How did you come out to your friends? It might help a fellow gay if you leave ur experience below!! 🌈💗 p.s. if ur ready to come out to your parents, i made a video about exactly that! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJOVktWKZbXcY8o.html

@subirbarat7244

2 жыл бұрын

I have only come out to one of my friends, in person . i was really nervous at first but he was happy for me .

@gabriellatpwk

2 жыл бұрын

So i wrote a poem-kinda thing for my bestest friend who I’ve trusted with a ton of my secrets. I texted it to her in the evening and she was super supportive of it, which was nice. So I came out as just ace then, then one of my other close friends I came out to as aroace (after coming out to them I told the person I initially came out to as aro as well). Then I came out to my other friend who had just come out as pan because we related to each other! (This was the only one in person coming out) So I kinda scoped out who I thought/knew I could trust and then came out. My family I’m kinda waiting to come out until I’m independent just in case. Also, I used Text at first cause I tried doing it in person the day before but I got too nervous to say it. I mean the next day after they responded we called and talked to each other about it. So yeah! If you have the gut trust feeling it will most likely go smoothly!

@The_big_prooooo

2 жыл бұрын

I just sorta started acting fruity then started talking about gay people then told them

@leilawishney295

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I just say “Hey, I’m gay.” And they’re always like “I know. It’s kinda obvious because u have a girlfriend!”

@TheWoodStyler

2 жыл бұрын

idk if this counts but i told someone that the most innapropriate song I have on my playlist is slumber party and they said they were gonna listen to it-

My come out to friend looked like I get my friend in a room and I was like “listen there’s something I want to tell you “ and she was like “ what, are you lesbian “ she started laughing and I was like “ yes that’s exactly what I wanted to tell you 😂” then she looked at me and we both started laughing. The best coming out ever🤣

My go-to for coming out to friends was to talk in person, go for a walk or something, and just say "Hey (name)" - because they'd say "Yeah what's up?" and then, even though it was scary, the conversation had already started. I just had to keep it going. Also yes 100% come out only when you feel ready, and only tell people you WANT to tell. You're not obligated to tell all your friends at once! I didn't! Take your time, look after yourselves, and remember ya'll are loved 💕

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

THIS. 💗 great advice as always x

@Bear.warriors

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤❤❤❤

Hey Lauren - you actually made me blush tho that's not too hard to do ! I believe that you and people like you are such a positive force for young people in Australia and throughout the world. Kudos to you. I know you're making a huge positive difference in people's lives and I find that so inspiring ! Love your all inclusive energy and your vids !!

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

awwww hahah Thank you very much for your kind words! And again, thank you so much for your support, it truly means alot!

I actually came out to a few of my friends as a Lesbian and they were just pretty chill about it, I also ended up coming out to my crush, who is pansexual

How I came out to a friend/someone at school: So I was looking at aroace memes and rants on my computer then they looked over at my screen and was like, “You’re aroace?” Me: I-uh yes? Them: that’s cool! I support you!

@dragonfestus

4 ай бұрын

So I outed myself

I made a coming out presentation on canva and put girls by girl in red as background music. I was gonna wait till later to show it to my bestie in person, but it was the last day of lesbian visibility week and I wanted to do it right then. So I ended up sending it to her, and I was so fucking nervous waiting for her to reply. I literally almost started bawling. I kinda already knew that she was gonna be super supportive, but I was still scared just cuz it's a big thing to tell someone and it was my first time coming out. She turned out to be really chill about it and just want to know all the tea when I told her I had a crush on a girl at my school.

