LGBTers - How did you come out?

[Nutmeg]

Came out to 3 friends at 18, right after graduating from high school: 2 male friends I already knew to be gay (so safe space) + one girl I had a crush on, and told her so (so that was rather confusing). Then during college kind of regressed and went back in the closet/in denial, including dating a female for 3 years. Finally came out to myself once I graduated from college and moved to D.C., and then it was pretty easy to be open with people about it after that. Dated a guy for 5 years before I told my parents, who were amazingly supportive. But coming out is something of a continuous process, as I teach in LGBT Ally training I conduct at work as something of an extracurricular duty to my full-time job. Every time you're with new people, the assumption is that you're straight, so it's an ongoing activity, I suppose.