How did you come out?

[HayleyVera]

My parents knew from a very early age that I liked boys, but I never came out as gay because it never felt right i never felt like a gay male. Then after alot of research and thinking I came out to them as trans.

[gennee]

I came out as a crossdresser then transgender a few days later. Now I am a transgenderist.

Gennee

[FairyGirl]

I don't remember ever coming out as bisexual, I just always was and never hid the fact among my friends that I was attracted to both. A lot of people I met assumed I was gay but I didn't care. I remember my dad used to ask me that constantly. When I came out as trans I did it pretty much all at once, in for a penny in for a pound as they say. Once the Genie was out of the bottle it became impossible to hide it anyway, and I had no desire to do so.

As for the sexuality bit I still think women are pretty, and as an artist I can admire women's aesthetic value or even see that a certain woman might be sexy, but the sexual part of the attraction for me is just gone.

[Barbara]

i did'nt fu... em .i know i am queer and that is enough

[Cindy]

Came out to my parents as I wasn't developing properly, I hadn't got breasts and my periods had not starterd started as my sister's had. (Yes OK I was a bit slow on the uptake stuff) They thought I was very odd. I hadn't heard of TG or anything at that time (long time ago).

I came out to my wife as TG before we married. I came out to the whole family in one great swoop by inviting them all to dinner to meet Cindy.

Cindy

[Sarah B]

As I have said before, inside of 3 months I was working full time as a female so I came out as a female, to the world, but no one knew that.  In terms of my sexuality I was straight before and straight after and I never came out in the sexual sense either to my friends and family.  My family only sees me as straight.

What more can I say about it, except before I changed and as time went on leading up to the biggest change in my life, I used to think about being involved with men and I was comfortable with that.  However, being involved with man physically at the time was just not on for me.  Yes I use to wonder if I would get involved with a man after I changed and yes I did become involved with men after I changed.

I am content and happy with a man that makes me feel safe and comfortable to be around with.  To me its the most natural thing.  I would not change this state of affairs ever.

Kind regards
Sarah B

[Jam]

Well despite the fact i had (and still have) a female body and i fancied girls it felt wrong to say i was a lesbian, it never really felt right. Buts thats all i could think of it being and the whole trans
thing didn't click till later so i came out as a gay girl.


I told my friends first by getting a girlfriend 
Then i told my dad to his face after getting a huge urge to

Then my best friend randomly decided to let me know she loved looking at FTM transition pic's as
she found them 'really cool'. About a week later i told her i was trans and she said she was too woo!
Finally i got another huge urge and told my sister

Im too scared to tell my parents though, i keep waking up feeling really sick because of it 

Tom

[Rock_chick]

Well I've been telling various friends for years that I was both secretly a girl and a lesbian...never came out as gay, tho a lot of people assumed that because of my rather feminine nature. I finally came out as trans about a month ago having known it for years really.

Haven't told my parents yet and the thought is incredibly scary as I have no idea how they'll take it...my mum is both a vicar and has in the past made it clear that she holds negative opinions about same sex relationships...never in an openly bigoted way, more distinct disapproval, but it's just enough to make me terrified. I don't want to be disowned  

[Wolf Man]

I never thought of myself as transgender, though I didn't exactly have a firm grasp on the entire idea either, so I came out as a lesbian thinking that that was it.

Now I know I'm trans, but I have yet to come out about that.