my dad, he was majorly pissed that I had found a loophole in the "No boys 'till you're 27" rule.
2010-07-14 09:25:06 / Rating: 831.75 /
VM
My brother cried and quoted a Barbara Streisand song the day he called to tell me he'd accepted my sexuality.
2010-05-24 15:24:23 / Rating: 399 /
Red
I came out to my family over 6 years ago and the most painful reaction came from my father who said, "I thought you were smarter than that."
2010-01-22 09:14:03 / Rating: 329.5 /
Rekidk
I needed to come out of the closet, so I twittered it.
2009-02-27 10:39:00 / Rating: 494 /
appalled
I told him I was surprised that he was still talking to me, and he said, "Well, being bisexual means you're still half normal and I guess it could be worse."
2009-02-26 20:27:50 / Rating: 329 /
Paisley Raven
My bisexual 14-year-old daughter put a middle school teacher in her place when she complained being examined by a female OB/GYN would make her feel "like a queer" with four perfect words: "I AM a queer."
2009-02-23 09:37:57 / Rating: 1383.75 /
Just Me
He came out to me five seconds before I came out to him and the last three years of silence suddenly seemed so wasteful.
2008-09-29 13:50:30 / Rating: 749 /
notabirthdayfan
This year, on my birthday, I will eat alone at the restaurant where I spent my happiest birthday which eventually turned into the birthday which made me despise birthdays.
2008-04-07 14:31:29 / Rating: 473.5 /
History Major!
It was harder coming out to my father as a history major than as a lesbian.
2008-03-27 20:36:30 / Rating: 512.75 /
nerdy
I came out on Facebook.
2008-03-10 10:16:14 / Rating: 602 /
Rabbit
I came out at BYU because I couldn't not go to bed with her and then she left me eight years later for our therapist.
2007-06-14 14:57:57 / Rating: 483.75 /