Hi, my name is Josh. I am an openly gay male and proud of it. For me coming out was hard. I was 15 at the time of which only my aunt and cousin knew. Both of them were completely fine with it. I told few friends and they were fine with it too.

So as i grew more comfortable with myself because for me i felt being gay was wrong only because as a child i grew up thinking the term gay was just bad since everyone used it in a derogatory manor. Well once i had accepted myself fully i changed my orientation on myspace (when it was big back then) to gay. Of which that night my parents decided to snoop, without me thinking about it, looked at my myspace and saw it.

First thing they did was call my aunt because at the time i was at her house, she had warned me ahead of time on the way home they will want to ask me questions. The first thing my dad said to me when i walked inside was "Welcome home (insert derog F word here)" Only reason why i dont say it, is because thats one word that will never come out of my mouth. I dont think its an appropriate word personally in any case or manor.

That was the worst night it felt like an ambush i was sitting on the couch just saying "I would like to go to bed" crying my eyes out. My parents were throwing questions at me left and right. My mother and father didnt talk to me for a few days however my mother was totally fine with it, so were her friends. Apparently before i was born she knew i was gay. How she knew, i dont know.

My sister was also fine with it, she actually would yell at people at her school for making fun of me, i didnt mind though about the critics at school, i only cared about my friends mainly.

Up to date now - everyone in my family accepts me as do my friends, as for the friends who didnt. Well i moved on and didnt let them drag me down. I am now openly gay and proud to say it.