Not when did you come out, that’s a whole different story, but when did you know you were a gay bro?
I’ve always been excited by other guys, I remember being very young (like 7/8) and getting a bit too into the wrestling. My parents turned it off 😩
I was around 13 when someone said something about ‘gay’ and I learned it was a whole thing. It was like a light bulb moment and a bunch of things instantly made sense. And that was it, came out to some friends not long after and that was it.
How about you guys?
When I was 10 I saw a made for TV movie about a boy who accidentally cloned himself. The clone learned quickly, but I thought “wouldn’t he have to teach the clone how to pee and take a shower?” So, I imagined how that would play out.
Yeah, it was all downhill from there. I’m surprised I don’t have a water-sports fixation.
I should note that I was very sheltered, and it would be 3 years before I discovered what I was doing was called.
Third grade 😅 I still remember the name of the boy I had a crush on back then. Didn’t come out until senior year highschool.
I always felt attracted to muscular guys. I enjoyed watching wrestling/WWE due to that…
When I was young, dunno exactly what age, but something like 13-16, I had this friend that had a more muscular build than normal and yep, everytime I saw him without his shirt…
Needless to say, muscular guys are still my thing. Sadly, they are hard to come by.
I love that both of us had a thing about wrestling. Even looking at it now it still seems really homo erotic to me to be honest.
There’s always the one friend isn’t there? My first huge crush was on a friend in school so I asked for skateboard lessons from him so we could hang out lol.
@Speckle@lemmy.world, I suggest you change your title to something like “When did you know you were gay?”. Many people are still using the “All” feed.
I’ve known since I was about 9 or 10 but conditioned and learned to repress it since then after being caught in bed with my best friend (crush). Hope that part of me changes one day.
Hey, that sounds not so fun. I hope you’re able to find peace one day too.
Thanks. Sucks that even in my early 20s im still afraid to come out to even just coworkers. Everyone likes to say theres no big deal about it anymore but it definitely changes how people see you.
I mean it can do I suppose, it sounds like it’s changed how you see yourself a bit perhaps?
I like that saying ‘the people who matter don’t mind, and the people who mind don’t matter’ in those situations.
I’m sure you’ll find a way to be unafraid one day, maybe see if there are any LGBTQ+ orgs near you that can give you some support or a place to talk?
Hope that part of me changes one day.
The repression? Whoever caught you, how did they react?