My friends are the type of people to make homophobic jokes or say ‘that’s so gay’ . They don’t know I’m gay yet, and they always talk about how unsupportive their parents are which makes me think they will never understand. As well as this my absolute best friend since day one is insanely homophobic he is just the worst for homophobic jokes and her always says stuff that I just laugh at because I don’t want him to think that I’m gay. I might just never com out to them honestly

The first friend I told had kind of already guessed when I told her she was super cool about it and didn’t have any weird reaction (thankfully) and I think it’s really nice that I don’t have to hide it around her. I had talked to her about it the LGBTQ+ community before and she had been cool with it so I wasn’t as scared when I told her (but still veryyyyyyy scared). I’m thinking of telling some other friends who might not be as cool with it (I’ve only told 4 people, so far so good) so this vid rly helped ❤️

This is so helpful! I've been following you for about a year and I've watched all of your videos, you have helped me so much, I don't know where I would be without your videos. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

@grumpylynx2304

2 жыл бұрын

Love your username

@cannedshrimp1037

2 жыл бұрын

@@grumpylynx2304 Thanks!

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! this makes me rlly happy to hear, u dont even know! :')

@cannedshrimp1037

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise Omg thank you so much for replying!!!

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

Ofc!!!

hi lauren i would like to thank you, because of you i was able to come out to my best friend. thank you sooo much!❤❤❤

This was perfect timing! I was thinking about coming out to one of my fiends yesterday, but I got scared and didn't know what to say and didn't do it but this video has helped a lot!! Thank you!!!

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

oh yayyyyy!!! im glad for the timing! and im wishing you the best of luck when you decide you're ready to come out to ur friend xx

This is all great advice and I hope it helps those who need it! There’s no right or wrong way to come out; just be comfortable about doing it, or even just go about and be yourself and let people guess or assume (which is what I’ve done since my initial coming out to my friends; coming out to new people is EXHAUSTING).

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

THIS. 💗 that’s exactly right.

hi Lauren! i loved this video, i’ve been following you forever and i’m still blown away by your content. i’ve actually been thinking about telling my best friend (who i am already out to) that i like her. so this video helped me think of ways to tell her that even though i’ve already come out to her. i’ll let you know how it goes if i ever work up the courage to tell her! that was my little life update nobody asked for :) ❤️❤️❤️

If it's my bestie(s) I'd just yap about being awesome in a humorous but also serious sense. If it's my regular friend, I'd just say I'm lesbian. If it's a new friend, I'd tell them when they become a regular friend:D (js incase they tell others ykyk!)

came out to my roommate today!! I was super nervous about it for like months, but I feel so relieved now. I’ve had tough experiences with coming out before: the reason I and my first (and last) boyfriend broke up was pretty much my bisexuality, which he did not take well and let’s just say the way he reacted and his change of treatment towards me after I told him about it were just cruel and pretty traumatizing. I mean, if you don’t want a relationship with a bisexual girl, that’s ok, cause event though it probably comes from a place of prejudice, it’s your choice yk, I can’t make you stay or force you to love me, won’t hold grudges for that. But you really don’t have to treat her like shit and do some pretty messed up things I really won’t vent about here cause it’s pretty depressing and scar her for life with a terrible first experience after she confided in you with some stuff like that (where I lived wasn’t really a safe space lol, we’re literally 15/16 year olds from a Brazilian small town). But anyway, I’m really happy about how she reacted and that she understands I could never see her “that” way. Sorry about any spelling or grammar mistakes, it’s literally 1 am and English isn’t my first language haha, so my brain cells aren’t really working rn.

Another amazing video, I just love your videos. They help everyone to come out or to figure out who they like. Your makeup is amazing, I wish I could do it as good as you. Thank you for making these amazing videos, they are always the best videos ever. I love you so much and thank you for making these amazing videos

Hey I've been watching ur vids for about a year now (since soon after I realised I wasn't straight..) and uve helped me so much trough everything (including internal homophobia) and I really wanted to thank u for everything ur amazing ❤❤❤

Thank you so much for making this video, I've been so afraid of coming out for so long that i just really need this.

