Coming Out 101

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It was around the year of 6th grade when I started learning about other sexualities I would normally say I'm straight to any person who asked. I found a boyfriend and we dated for a year or so but then I just started having a crush on my best friend (who is a girl btw) I would say I'm bisexual but later lost those feelings for her but would still start having crushes on other girls. I never got a girlfriend till a year later but the relationship only lasted a week. A year later I had a crush on a female to male trans boy and later decided I was pansexual. A year passed of people saying I could possibly change my sexuality and dumb things people would say. The school I went to for sixth and seventh was very getto and there was a lot of homophobic people there so I stayed closeted and was afraid to come out, I met many people who weren't straight either and we all became close friends, I sadly moved schools for 8th grade but then I found more friends who aren't straight and we all were talking about National Coming Out Day on October 11th. I texted all my friends and said that I'm deciding to come out finally as it's been two years and I'm getting involved in a gay straight alliance at my school. I text my uncle first and he was really supportive and very happy for me, my nana was the second person, and my grandmother the third. They were all so supportive but also they are queer as well so they found it surprising but they were happy I'm out the closet. Next week I'll tell my parents about my pansexuality so I'm kind of nervous but also excited