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Interested in hearing this groups different experiences, include your age now & coming out & part of the world if you're comfortable sharing.

I'm from the US, in my thirties and came out in my late twenties.

I really don't know who all knows that I'm gay in my family. I told a few relatives and told them it was fine if they wanted to tell everyone else. I don't really care who else knows or their reactions to this. There are a few people whose opinions I value and I told them directly. I'm not troubling myself with everyone else.

My coming out experience to them was pretty nonchalant. I said I was gay and I got a mixture of okays and one relative told me she already knew that (she said several people in my family figured that I was gay back when I was a teenager). Same thing with my friends. Most of them said they knew since we were kids which surprised me because I didn't even know at that time.

I kind of wish someone would have pulled me to the side when I was younger and told me that I was gay. It would have saved me several years of confusion, worrying about coming out, and I missed opportunities. 😅