Giveaway 300TBT+ Giveaway!!! (Winner announced)

[~Kilza~]

I'd definitely love to enter! While I don't have any stories of my own to share, my friend who's gay ended up coming out to his family near the end of 2018. I wasn't expecting him to come out to his family at that time, but I was proud of him for coming out, since even if his family hasn't been fully supportive of him, he's definitely a lot happier being out and being able to be himself. I've been friends with him during some of the darkest times in his life, so I'm really happy to see him happy now.

Thanks for doing this!

 

[kiwikenobi]

Sure, I'll enter. I'm asexual/aromantic. Is that included in + ? And my story is that I've encountered multiple people who don't believe that my orientation (or lack thereof) exists, and that I must be mistaken about my own thoughts and feelings.
Fortunately, my family is fine with it. So I've at least got that going for me.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

It's so nice of you to do this

I personally have not come out to my family (mostly because I feel like it's not really their business) but I'm aro-ace. I've been considering telling my mom for a long time cause she doesn't really understand why I'm so weird about talking about dating people and being in a relationship (especially intimate relationships... bleugh).

I'm not really like out there like "hey everyone I'm ace it's great" but I do proudly display my flag. I have a pin on my backpack with the colors, and even in my NH town my player has an ace pride sweater that she wears sometimes. I am proud of who I am, no one can change that. ☺

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Sure, I'll enter. I'm asexual/aromantic. Is that included in + ? And my story is that I've encountered multiple people who don't believe that my orientation (or lack thereof) exists, and that I must be mistaken about my own thoughts and feelings.
Fortunately, my family is fine with it. So I've at least got that going for me.

Don't worry, even if no one else gets it I totally get you

 

[magicaldonkey2]

would love to enter, (this may not be a story but), being part of the LGBTQ+ community is pretty cool for suree~ i discovered my older sister was bi around the same time i was questioning my own sexuality, (now a confused biromantic)- she was just really supportive of me which was pretty sweet of her !!

thanks for doing the giveaway ! (":

 

[Bioness]

Sure, I'll enter. I'm asexual/aromantic. Is that included in + ? And my story is that I've encountered multiple people who don't believe that my orientation (or lack thereof) exists, and that I must be mistaken about my own thoughts and feelings.
Fortunately, my family is fine with it. So I've at least got that going for me.

I've encountered people like that including members of the LGBT+ community, sorry, there are so many ignorant people in the world.

Me, I'm a gay male and my coming out was sort of gradual, but I was never insecure with who I was. I was active on online support communities for gay teens (this was back in 2006) and I was obsessed with the show Queer as Folk. That all gave me the confidence not ro hold back when asked about me being gay or avoiding the subject.

Currently, I am married and my husband only recently came out to his family in the past year. For him, it was not so much he was afraid, but that he was always really shy and the topic of any kind of dating never came up. My family, work, and friends are all fine with it and anyone who isn't knows to keep quiet.

 

[Megaroni]

I didn't know there were other people who celebrated their coming out anniversary! Even more shocked that there are fellow aros in the thread.

Funny LGBT related stories: I'm an aro lesbian with an ace lesbian best friend and we joke that if we were to combine we would make a full lesbian. I'm also currently taking care of my WLW friend's cat who was previously owned by her WLW mom after she was owned by her WLW mom's WLW ex. This cat has been owned by 4 WLW in her 2 years on Earth. Talk about purrride (I'm sorry)

 

[Anj2k6]

This is so sweet and you're awesome for doing this

It took me a very long time to accept myself as nonbinary even though I have a preference for presenting as female. (Pronouns of both she/her and they/them are fine with me)
I thought that I was "just a tomboy" for the way I switched between presenting myself since that's more culturally accepted.

But looking back on my life I never felt fully connected with my biological sex and deep down always knew I was somewhere inbetween.

My biological family has been removed from my life for some time now due to unpleasant reasons, and this is something about me they will never know and wouldn't have accepted anyways.

However, I took a humanities gender and sexuality course a few simesters ago in college and everyone there were such sweethearts.

I'll never forget the feeling of finally feeling comfortable enough to come out to that group of people, and being met with so much support. They were telling me things like: "thank you for coming out", "we're so happy and honored you decided to share this with us", "oh no was I using your pronouns wrong!?" and some of them genuinely having tears of joy in their eyes for me.

The only person who knew about this before was my boyfriend at the time, and he also accepts me for who I am. Knowing that the entire classroom had my back made me feel finally accepted and validated with my identity. I'll cherish that class forever even if we've lost touch after it ended ❤

 

[Artinus]

I'd love to enter, unfortunately I don't have any stories.

