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Jono's experience
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So I decided to tell my friend Jess; I'd met her about 4 months before, but I knew that she'd be OK with it. Well, I was reasonably sure- I was nervous as hell, because there's a difference
between joking that it wouldn't matter if someone was gay and actually meeting someone who is. So it was Christmas-time, dead of winter, and I'm sitting in the vestibule of her residence...
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Scott's story
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I am a 31 y/o gay male and have lived through a terrible childhood. I have horrible childhood memories as I was always shunned at school because I was different. I always new I was different
from the time I started school, but never understood what the reasons were...
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Justin talks
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I have been with a guy, well in all out honestly, 7 guys. I thought I might or could have a real relationship but we lived an hour and one half apart so it just didn't work out, I guess I went
through the super slut phase, and I'm out of it now.....I just want someone to hold and to love me with how much I love them...
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Chris survives
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I read a lot on ur site and decided to send in my story it began in the 6 th grade i didnt fit in and was labeled as one of those gay or queer kids all through school i was 13 theen when i
reached middle school i was pratically beat every day by every one because i was "different" than it all came to a deep hell hole one day i was on the bus and ...
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Clint's coming out Oct 2004
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The first time I remember thinking to myself
I don't think I m really 100% straight was in the sixth grade. I wasn't particularly feminine in my mannerisms. I went hunting with my dad, I played football, and I'd even had a few semi-functional relation- ships with girls...
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Wynands Story Nov 2004
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The first person i ever came out to was my friend Alex, he pushed me into a corner and said:" tell me now are you gay becease i am " I never knew he was but so he came out and so did
i.A week later my instructor phoned my dad and told him that i go to gay clubs and the matter needed to be taken very seriously...
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Brad's Tale
Nov 2004
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I am 14, I like acting, movies, and
music, and I am half way through
9th grade. I am also gay. I realized this when I was in 5th grade and my friend Tyler and I started to fool
around a little, I remember thinking this is cool and just as were are not kissing it is completely straight. Well, we started to kiss...
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Nick's Take on Suicide
Feb 2005
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When I was a kid, I guess I was the queerest creature you can picture yourself. I was effeminate to the point
my own grandparents told my parents I should be seen by specialists. I used to
play with dolls, I dressed like girls, I loved flowers, I was stealing my mom's make-up when she went out, all my friends were girls, and whenever I met a boy I liked, I would ask him to let
me kiss him...
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Mike's Suicide Thoughts and Coming Out March 2005
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The first time I realized that I had an attraction to other boys was around seventh grade.
Up until that time I had always had little crushes on girls. I knew then, as all gays do, that there was something a little "off" about me. I was naturally embarrassed about it, and I never told anyone...
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Jamie's Torment June 2005
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He says not sorry and as soon as I get up he
feels the need to call me cocksucker and a fag and shove me down again. People in the store see this but since I am a gay they could care less. Luckily Dan see's the incident and he tells me that the jocks name is Tyler...
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Jeff's Desire to be Free
Sept 2005
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My name is Jeff and I m 16 and I m still hiding from the world because I just don t know how people will take it. I live in Florida and my dad s side of the family is a bunch of homophobic
hillbillies that would never accept the fact, or at least that s what I think. But on the other hand my mom, I think, would understand. I am pretty sure my sister already knows
because...
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Matt's Positive About Coming Out Oct 2005
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I'm in the process of coming out. It's been quite difficult. I've had to think about how my life will be affected by it, and I have to admit I am more than a little scared about the
repercussions for the future. But the thing I am realising is that I've been the same person all along, I have achieved the things I have achieved by being that same person, and none of that
has to change...
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Alan's Coming out & Brokeback
Mountain Commentary -March 2006
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n Friday night I saw a movie which I thought was to be a love story, Brokeback Mountain, which turned out to be a lesson on the hardships gays face when they are shunned because of
their orientation. Before I came out a few years ago I was set in that mind frame. If I was ever to come out, I myself would be shunned from the very home I live in...
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Colby tells about the need to have someone to confide in through the tough times
-Nov 2007
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My name is Colby and I've just finished reading the coming out stories on your site. I was very moved, but at the same time troubled. So I decided to share my story. I've known I was gay for a
long time, ever since I knew what sex was. Of course when I was younger I didn't ever want anyone to know. I figured it was just a phase and it would pass...
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Mike says you to remember that you are never all alone
-Jan 2008
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Sometimes I wonder how many lives could have been saved, how many families could have been preserved, and how much more love there could have been in this world if everyone had known they
weren't alone. Before I share anything about my life I just want to say that you are not alone. I don't know who you are or what…
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