Personal Narrative: Coming Out As Gay

Currently, I am in the process of not only becoming comfortable in my identity, a black queer woman, but, also attempting to find solace in my identity as well. Something that all women, especially black queer women, should achieve in their lifetime. It is that dream that inspires me to travel to experience other cultures and to unite with women from various cultures across the black diaspora. Throughout many cultures, women’s identities are defined by their male counterparts and the labor they provide to them. Therefore, a major goal of mine is to create a space where women are able to exist outside the scope of their relationships with men and live uninhibitedly to become their best selves. That is why I find it pertinent to travel not only

Throughout my life I faced a lot of challenges. I had to overcome the obstacle that was on my way. The obstacle made me stronger and made me the person who I am right

For the next two years I struggled with the concept that I might actually be gay. By junior I was certain that I was in fact all the things that I was called in middle school, but because of the negative memories I decided it was a secret that I was better of keeping to myself. That was until the spring semester of my senior year in high school when I decided that I was going to live my life the way I wanted to. I would no longer allow people to scare me into being anything other then what I wanted to be I would live my life openly and honestly. On the evening of February 16, 2014 I came out as Gay on literally every social media platform I owned. The following morning, to my surprise, my classmates for the most part greeted me with open arms. As I walked from class to class I received a staggering amount of compliments and support. I was quite frankly overwhelmed when I did get a negative comment and a dozen people rushed to my

shirtless in Days of Our Lives and thinking he was gorgeous. As such, I stayed in the closet for an amount of time. Even then, I still managed to be pulled out of the closet. After this, life was interesting to say the least. One of the struggles I faced was the fact that in Mexican culture, being gay was looked down upon. Also, a couple of years before I realized I was gay, a family member in Mexico came out of the closet and was removed from the family. With this being said, I was terrified to be gay. While at home, I tried to act as “straight” as I could, while at school, I tried to be a stereotypical gay so I wouldn’t be bullied or questioned as much.

One example is when I was learning how to swim. A few years back, I always wanted to learn how to swim, but I couldn’t. The only situation I was satisfied with doing was standing in water that went no higher than my shoulders. Therefore my parents sent me to swimming lessons. The only obstacle I had to overcome was treading water, in the deep end. I was always afraid of the deep end, even with instructors and life guards around. Well, one day, my classmates and I had to practice our treading, I was too afraid to get in, and therefore my instructor picked me up and threw me in. That was the day I realized I needed to be brave and overcome my fear of the deep end. Nonetheless it took a while. All of my hard work came through, and now I go on any pool or water park knowing that I didn’t have to worry about drowning. I learned that if I wanted to achieve something, then I would have to have perseverance, and overcome the obstacles that come with wanting to achieve it, just like

My parents were struggling after my older sister came out a lesbian before fleeing to college. Seeing how hurt they were, I kept my support for her secret. I remember one night hearing my mom alone in her room, sobbing and crying to God. She pleaded with Him, begging “why me?” I could not come out.

Depression, sadness, regret, and many other feelings that I have felt my entire life affected me in a way that I hate them, yet am also thankful for. Those challenges also gave some of the most important experience anyone could wish for, reality. Without suffering and dying a few times I would never have gotten the experiences I’m going to keep for my lifetime. I learned that everything that happens in your life is either on purpose or create by the action that one makes which end up making the person we get to live as when we’re

Throughout my life I faced a lot of challenges. I had to overcome the obstacle that was on my way. The obstacle made me stronger and made me the person who I am right now a ambitious and hardworking student. The problem shaped me up because I know that I have to work for what I want and to not depend on no one, this made me more independent. Also, I learned from my mistake and try to do better.

I have always been Bi sexual, I did have a couple of girl friends in my past. I knew I liked girls in 8th grade I thought it was just a phase. I never told my mother or father because they are both Christians and I grew up in a church. I kept it quiet for as long as I could! I was forced to tell my mother I was gay. It was my senior year and I was on the basketball team for the school. Mesha is another team mate on my team who I was dating and still currently dating. We never let our feelings distract the way we played in practice or on the court. We knew how my coach felt about Gay people so we kept our relationship a secret from her. One day after school in the lunch room, we were in study table doing homework before practice. Mesha came up to me and kissed me as she pulled away I could see my coach

In Brisbane, he attended a social group for gay youth and realised he was gay and that was not going to change, so home on holidays in 1997, he told his family. "That was a scary thing to do but I am proud of how my family reacted. I guess most parents worry about the things you'll miss out on like marriage and children, but then they start to comprehend what you will have - the love of family and friends - and

Coming-out LGBTQ is a highly individual and personal process, where one concedes and affirms their sexual orientation or gender identity, and deciding if, who and when to tell (1). Studies show that the nature of the process is ‘ongoing, dynamic and social’ because of the diversity and complexity of individual humanity. It is particular to each person’s unique circumstances. Sometimes the process is within their control, other times it is far more complex. Coming-out can be as simple as revealing ones self-acceptance of sexual orientation or a terrifying journey of confronting fear and concern for safety, leaving some to remain closeted for most of their life.

The truth is everyone has gone through some kind of failure of obstacle in there life, I myself i have gone through that and achieved my goals by facing my failures

My coming out went really smoothly. My grandma is totally chill with it. I first told her in 3rd grade when I liked Kennedy. I honestly can not remember a thing about it, but I do know now that I talk to her about it quite often, and she does not care. She supports me.

Growing up everyone is told that they are unique. “Be yourself,” “use your God-given talent,” and other expressions such as these impress the aforementioned narrative into our minds. Thus, when I was around thirteen years old, I thought my sexuality was just a part of me that only I had. I wanted to share this feature about myself; I wanted to take pride in it and show it off. Coming out to a close few friends showed positive and emotional responses. Riding on this high, I was ready to embrace myself in high school. Yet, my naivety took the best of me as I was going to an all male, religious high school. My sexuality has provided me with experiences that have and will continue to shape my life. These struggles, whether they are internal or external, have provided me with invaluable skills.

I think my parents would have been shocked if I was gay, but I think in the end they would have come around. Our family has a wicked sense of humor and we literally make fun of everyone even ourselves so if we had someone who was gay in the family they would be ridiculed but in the same way the rest of us are. In other words, we wouldn’t pick on them more because they are gay. Most of my family is very accepting don’t’ get me wrong we will judge you, but it will be based on what you do not something superficial like skin color,