@laurenelloise

Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Thank you, this helps me so much!! ❤

I have an open lesbian friend, so coming out a agender to them might be a little easier for me than to my parents. Thank you for the help!! ❤️‼️

How I came out: Me: "[friends name], I think I'm trans..." Friend: "Nah. You just need to get through puberty and get used to the changes. You'll get over it in a year." [OVER A YEAR LATER...] Me: "I still think I'm trans." Friend: "... Okay then."

Great tips! There's also the possibility to literally come out of the (a) closet.

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

That’s always an option too as a fun way haha

Yayy! Thanks for the amazing video :)

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome! tysm!

Honestly though just come out I know it's easier said than done especially for me but if they're really your friends they're not going to care and they'll actually support you

I love the positive video and you always give great tips and advice for young people and just love your content. This is a great video and thank you so much for sharing this video

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! and for ur support! 💗 just trying to make stuff younger me wouldve benefitted from!

came out to my trusted friend through chat the other day and to my sister in person earlier today :D happy Pride!

Great video like always Lauren. Love the New look the little chain and awesome eye shadow. Stay you and thanks for always being an inspiration to other.

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! tried to make my eyes the rainbow! 🌈

@Chanelleopperman

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise it works look like the rainbow 🌈🏳️‍🌈

So I have the experience that with friends it was actually very easy, because I know they accept me as I am with all my escapades and because I generally choose kind- hearted and accepting and supportive friends... With my family tho, that is a completelly different story, cause u don't choose your family. So I am scared to tell them apart from my sister and cousin, they are so so amazing♥♥♥

Thank you so much Lauren!! I learnt so many new ways to come out to friends from you , Definitely I'm gonna try giving handwritten letters to them :) btw I love your eye make-up as well !!

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! im wishing u the best!! (and thank you!! ahha im not v good but i keep trying!)

@amyvlogs9355

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise Thanks a lot for the wishes!! ☺️❤️

You re sooo helpful thank you ❤❤❤

Amazing video! Thank you! Just what I needed. 😊I have told some of my friends already, but as they are basically all LGBTQ+ then I wasn't worried. Now I just have to tell my other crowd of friends, who happen to be totally cis-het (as far as I know). 😬🏳‍🌈

@trekkie74656_

2 жыл бұрын

PS: Have watched so many of you videos and they have really helped me figure myself out, so thank you so much! ❤😊

Hello, you gave me the courage to come out on Saturday or Sunday! Thank you! -Bear

I’m pan, I came out to one of my best friends who was a boy, and he was like oh… and I was like what? And he was like I was literally planning to tell you today that l’M bi… and we laughed so hard lol

When I came out to my friends, we were talking about some funny GIFS and outa no where I said “also I’m atomic number 83 on the periodic table” (witch is spelt BI on the table) it took them 5 WHOLE MINUTES TO RESPOND GOSH I COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW MUCH STRESS I FELT. When they didn’t text I panicked and texted “thoughts?” To which they said they had no clue what I was talking about. Then I texted all caps IM BI they were so happy and sourportive. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 happy pride. I couldn’t be able to come put without Lauren.

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

Awwww omg this is so cute! I can feel how stressful that wait was hahaha. I’m glad they were super supportive in the end ❤️❤️

This is great! I recently came out to some closer gay friends as lesbian and all these tips are so true! Keep up the great work Lauren! Happy Pride🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈🌈🌈💅💅💅p.s. I'm a new subscriber and love your content 💓

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

aww im proud of you for coming out!! and thank you so much! HAPPY PRIDE and tysm for joining the fam! 🌈

i dont know how it is to have real friends that i can tell everything to. The last time i told someone, the whole School knew it and i was hated and being attacked.

Great information. Luv Ya.

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

AHHHH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!💖💖 really appreciate it sooo much!

this video really helped me

Hello Lauren!!!!

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

HEY!!!!

Thanks for the informative video

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

AHHHHH thank you so much for this kind tip! I really truly appreciate it! and ur so welcome, im glad it was useful! tysm again!

