I am interested in hearing opinions from the LGBT community about how often they tell people about their sexual orientation who didn't know before.
How often do you "come out" a week?
12/05/2011
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I guess that depends on how many people I meet in a week, and their relationship to me.
12/05/2011
I find myself having to do it all the time. I am comfortable with it usually but it gets annoying going to straight clubs or things like that becuase I know I will feel uncomfortable telling strangers I am not interested in them.
I hate it when people assume that becuase I am gay I am open for threeways or things like that. Guy's often ask me if they can watch me having sex with my girlfriend. This makes it really alkward for me and I just want people to understand that they wouldn't want to be watched having sex with the person they loved so why should I? Ahhh sore point for me : (
I hate it when people assume that becuase I am gay I am open for threeways or things like that. Guy's often ask me if they can watch me having sex with my girlfriend. This makes it really alkward for me and I just want people to understand that they wouldn't want to be watched having sex with the person they loved so why should I? Ahhh sore point for me : (
12/05/2011
Yeah it really depends. Sometimes my reputation as the token gay kid in our small town precedes me, sometimes I have to spell it out to people. The only thing that stays constant is people's general disdain for gays in my little town. :\
12/06/2011
I don't really tell everyone of feel it necessary to tell anyone but when it comes up I am honest with who and what I am. I just don't think I should have to announce it all the time just as straight people don't have to.
12/08/2011
I keep it to myself
12/08/2011
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Same here.
Originally posted by
DeliciousSurprise
I guess that depends on how many people I meet in a week, and their relationship to me.
12/09/2011
Depends on the person. I've not come out to anyone in about 2 years. Last person I came out to was my mother.
12/09/2011
I don't really tell anyone because it's just not relevant 99% of the time.
I don't try to hide it and I make comments that would allude to "it" plenty. *shrug*
I don't try to hide it and I make comments that would allude to "it" plenty. *shrug*
12/10/2011
I have to tell people maybe 3 times a month. although I do talk about my girlfriend more than that and refer to her as such, not sure if that counts as coming out.
12/10/2011
I always play the pronoun game where I tell people I have a date with a person, or "they are nice" ahah, "they are attractive." When I don't feel that I need to come out I don't necessarily hide it I just don't stand in front of class and proclaim it.
12/11/2011
I actually can't remember the last time I had to "come out". I do occasionally hear a stutter over the phone when I am having a conversation with a customer service representative. "Well ma'am is your... wife... listed as well on the insurance policy?". I typically sense a lot of confusion.
12/11/2011
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Haha the awkward "girlfriend and wife game." Congrats on being married, it's not an easy thing in this society! Marriage or gay marriage : )
Originally posted by
ButchAndFemme
I actually can't remember the last time I had to "come out". I do occasionally hear a stutter over the phone when I am having a conversation with a customer service representative. "Well ma'am is your... wife... listed as well
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I actually can't remember the last time I had to "come out". I do occasionally hear a stutter over the phone when I am having a conversation with a customer service representative. "Well ma'am is your... wife... listed as well on the insurance policy?". I typically sense a lot of confusion.
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12/19/2011
It's not a seceret and I dont really care who knows, but I dont tell anyone unless they ask or unless I feel there is a friendship. I do try to keep it quiet at work though.
01/05/2012
I don't really tell anyone, I try to keep it to myself.
Maybe that's why I can't find a female partner.
Maybe that's why I can't find a female partner.
01/05/2012
I've never really come out. I just am how I am, and most people pick up on it once I mention say, my date with my girlfriend last night.
01/10/2012
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This week, I told two people I am trans
Originally posted by
Katelyn
I am interested in hearing opinions from the LGBT community about how often they tell people about their sexual orientation who didn't know before.
01/10/2012
It doesn't really come up in day-to-day conversation, especially considering I'm single right now and not really looking.
01/10/2012
It's really not pertanaint to my everyday conversation. So ... Almost never?
01/11/2012
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I feel ya sister. But we had a super short conversation about this, so I know exactly where you're coming from.
Originally posted by
Katelyn
I find myself having to do it all the time. I am comfortable with it usually but it gets annoying going to straight clubs or things like that becuase I know I will feel uncomfortable telling strangers I am not interested in them.
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I find myself having to do it all the time. I am comfortable with it usually but it gets annoying going to straight clubs or things like that becuase I know I will feel uncomfortable telling strangers I am not interested in them.
I hate it when people assume that becuase I am gay I am open for threeways or things like that. Guy's often ask me if they can watch me having sex with my girlfriend. This makes it really alkward for me and I just want people to understand that they wouldn't want to be watched having sex with the person they loved so why should I? Ahhh sore point for me : ( less
I hate it when people assume that becuase I am gay I am open for threeways or things like that. Guy's often ask me if they can watch me having sex with my girlfriend. This makes it really alkward for me and I just want people to understand that they wouldn't want to be watched having sex with the person they loved so why should I? Ahhh sore point for me : ( less
01/25/2012
i dont really have to that often
07/04/2012
Pretty much never. People just assume I'm a big fat homo I guess.
07/04/2012
Very rarely—when I was with a girl I'd sometimes casually say "my girlfriend" in conversation and not always think about whether the person I was talking to knew already. I'll be spending next semester abroad, though, and just remembered that I'll probably be doing quite a bit of coming out while I'm there.
07/04/2012
It's obvious as hell that I'm a big queer. Everyone in my life knows, and if they're meeting me through someone else, they already know and are probably queer too.
07/05/2012
i dont have to really say anything
07/13/2012
Most people know. When I came out, I just let everyone know at once, and I make it pretty obvious what I am.
07/13/2012
Depends for me too. If I meet someone and it's relevant to the conversation it might come up but it doesn't necessarily happen every week, maybe once or twice a month on average. Sometimes less than that.
07/15/2012
I don't mention it at all unless it comes up.. so rarely.
07/15/2012
Mine comes up fairly often because I recently got engaged, and now have to correct people that my fiancée is a she, not a he.
07/17/2012
everyday
10/10/2012
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