Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2014 0:39:46 GMT
First of all welcome to the forum!
My name is Zach I am the admin for the forum. I am 20 years old and I am gay. I am happy with who I am and I do not hide myself from anyone. When I was of a young age (I want to say about 12) I began to realize that girls didn't interest me as much as they did the other boys I was friends with. I began to realize that I was different and just accepted it. I never expressed this to anyone until I was older. I went years with trying to fit in and tried to get girls that I was friends with to go out with me and be my girlfriend just so I wouldn't be different. My plan never worked I was always just "a friend". After moving schools and reconnecting with old friends I eventually got a girlfriend. I was in 9th grade, just a mere 14 years old, when I had my first girlfriend. We were close, we did everything together and I was the happiest I had ever been. As our relationship went on I began to realize that it wasn't a relationship we had it was just a really amazing friendship. I had began to think that I was using her just to fit in and say I was with a girl before. Sure I was happy but I wasn't being myself. At this point in my life I had became comfortable with the fact that I was Bisexual. I went with that for a while, seemed to work. I told my girlfriend at that time and the only other person that knew was my mother. I didn't tell anyone else because I saw the bullying that other LGBTQ teens in my school received. I kept up my relationship for 6 months with this girl, she accepted my bisexuality and never left my side. It just wasn't going anywhere and, I ended our relationship because I was having a hard time in life and she was heartbroken. I felt so bad but I just wasn't being true to myself and wasn't being fair to keep the acting going. At this point in life I moved schools into a new town with new people and a chance to redefine who I was as a person. I still went with the bisexual thing until the end of 10th grade. I finally found a group of friends who I was comfortable enough to tell I was gay. Coming out of the closet was the best experience of my life. I had friends who supported me and it felt great. I slowly came out to my family. I told my mother first, then my grandparents, then more friends, and lastly my dad. Telling my father was the hardest part of my coming out experience. See my father has the mentality that a marriage is between man and woman with no variation. I was most nervous about telling him. I eventually "manned up" and told him that I will never have a wife and that when I get married it will be with a man. He was shocked and after a few minutes accepted it. To this day we do not talk about it nor does he ask me if I am dating anyone like he used to when he thought I was straight. I know coming out can be a hard and scary experience but thankfully I have always had a positive reaction to my coming out.
I will be posting more of my stories about my life so far and all the adventures that I have had.
Have fun and post on,
Zach
My name is Zach I am the admin for the forum. I am 20 years old and I am gay. I am happy with who I am and I do not hide myself from anyone. When I was of a young age (I want to say about 12) I began to realize that girls didn't interest me as much as they did the other boys I was friends with. I began to realize that I was different and just accepted it. I never expressed this to anyone until I was older. I went years with trying to fit in and tried to get girls that I was friends with to go out with me and be my girlfriend just so I wouldn't be different. My plan never worked I was always just "a friend". After moving schools and reconnecting with old friends I eventually got a girlfriend. I was in 9th grade, just a mere 14 years old, when I had my first girlfriend. We were close, we did everything together and I was the happiest I had ever been. As our relationship went on I began to realize that it wasn't a relationship we had it was just a really amazing friendship. I had began to think that I was using her just to fit in and say I was with a girl before. Sure I was happy but I wasn't being myself. At this point in my life I had became comfortable with the fact that I was Bisexual. I went with that for a while, seemed to work. I told my girlfriend at that time and the only other person that knew was my mother. I didn't tell anyone else because I saw the bullying that other LGBTQ teens in my school received. I kept up my relationship for 6 months with this girl, she accepted my bisexuality and never left my side. It just wasn't going anywhere and, I ended our relationship because I was having a hard time in life and she was heartbroken. I felt so bad but I just wasn't being true to myself and wasn't being fair to keep the acting going. At this point in life I moved schools into a new town with new people and a chance to redefine who I was as a person. I still went with the bisexual thing until the end of 10th grade. I finally found a group of friends who I was comfortable enough to tell I was gay. Coming out of the closet was the best experience of my life. I had friends who supported me and it felt great. I slowly came out to my family. I told my mother first, then my grandparents, then more friends, and lastly my dad. Telling my father was the hardest part of my coming out experience. See my father has the mentality that a marriage is between man and woman with no variation. I was most nervous about telling him. I eventually "manned up" and told him that I will never have a wife and that when I get married it will be with a man. He was shocked and after a few minutes accepted it. To this day we do not talk about it nor does he ask me if I am dating anyone like he used to when he thought I was straight. I know coming out can be a hard and scary experience but thankfully I have always had a positive reaction to my coming out.
I will be posting more of my stories about my life so far and all the adventures that I have had.
Have fun and post on,
Zach