I’m planning to come out to my friend group today when we get together. One of them already knows and is SUPER supportive. I imagine the others will be just as supportive, but it’s still nerve-wracking.

My friend was homofobic, and i was super scared to come out. It was very Hard but my parents are supporting me for who am i. I guess i am lucky😄😄

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

im sorry you had to deal with that, it sucks

@hennysarejennys2573

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise thanks

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

And that’s okay!

@hennysarejennys2573

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise :)

@gia.Cherubini249

11 ай бұрын

My parents don’t support and say I’m just saying that and that it’s just a phase

You are beautiful Lauren Have a great day Happy Pride ❤️

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you lots! Happy Pride !!

One of my friends (my closest one who I have been friends with since the age of 1) guessex I was bi before I did. She mentioned it and that got be thinking 😂

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

aww haha sometimes friends really do know us better than we do!

@lottiehodgson2230

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise they really do x

Lauren please can you make a video about how to tell your mom or dad that your a lesbian, it would be so helpful.

@laurenelloise

Жыл бұрын

I've made one! here you go, i hope it helps

i told my 2 besties that im a lesbian but before i told them i was crying because i thought they wouldn't like me but were supporting me!

HEARTSTOPPER SUPREMACY

Ngl I'm gonna do this to my parents rn :] tysm Lauren!

@laurenelloise

Жыл бұрын

i hope it went well!

@kidcore_crafts

Жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise it did!

When i told my friend I've known since middle school that i am trans, and she had laughed at my face. I want to tell my core friends that i shared with my younger brother, but my parents won't let me, and that resulted me to tell people that i just met. I want to stop telling people that i meet for the first time by telling my core friends, but still my parents won't let me to.

thank you for the tips

Thanks!

@laurenelloise

Жыл бұрын

ahhhh thank you so muchhhhh 💜

LOOOL, Totally relatable! :D !!! O.o

thank u sooo much Lauren

I was about to come out to my friend. But I choose to watch a video first I was so nervous and I decided to text them then call, I might try to write other friends a letter. I came out as nonbinary I go by all pronouns and I’m choosing to go by Ash now😁

Ty

if i would come out now in pride month everyone would be like ''you want to be trendy'' or ''you're only gay for attention'' and that's frustrating and sad cause that's not what pride month should feel for u or should be seen by other people:(( but great and helpful video and happy pride month of course!!!

I’m a lesbian too , but I never really knew like how to come out from a long time ago. But I’ve already came out fully from some time ago I think.

As a man with a kid its hard to come out but this helps

Wonderful new video, you're so adorable, great job and much love my friend ❤️🙏

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@benzillamusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise You're welcome

Me knowing it’s gonna be a while before I come out to my friends (if I ever do-I just don’t really see it that necessary) Also me seeing this vid: ah yes this seems like something I should watch Jokes aside this is a great vid. Thank u and happy pride month!!!!🌈🌈

Wish i could use this,but my friends where the ones that told me that i was gay before i even knew it

I’m also lesbian I love your videos!!

@laurenelloise

Жыл бұрын

helloooo thank you lots and lots :')

Im lesbian and one of my friends are Lesbian! Also i have a non-binary And Bi friend! and they’re really sweet!🏳️‍🌈

Great example

I love you so much I'm watching all the time I have still not come out to my mom I am very scared to tell my mom about me and that I am a lesbian she doesn't fully really like the lgbtq community and she never really has good things to say about it so I'm very scared and I just want to tell her who I am so bad but I can't 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

to come out, i made a presentation lolll

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

this is so cute, i love this idea!!!

