LGBT Members?

I think a lot of parents have a "stage thing" about their kids coming out..

Toph:

OH MY GOD!!! I envy you!!! YOU LIVE IN IRELAND!!! I want to live their so badly! As for your mom, she seems to me, like she's in denial. Hopefully, she gets over the "it's just a stage" thing.

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My mum is coming round.. she's a lot more accepting now. I think the fact I'm in a relationship is helping her understand it's not a phase.. even if my "girlfriend" is FTM.

armageddon:

I think a lot of parents have a "stage thing" about their kids coming out..

I think that's what my mum would say if I told her. And she's the kind of person that would just never stop talking about it. That's why I'm waiting until I know for sure, then I'll tell her.

Also, I think subconsciously, even if the parents are completely open minded, or gay themselves, there is a primal thing of grandchildren. And the norms of society that they may not follow, but they'd set themselves up for watching you do. And they may need to adjust that, or something. The whole fathers wanting to play football with their son thing.

Charlotte2001:

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My mum is coming round.. she's a lot more accepting now. I think the fact I'm in a relationship is helping her understand it's not a phase.. even if my "girlfriend" is FTM.

I'm FtM too. =] My boyfriend is now gay, thanks to me.



It's great that your mom is coming around though.

Toph:

I'm FtM too. =] My boyfriend is now gay, thanks to me.



It's great that your mom is coming around though.

Niice
I'm still considering myself a lesbian, because I was attracted to my boyfriend when I saw him as female and am not attracted to any other guys except him.

And I know. Now all I need to do is find a way of helping my boyfriend and parents get along, and life will be wonderful

I'm Carolina (Caro), I'm 16 and I'm from Ireland. I'm gay unless my mom was right two years ago about it being a phase, which I very much doubt seeing as I've had two girlfriends since then and even my mom seems to have stopped believing the phase thing. So... hi everyone. :) To answer the question about my community, I think in general the people I know are perfectly tolerant of LGBT people, but on the other hand I have friends that were bullied in school because of it and I think I'm just lucky to have nice family and friends. I'm also probably lucky that most people in my school apart from my friends don't know about my orientation, I've decided I'll never lie if anyone asks me but otherwise I don't see a point in telling them when most of them barely talk to me. I don't know what the definitions of closeted vs. openly gay are but basically I'm out to everybody who I think deserves to know. Then again, I'm looking forward to all my classmates knowing in two years when I bring a girl to the debs (which is like the Irish version of the prom in America). That is, if I have a girlfriend by then. XD

Darkshines:

I'm Carolina (Caro), I'm 16 and I'm from Ireland. I'm gay unless my mom was right two years ago about it being a phase, which I very much doubt seeing as I've had two girlfriends since then and even my mom seems to have stopped believing the phase thing. So... hi everyone. :) To answer the question about my community, I think in general the people I know are perfectly tolerant of LGBT people, but on the other hand I have friends that were bullied in school because of it and I think I'm just lucky to have nice family and friends. I'm also probably lucky that most people in my school apart from my friends don't know about my orientation, I've decided I'll never lie if anyone asks me but otherwise I don't see a point in telling them when most of them barely talk to me. I don't know what the definitions of closeted vs. openly gay are but basically I'm out to everybody who I think deserves to know. Then again, I'm looking forward to all my classmates knowing in two years when I bring a girl to the debs (which is like the Irish version of the prom in America). That is, if I have a girlfriend by then. XD

You are openly gay. Closet is basically not telling anyone. I think. But yeah, you are open.

Charlotte2001:

Niice
I'm still considering myself a lesbian, because I was attracted to my boyfriend when I saw him as female and am not attracted to any other guys except him.

And I know. Now all I need to do is find a way of helping my boyfriend and parents get along, and life will be wonderful

I'm sure they will get there once they realise how happy you two are.

Hi I'm Lisa. I'm 14 and I'm bi but I'm not quite sure if I'm lesbain. I'm hoping to ask the girl I like (and who likes me too) out on a official date but I think she is amazing.

I told my parents last year and my mom asked me if I was sure. I said that I was pretty sure. Then there was an akward silence. So I don't know what she thinks... but the rest of family is cool with it.

I have only told my few friends that I am bi because I'm afraid (being in high school) that I'll get bullied to pieces, I want to have an open relationship but I just don't know if I could live with that torture.

Hi, my names Acadia, and I'm Bisexual.
I told my brother two days ago, and he's okay with it.

my parents are a different story, I haven't told them yet, because they are both extremely homophobic.

At my school, if you're Bi or Gay, then allot of people won't accept you, but some will.
You'll get teased and shoved around allot.
The teachers accept it though I think.
And there's this girl who I'm in love with, Sara.

