Towards the end of 6th grade I started realizing I was gay and instead of keeping this to myself I actually just told everyone. I was 11.

I was very effeminate 7th grade and did get “moderately” bullied by people (there was a Facebook account with a penis by my face which was kinda embarrassing but I find it funny now because I’m older). People didn’t really know how to understand what being gay was truthfully in middle school and many of my family said “I don’t think you know yet because you’re not developed enough”. My dad wasn’t super accepting and my mom was good about it (but she told me a few years ago it was hard for her and she was worried about me long ago).

8th grade was the same but better I guess. I also acted a bit less feminine and I think people left me alone more.

Freshmen year of high school was actually when I made a group of friends and people were either very nice to me or didn’t really give a shit. This went on to Sophomore, Junior and Senior years.

The only problems I’ve had in high school were a group of girls in my pottery class saying I didn’t have a “gay face” and I’m probably bisexual. I was still petty then and told one girl on Twitter she’s an average ass bitch and that’s why her boyfriend cheated on her. I really don’t know why I got so mad. I also remember a guy once saying after we were hanging out in a group that he would definitely hangout again and I was extremely cool and he was surprised.

I was the first and really only gay guy in my high school that was talked about or people involved themselves with.

There is another guy but I think he tired to meet up with a minor a year ago and he was fucking weird so it kinda sucked not having any gay friends until this year, but was worth the wait.

I think coming out made me accept myself at an earlier age and when I come to think about it I don’t really know what it’s like to fake being straight and waste my life doing that since for half of my life I’ve been out.

Yes, it was early but I have no regrets!

Anyone else share this experience?