Response 6

Demographics

First Name: Anonymous

Age: 17

Gender/Pronouns: Female

Sexuality: Questioning

Region/Area: Louisville

Race/Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)

Story

I haven’t come out to my parents yet, but I am very open about my sexuality with my friends. I wouldn’t say there was necessarily a coming out, when it comes to my friends, so much as casual mentions for the first time. With my cousin, who I consider one of my best friends, we were FaceTiming one day and I brought it up and told her, but it wasn’t much of a big deal. My sister, however, is a different story. While I always knew that she would be accepting, I was always reluctant to tell her, partially because I knew she wouldn’t fully understand. She asked me a few times if I was bi, probably because I give off quite a few gay vibes if you’re paying attention. I always said no, however, because I wanted to tell her on my own terms. I was scared that she would make a big deal of it, when to me it’s really not a big deal, but rather just another part of me, just as much as liking chocolate or being good at math. It wasn’t until recently, about two weeks ago, actually, that I finally came out to her. It wasn’t planned at all, but rather a spur of the moment thing. We were talking about something and I kinda just blurted out, “I like girls.” We had a short discussion about it, which, if I’m being completely honest, I wasn’t very satisfied with, and then didn’t talk about it much for the rest of the day. Since then, there have been casual mentions on my part, but not much from her. I know I’m lucky that she’s so accepting, but I can’t help but wish that she was more understanding of my side of it.