@helloooo6653

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise thank you! i actually saw it on tiktok first and thought it was good

I remember when I came out to my friends it was not really planned the only times I came out was when one of my friends asked me and the other it happened because this girl had a crush on me and she said you don’t like girls right and I was like I do but they were cool about it but I guess it’s because most of my friends are gay and the one that told me that I don’t like girls right was questioning her sexuality at that time

The first person i ever came out to was one of my friends. It was a very gradual process, if you type into google the colors of your pride flag, they will come up in images. So i was like “hey whats your favorite colors?” And she said something and i was like “mine are pink blue and yellow… what does that mean?” And she said “what” and i told her to look it up. It took her awhile to get it because she didnt know what being pansexual was so one night we were talking and it was around midnight and the conversation with the colors meant and she eventually got it. (And then a whole other thing happened that i wont be sharing, but it lead me to come out to my dad the same night as well.) the next way i came out to my friends is i gave them a little trivia game, general stuff like trivia about a video game we play and whatnot but then my last question was them taking a guess at my sexuality. I think that one was really interesting to see the results of because a lot of my friends thought i was coming out to them as trans! (Because i talk very masculine). Another way one of my friends came out was through social media, where they just put “bisexual” in their profile to tell her family. I hope this helped! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Im going to come out probs today to my friends. Im in a friend group of 5. SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF LGBTQ+ 3 are bi/pan, one is lesbian and one is straight!!!

@laurenelloise

8 ай бұрын

best of luck!

@user-gc9mm9rt6t

8 ай бұрын

@@laurenelloise done!!!

hi i came out in school and it didt go well

Dude when I came out to one of my best friends I just wrote a note and gave it to her 😅

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

this is cute, and one of the easier/simple ways!!

Since me and my friend are actually so close I’m kind of considering just sending him this video lol

So i just texted my friend that i need to tell her something i already told my pronouns and she just said ok im really scared (im lesbian) Edit: so I forgot to edit this but when I told her all she said is slay Also I got a gf!

Hey I am going to a overnight 4 week camp and I plan to write a letter and come out that way

There my friends I didn’t even need to say anything yet before they knew

So, I came out to one of my friends as Genderfluid amd Questioning at different times. Her reaction to Questioning: Okay................... Me telling her in GenderFluid: [My name...] can't you just be normal. Can't you just be a normal person Guess she wasn't such a good friend either. I feel like I could be lesbian but then I don't know....?!

Ok so like I have a big problem, basically I have this best friend who has mentioned that she’s not straight but def has a pref of boys, I told her I had a crush on her a while ago as a “prank” and she got mad at me because she said it was “disrespectful to the lgbt community” which is literally impossible because IM PART OF IT which she didn’t understand and she had this friend who she had a secret crush on that I didn’t find out about recently. That friend ended up being terrible which I already knew but she wouldn’t listen until a bunch of drama happened with this friend. Now that friend is gone and my crush is my best friend again and she thinks that I don’t have a crush on her and that I never did and she talks about the boys on her swim team constantly but I’m completely in love and I have NO idea what to do. And now it’s summer break and I can’t see her in person for a while. I really hope she doesn’t see this lol. Help!! Ps, congrats you read a paragraph

I think I should put lesbian color hearts in my bio

I came out to my best friend over text a couple of weeks ago and it was such a good experience and she was really accepting but I want to come out to my parents and I'm kinda scared they won't take me seriously but every time I sit down with them i just kind of freeze and I don't know what to say and I was thinking of writing them a letter but I feel like it would be a bit awkward cuz i give them the letter and then what? Leave them there? Watch them read it? Go to my room? I just think it would be really awkward but if I sit down with them it's just really weird and I don't know how to bring up the subject i mean what am I gonna do? Just blurt out "I'm bisexual" over dinner with no context? It just seems like it would be really weird and cringey and I don't know what to do pls send help😭

@ClairoAero

2 жыл бұрын

I came out by putting a pride flag in my room. I never said anything, they never said anything but they eventually acknowledged that I was gay

I going down the rabbit hole of KZread a minute ago I was watching a video about squids 😆

Actually i just said that I have a crush on some1 than she came to me like look i found who you crush on and told her name excitedly and that was the time i felt like I picked the real friend but like that was super normal cuz she was always having crushes and that was my first time telling her that I have one so she understood that I'm not joking idk why I wrote but that's it it's another way to say without saying

Lauren girl I need your help, I really want to tell my bestie that I'm gay but I don't know how she used to be bi but then she went back straight and is now a hard core Christian and she's always been there for me but I just dont know what to do or what to say please help me

I have known i was in the Lgbtq+ community since i was 8 (now 14, been through a lot of questioning, now Im pretty sure) and i really need this vid

They told me to kms… what do I do?