 

[lieryl]

thank you for doing this ^_^

i don’t think me coming out as bi was very ceremonious, i was around like 12 when i had a best friend who i really liked. it was confusing because that was around the time all my friends starting getting boy crazy and having crushes on these random dudes in our grade. of course i’ve had a few boys i’ve liked as well, but when my soon to be best buddy and i met at a laundromat, it just clicked for me. my parents aren’t really conservative more as clueless. communication wasn’t great because i wasn’t too interested in learning vietnamese and they spoke broken english at the time, so as a result no one told me liking girls was a thing. i told no one because at like 12 i didn’t know what else to do. it wasn’t until i met her two moms that i realized “oh, my feelings are valid, i’m not weird”. years went by until i fully realized i was bisexual and around that time i also realized that some people were actually bothered by the fact that i had the ability to love women and men. i’m 18 now and a lot less fragile about people’s opinions than i was at 16. ive only come out to a few people and my parents are not among those people lol. i feel like my sexuality is mine, i don’t have to tell the world to be proud of who i am and i will no longer be bothered by those who hate on me, or hate the beautiful community i’ve come to love, because their opinions won’t change me as a person. ill come out to my parents some day when i’m ready, but for now i’m content with the fact that i know who i am. i still love my old best friend, and i hope she is doing well wherever she is. i’ve moved away from my home town, but if i ever see her again i want to thank both her and her wonderful mothers for helping me get on the road to recognizing who i am in this world.

wow that was long did not mean for it to be T^T

 

[kiwikenobi]

I'd love to enter, unfortunately I don't have any stories.

To be entered you can either just post (once!!) or talk about something...

I don't think you need a story to enter, just that's an option.

 

[lucitine]

Id like to enter! Unfortunately, I don't have any stories =\

 

[Hedgehugs]

i'd love to enter.

can't really tell any come out stories because i haven't really came out kinda?? mostly because i want to make sure i'm 100% sure of my sexuality before doing so. i just know i like girls.

congrats to everyone who has came out tho. must've been tough but you got this! im proud of y'all.

 

[Clock]

I’d like to enter, but I don’t have stories to share sorry.

 

[MayorFroggy]

dang, congratulations!! i came out for the first time as gay about four years ago and for the second time as nonbinary about four and a half months ago, and i totally get wanting to celebrate it lol. it's such a hard thing to do even if you're surrounded by people you know will support you, it's just an inexplicable fear. i still haven't officially come out to my parents about anything because i know they're not the best about that since both my siblings are in similar boats as me and have gone through that.

i've had a complicated relationship with gender my entire life and i've finally found a name and pronouns that i feel comfortable enough with, but i'm not as out there about that as i am with my sexuality. i've told my friends and some acquaintances about my pronouns, but only one person (who's trans and i confide in with stuff like this because they get it) about my name. i know all my friends will support me but it's hard to just get it out there initially, especially when they're all still struggling with just your pronouns after months.

however, i am grateful to have friends around me that at least put in a bit of effort to make me feel comfortable. i'm so glad that the animal crossing community is filled with people like me and accepting people. new horizons using they/them pronouns for everyone didn't hurt either all in all, everyone's got a different journey and everyone's got stories to tell. we're all just making it through this dumb existence the best that we can and i'm glad most of us have the sense to support each other. i hope you and everyone else on this thread are doing okay and all have a good week <3

 

[Arcticfox5]

Congrats on coming out!

 

[Miele]

Thank you so much for this giveaway

I’m a nb panromantic/asexual and while I love and accept myself now, as a 23 year old, I wasn’t always like that. When I first came out as bi when I was in the 8th grade (didn’t know about pan until I was like 17ish), I only told one of my best friends at the time, and only her because I wasn’t ready to be out to everyone. She was supportive and I needed that because when I came out to my mom, she outright told me that I was confused and didn’t know what I was talking about. And to put the icing on top, that friend went and told everyone, basically outing me to our whole grade. Let just say that the rest of the year was a w f u l and my anxiety was at its worst.

High school was way, w a y better. I met my best friend (who is now my partner, who is also asexual) in the 10th grade, and she was/is the most supportive person I have ever met, aside from my other best friend. She never questioned me while I was trying to figure out my sexuality or my gender. When I told her about my pronouns, she never hesitated in using them. Eventually, my mom finally accepted me for me and now she’s 100% supportive of me. My little brother and sister too. And now, I just couldn’t be happier

 

[Bloobloop]

hiya!! i would love to join. my story is:
although not being a part of the lgbtq+ community myself, i do remember this one time i attended a film festival in which all of the films were made by people who were, with plots that revolved around the lgbtq+ experience. a lot of the short films were really great! there was one about a trans woman living in pakistani with her boyfriend that i thought had a very grounded, realistic story with wonderful cinematography. in general, it was really wonderful being able to see that this festival was shining the spotlight on lgbtq+ directors and giving them a voice to talk about the struggles and successes unique to them!

 

[-Zora-]

I'd love to enter! I don't really have any good stories however to share.
Happy anniversary (even though it was yesterday I just missed it)

 

[Fizzii]

I'm not in the LGBTQ+ community (as far as I'm aware, but I'm somebody who really doesn't care about specific definitions of myself as we're all fluid and i'm open to whatever the heart wants etc etc) BUT I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!
if it was one year ago or 15, this is such a special day. i'm so proud of you being able to live as who you are, and i'm also sorry for any hardships that this truth has caused you because of others, directly or indirectly. Keep thriving x

 

[*The Oakboro Mayor*]

I’ll do it!
I’m not part of the LGBTQ+ community, but my friend came out as bi to me about a year ago. She told me she was worried to come out to me because she was scared I wouldn’t accept her because of my stance on religion. I told her that she had nothing to be afraid of, because she was my friend and I would always accept her for who she was. I think that it’s amazing that so many people are willing to come out, because I know it can be really hard for some people because their families and friends might be disapproving. Everyone who either is closeted or out is really brave. Happy anniversary!!