#mycomingout

[huntergyoumans]

I just wanted to say Happy 5 years, to myself. It’s been one of the greatest experiences and I’m glad you’ve all stuck around to continue to know me. Much love, y’all. #MyComingOut (at Savannah, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1VyrOUhaGcoxmkOklPDD-_dONvztjx7_Gtl740/?igshid=qw5shfqold4e

[aurora-jane-o]

[blibblobblib]

#MyComingOut story is way too long for one post. But I'll share a bit for context. I've been lucky to come from a wonderfully close, loving and supportive family that has filled my life with good memories. But coming out wasn't an easy experience for me. My big gay brother beat me to it at 19, when I was 18. After I got him to come out to me (like I am now, @dmcuk81 isn't a subtle gay in the best way 💅🏻💜) I was so focussed on the fact I had a gay brother and what that meant for our family, that I was too caught up in my 'straight' lifestyle with my straight friends snogging girls and trying to fit in. I didn't even consider my own sexuality. When he confided his broken heart in my mum, my parents, out of love, concern and worry, didn't act correctly and for a while our family was fractured. By the time it had healed, I knew who I was, but the stress it had caused all of my family made me retreat into a kind of asexual existence for a long time. I had a good life, but I wasn't happy or free to be who I was. That fear, and this 'other' me, took many years from my life that I'll never get back. After a series of stuttered, strange and kind of unbelievable moments (anyone who is close to me knows this is a story for another time 😕) today, I am very blessed to be unapologetically myself. With the support and love of my friends, family and the ridiculous yet overwhelmingly appreciated comments and messages i receive here, I never feel like I have to fit in anywhere anymore, and that feels really good. So hooray for being gay. Be big and hairy and a big Mary, or burly and surly, or both or neither or anything you want to be - you will always find support in the most unexpected places. Happy #nationalcomingoutday. 🌈❤️💛💚💙💜🌈

[thecrocsqueen]

When I Discovered I was Gay

It was strange. New feelings I never felt before were all of a sudden bombarding me all at once.

I was 21, and I had recently ended a 5 year relationship with a man. We had been engaged and everything. But things weren't really working out, and mental health helped push us apart.

My religious background kept me from even seeing women as more than friends, which is why I never had any feelings. I thought I was ace, because I felt no attraction.

Then I joined a group of Christians that actually believed in love, and I learned that being gay does not go against my faith or God.

I thought one day, "yeah, I could like girls romantically," and then I had a dream a night or two later. All the feelings were coming in. I had never felt sexual attraction until then.

Now I have a beautiful girlfriend, and the feelings are already so much deeper than my feelings for a man I almost married.

Embracing myself as a lesbian has helped me to gain the intensity I always craved in a relationship, but thought I would never have.

I believe God works in mysterious ways.