Hey, I'm just wondering, are there any people out there that have realized they're bi, gay, etc., recently? Personally, I started realizing that I was bi, in the summer of 2007, nearly two years ago, but I tried to get past it, for certain reasons, I went through all the normal stages of discovering that part of oneself, I was in denial for awhile, then when I finally accepted it, I hid it from nearly everyone, especially my family. But just recently, I finally came out to my mom, and she wasn't too pleased about it, but I'm just happy to have gotten it off my chest to her. So does anyone else have any related stories they'd like to share about their experiences on this subject?

I don't come on here anymore, so I deleted my post. =)

That's extremely true. You know when you know and that's that. I mean with me, I had never given it any thought because my family had raised me to be a certain way... to be religious and think that anyone that was gay or anything but straight was wrong, so I never thought about it, but I did, at an early age start to realize I was slightly attracted to other girls, but I was in denial about it because I didn't wanna be like that on account of how my family would react to it.
It wasn't until after my sister came out that I actually started thinking about it, and I realized I was. But of course for a couple of months, I was in denial or just debating it... I wanted to be sure before I told anyone. And after a few months I was absolutely positive, but I was still afraid to tell my parents. So for almost a year, only my close friends, my sister and one of my cousins knew. But when I started to consider dating a girl, I decided I needed to tell my parents. I told my mom, but have yet to tell my dad,who is more hard-headed on the matter. But in time, I will. This is who I am and they need to accept that.
Age has nothing at all to do with it, and it's not immoral, or a sin. Billie Joe of Green Day once said that everyone is most likely born Bisexual and it's up to them as they grow to decide if they want to stay that way, go one way or the other. It's not wrong, the way a person feels is never wrong. LOVE is never wrong. Period.

I realised i was bisexual when me(12) and my friend(12) were playing this game walking the dog. she pretended to kiss me and when we got home we went up to her room and we were talking about the game we played and then she said what if we did it properly, and im one of those people who like to try everything so i said ok, next thing i know eveytime i went there we were kissing. after a while we started secondary school and we decided if wasnt a good idea, so i hardly ever see her anymore. and strangely, as i am writing this letter i feel i want to see more of her. what should i do!

hey i am 14 and i think i'm bi i'm always looking at girls and thinking how fit there are and stuff i don't undertsnad why it's a big deal like i've got of more girls then boys and stuff and i knew i was when i was 12because when i went my friends house to sleep we some how ended up kissing the whole night. We're still firneds but we don't talk about it anymore but we both said in the past it was fun and from there on i've had a feeling i was . x

Hey, just wanted to say this is an interesting thread.

Anyway, I'm 17, female and purely gay. Unlike majority of people I can see up here I have no told anybody I'm gay and I don't realy plan to either. To me, being gay is something that I can treasure as a part of myself that I love more than anything. It's a piece of information that defines me in a way that stereotypes, race, religion and ethnicity could never.

Anyway, besides my little rant. Explanation: I've never been in denial about it. I just saw a girl one day, thought she was cute and I've just sort of gone along with it ever since. I suppose my experiences and explanations aren't very interesting but I just wanted to give the view of someone who is gay but who didn't struggle with it and who doesn't find it a problem.

I'd be quite content to tell my friends and family but it's simply the fact that I don't want and the issue has never come up before.

So, I'll stop rambling now. Tata.

hey,

about 4-5 months ago i was in a relationship with a girl cause i fancied her, but how do you know its not just a one time thing

i mean i liked the look of a few girls over the past year but then what straight girl dont think oh shes pretty, or something on that person they wish they had,

how exactly do you know?

please help

Actually, I'm really trying to still understand what it is* to be bisexual - or gay - if that doesn't sound weird....

I know that ever since I was in elementary school, I really liked girls - preferred them over guys. I didn't even know what being gay was back then and I just let my weird dreams of kissing girls drive by as 'my brain acting weird.' But that was ten years ago, and I'm 17 now. :\

When I got older I literally looked around at guys and thought 'There! I have to be interested in him! Everyone else is!' But the thing was that I just wasn't. It's true that when I watch television and see guys on television I think, well that guy is nice looking, but once I start to think sexual I grimace. I think sex with guys is gross - I don't know - the sound of it grosses me out - I wouldn't want to experience it....

I really started thinking about this around a year ago... because I tried to make myself have a relationship with a guy but by the time he actually started coming around I realized that I was an idiot trying to force myself into a relationship I didn't want. I simply felt obligated to being in a relationship with a guy like my friends.

But I do find myself really liking and checking out other girls in my classes and looking at my friends different... and I feel bad because I can't help it... and if I come out it might really hurt my future career! I have NO IDEA what would happen and it scares me.

I have no idea what I am... I'm still getting over that I like girls and I don't think I can jump right out and say 'I'm gay' - I would prefer to stick with bisexual until I warm up to this idea.

hah well idnt have a story neither...my gay friend is
always wit meh nd iaskd her was it fun being with a
gurl nd she was like yeah its just like a guy but the gurl
dont have a dick nd a gurl understands ur problem better
nd iwas like realy so imad out wit her nd no we date nd its
been like a month now nd its so kewl nd sex is kewl too