@ellapurple66

2 ай бұрын

if this ironic, it’s okay but if it’s not and they are h0m0ph.bics, sorry for you :( ❤

Ok so I have a bi friend and I told her that I was bi cuz I thought that I was bi then… but I’m lesbian!

No but I thought I was ace, then pan and now I’m considering lesbian like howwwwww

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

You aren't alone! I promise so many others have been thru similar things! even i thought i was ace for a while. sometimes it just takes a while before we truly know ourselves, and thats okay!

Me and my best friend were writing a book and I said I wanted LGBTQ represtation in it, she said she was gay and I said me too, we responded with well duh. 😂🌈

I have a question could you please answer ⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️ I have a crush on my best friend and I wanna be with her but I don’t want to ruin our friendship either what should I do?

I wanna come out but I’m popular and I don’t want to lose that what do I do

@ellapurple66

2 ай бұрын

you don’t have to tell to everybody, just tell to your close friends. You also can do jokes about your sexually and, when people say « oh you’re gay/trans (whatever it is) ? » you can tell « you didn’t know this ? i thought its obvious! »

Hey Lauren I was wondering if you could do “how to come out to your teachers?”

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

I might be able to do that! But in the meantime, you can always take the tips from this video, and the 'coming out to parents' video to help come out to ur teacher

@landdlifexx8455

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise I kinda came out to her today, she was very supportive :)

Someone help me. Idk if I'm bi or lesbian.heck, I might be straight. I wanna be bi or lesbian and have even thought of other LGBTQ stuff. And I want to do bad but I'm scared of going to..y'know.. he*l and people say if ur gay that does happen. Other half says that's balogna. And idk what to believe. Sorry if that's too much. Butttttt please help

Bro imagine you said “hey you wanna know something kinda weird? ok so if you put your index fingers next to each other you will see that they’re not straight. the thing is, they’re a lot straighter than I am.”

💛💟💜🖤

I came out as bi on snapchat

My best friend had her pfp as a duck with a rainbow flag on its back,so I asked her if she supported/was part of the community and she said yeah, I'm lesbian 11 year old me: yeah I like girls not boys (just casually) 12 year old me: wth why did I say that!!! That was so embarrassing!!!

Most my friends are gay so they couldn’t care less lol

@The_big_prooooo

2 жыл бұрын

Anyway I love your videos

@The_big_prooooo

2 жыл бұрын

They make me laugh and help me with stuff

@The_big_prooooo

2 жыл бұрын

Also I’m in the closet to my parents and they buy me pride flags should I ask for a pan flag or is it too risky?

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

awww hahah i love this! you have a great & supportive friendship group then! and thank you so much! If you're parents have already got you flags, then i dont think they'll mind if you ask for the pan flag at all!

@The_big_prooooo

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise yep and I’m very thankful for that 💖💛💙 💖💛💙

I’m very late but could this be for furrys?!

I come out because i draw i lesbian flag in a paper an then say look i draw my flag !!!!

How I told my friends some of them I said I like girls!! And some friends my crush told them that I like her!! So yeah

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

i like that you just went straight to the point telling them! im sorry that ur crush went and told ur friends tho x

@mybrainisbrokenithink6751

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise yea it ended up being fine though that friend was just shocked

@laurenelloise

2 жыл бұрын

that is very brave of you, im proud! im glad ur friend is all good about it now tho!

@mybrainisbrokenithink6751

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenelloise yea thank you My pronouns are she/her and They/them