Shed Your Yellow:

Hi, my names Acadia, and I'm Bisexual.
I told my brother two days ago, and he's okay with it.

my parents are a different story, I haven't told them yet, because they are both extremely homophobic.

At my school, if you're Bi or Gay, then allot of people won't accept you, but some will.
You'll get teased and shoved around allot.
The teachers accept it though I think.
And there's this girl who I'm in love with, Sara.

I never had to tell my sister. I had written a diary entry and she found it. It was the most akward moment in my life.

Hello, I'm Lissa. :)

I live in Canada, near Toronto.

I find that most people of my generation are okay with it, but there are deffinetly still those damn homophobes. It seems that a lot of people of my parents generation of age seem to be not at all open to the idea. :/

I know my mother isn't, but I think it's just because she really wants grandkids.

I'm pretty sure my brother's gay, and I love it. He helps me pick outfits for dates, and he can paint my nails better than anyone lese in the world.

It kills me when he can't do his hair the way he wants or can't dress the way he wants because my mother would be so dissapproving. He hides it from just about everybody. It really kills me. I feel so bad for him sometimes because I know he can't change who he is, and he sometimes hates himself for being so different in those ways.

LGBT?
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals?

NobodyThatMatters_13:

Hello, I'm Lissa. :)

I live in Canada, near Toronto.

I find that most people of my generation are okay with it, but there are deffinetly still those damn homophobes. It seems that a lot of people of my parents generation of age seem to be not at all open to the idea. :/

I know my mother isn't, but I think it's just because she really wants grandkids.

I'm pretty sure my brother's gay, and I love it. He helps me pick outfits for dates, and he can paint my nails better than anyone lese in the world.

It kills me when he can't do his hair the way he wants or can't dress the way he wants because my mother would be so dissapproving. He hides it from just about everybody. It really kills me. I feel so bad for him sometimes because I know he can't change who he is, and he sometimes hates himself for being so different in those ways.

Aw! Your brother sounds like two of my best friends.

One of my best friends were living in an abusive, homophobic place, until he moved in with his friend and was adopted into their family. - He loves doing hair. And my other best friend was kicked out of his house when they found out he was bi, and is now living with his boyfriend. - He loves doing make-up.

But it's horrid when you can't do the things you want just because someone doesn't approve. I hope she gets over it or just accepts it.

NobodyThatMatters_13:

LGBT?
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals?

Yes.

Everyone's so open here. I love it. (:

Feels weird but I'm Fionnuala and I'm from Ireland! The excitement. I'm pretty sure I'm Pansexual. I used to think I was bi and I used to try and force myself to be straight when I was about 11. How rejected. I wish I could say I was FTM but I don't have the balls sadly. But I'm so uncomfortable about being a female.
I feel slightly awkward. XD

I am a gentlemman and lady lovin' lady!

Sup?
I'm Rachel, I live in one of the biggest cities in Massachusetts, yay for being the first state for gay marriage to be legal. ;)
I'm pansexual.
My family doesn't know and well, probably wouldn't. I come from a straight-off-the-boat(literally) Portuguese family.
Anything that isn't straight, doesn't go well with them.
But personally, I don't care if they know or not.
I like it that my family doesn't know the really personal stuff.
I would hate it if they did.

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Hi, my name is Ashlynn and I live right outside New Orleans, LA.
I'm pansexual.
I've felt this way as long as I can remember (hell, my second celebrity crush was on Eliza Dushku at the age of 7/8). I just never knew what it was called until I did some research 3 years ago.
I'm attracted to personality and when it comes to relationships I just don't care about gender, race, hair colour, etc etc etc.
I've come out to my mother multiple times. Each time I bring it up she always says that you're either gay or your straight and there is nothing in between. I think the more I bring it up the more she understands.
I've got a girlfriend now and I told my mom about it and she's happy for me. I just think she might think I'm a lesbian and agrees with me when I say I'm pansexual to stop me from debating with her.
My family seems pretty okay. My mom and sister are fine. My grandmother is very old school so telling her I'm in a bi-racial, same sex relationship might not bode well. My grandpaw really doesn't care. My grand-aunt is a lesbian so she's fine with it.
The place I live isn't very accepting though. At least, not the majority. There are a lot of bible pushers around here so they look down on it. But I know a lot of gay, bi and lesbian people and they seem to be just fine. Of course, I notice that a lot of people refer to their partners as "their friend". So that might be them trying to ignore the fact that they're gay//bi//lesbian.

I'm Jessica. I'm bisexual.

I live in a small town in Ohio, and the people at my high school aren't too keen on gay people. Because... I don't know why. My friends accept it though. And where I go to school at the career center, since it's in a bigger area, it's not so much an issue.

I've done the Day of Silence three times, and so far, no one has given me crap about it at school, just asked questions.

No one at school but my really really close friends know.