This is a few questions rolled into one, isn't it...
When did you know it was the right time?
Were you forced into it/caught?
Who did you tell first?
Where were you, and how did you prepare?
What was the reaction?
I'm just wondering how other people did it.
_______________________
Here's mine.
I'd acknowledged to myself I was bisexual for about three years, but was in denial about it many years before that... since I was maybe eleven years old. In 2017 Australia held a nation-wide referendum on marriage equality, and I was shit scared that we wouldn't get gay marriage. I believed strongly in LGBT+ rights but I had never done anything to help. Before posting to Facebook, I told my parents in person. They didn't say much... and I knew they were thinking hard. The awkwardness was too much to handle so I walked away. When I posted on Facebook, I accompanied it with an image in support of the marriage equality bill so people knew it wasn't a prank. I urged my friends, for my sake as well as everyone else's, to vote yes to same sex marriage. It turned out I didn't have to do that, because the referendum result yielded a resounding victory for same sex marriage, but I'm glad I did.
When did you know it was the right time?
Were you forced into it/caught?
Who did you tell first?
Where were you, and how did you prepare?
What was the reaction?
I'm just wondering how other people did it.
_______________________
Here's mine.
I'd acknowledged to myself I was bisexual for about three years, but was in denial about it many years before that... since I was maybe eleven years old. In 2017 Australia held a nation-wide referendum on marriage equality, and I was shit scared that we wouldn't get gay marriage. I believed strongly in LGBT+ rights but I had never done anything to help. Before posting to Facebook, I told my parents in person. They didn't say much... and I knew they were thinking hard. The awkwardness was too much to handle so I walked away. When I posted on Facebook, I accompanied it with an image in support of the marriage equality bill so people knew it wasn't a prank. I urged my friends, for my sake as well as everyone else's, to vote yes to same sex marriage. It turned out I didn't have to do that, because the referendum result yielded a resounding victory for same sex marriage, but I'm glad I did.