Hey! It's Lukas, and this is my story on how I came out to my family.
The first person I came out to was my sibling, who's actually non-binary.
I was messaging them on Discord one day and asked "Hey, how do you come out to your parents saying you wanna be a guy?" Their response was: "With words usually."
They didn't even comment on it-
But I told them to call me Lukas and to refer to me with he/him pronouns.
They already knew I liked guys since I'm dating a guy already. So they were the easiest to come out to.
The next person I came out to was my brother. Now, my brother isn't very educated on the LGBTQ+ community and didn't exactly know what transgender was.
So, what I did was make a little transgender flag out of beads. I threw it onto his desk and said to him, "I'm a guy."
He just responded "okay."
Next, I came out to my mom.
Now, my coming out to my mom was...much different than how I came out to my sibling and brother.
When I came out, I was at a really low point in my life. All my friends were fighting, my boyfriend had no time for me, and I felt really alone.
This was about a week after I had cut myself. I hid my cuts with gloves or long sleeved shirts.
Okay, so, one night, I woke up at 1 am. I decided to go downstairs and get on my computer to talk to my boyfriend since it was 4 pm for him.
My mom, however, was also awake.
She got extremely worried about me, and shut my laptop in front of me. She asked why I was up so early. I told her I was having a lot of anxiety and needed to talk to my "friend" to calm me down.
She then dragged me onto the couch and told her to open up. And so, I did.
I cried in her arms, telling her everything. I even rolled up my sleeves and showed my scars.
I told her. "I think I'm a boy too." And she said she accepted me, and asked what my name and pronouns were.
After this emotional moment, we decided to watch the first Harry Potter film since I never saw it. She fell asleep half way through it and continued to talk to my boyfriend.
Now... hehe, it took me about 2 weeks to finally tell my dad. I knew my dad would be supportive, it just took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to come out.
One night, my sibling came over and played board games with my mom, my dad, and my brother. Not me, of course, since I didn't want to.
So I came downstairs to them laughing and being loud, so I decided to walk into the dining room, tell them to shut up and said "Listen, I'm a guy and my name is Lukas. Doesn't mean I like loud noises."
My dad said okay and they continued to play their game.
And that's how I came out to my family.
Well, see you later, I suppose. If you ever wanna talk, message me on my personal account: Lukas_Forcast
See you later~!
