How many years did it take you to come out to your family?

Contributor: lezergirl lezergirl
How many years did it take you to come out to your family (since you knew you were gay)?
Answers (private voting - your screen name will NOT appear in the results):
under a year
5  (19%)
1-5 years
15  (58%)
5-10 years
6  (23%)
10+
Total votes: 26
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01/23/2011
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Contributor: guy4guyz420 guy4guyz420
I didn't really get to come out to them, someone else i told told them before i could.
02/01/2011
Contributor: vanillaSpice vanillaSpice
It's kind of hard to pin down an exact time period, since I was so confused it's hard to say when exactly I "knew", but within about 4-5 years.
02/03/2011
Contributor: BadassFatass BadassFatass
I was 16 and had known I wasn't straight for...probably about 5 years. I knew I liked girls in a way that other girls didn't.
02/04/2011
Contributor: SiNn SiNn
Quote:
Originally posted by lezergirl
How many years did it take you to come out to your family (since you knew you were gay)?
Inever hid it im proud of who i am
03/14/2011
Contributor: allinonekid allinonekid
Still have yet to tell them though everyone else I know knows that I am.
11/19/2011
Contributor: RavenWolf88 RavenWolf88
Quote:
Originally posted by guy4guyz420
I didn't really get to come out to them, someone else i told told them before i could.
Sort of had the same thing happen to me. Boy that had to have been the most awkward conversation I have ever had with my mother. Well, maybe the second most awkward...
11/28/2011
Contributor: OrangeKushBB OrangeKushBB
They weren't happy that I was bi. But they accept me!
11/28/2011
Contributor: Chirple Chirple
I knew something was up when I was 9 and said something 13-14. I'm glad my family doesn't care, I've heard horror stories from ones that took it badly.
12/05/2011
Contributor: Rockasaurus Rockasaurus
Quote:
Originally posted by lezergirl
How many years did it take you to come out to your family (since you knew you were gay)?
I came out to most of my family about 5 years after the fact.
05/30/2012
Contributor: britanny0620 britanny0620
I always knew I liked girls, but I was a kid when I realized there was a phrase for it...and I realized it when my mother had her girlfriend move in and explained to me that there was nothing wrong with two women loving each other. My first thought was "Why would there be? Who says there is?" I was eight when we had that discussion. I told her then that I liked girls - but 'officially' came out when I was 14ish.
05/30/2012