At what age did you accept your sexuality?

[pmich25]

Suprisingly i knew from the age of 9 or 10 that i was gay and interesting in boys only. I just i was brilliant minded eventhen..haha child prodigy per se.

I didn't act on it until i was 21 though so that made for some very dry teenage years...

 

[954dude]

I admitted it to myself at 11 and declared my bisexuality openly at 18.

 

[gayboy12]

around 13/14.
I told my worst enemy, by accident and it travelled round the school in about a day.
It wasnt actually that bad, these boys that I had crushes on came up to me and asked me out, some of them for a laugh but most of them were actually serious! I was amazed!

 

[HeartBeat]

I was in 6th grade when I first realised that I was attracted to members of the same sex, but I was too young then to understand what it meant. I think I eventually realised I was gay in 8th grade, though at that time I refused to accept my sexuality and was in denial for a few years, presuming that I was just going through a 'bisexual phase'. I finally accepted it when I was about 15 or 16 and then it wasn't until a year later (17) that I started coming out to friends and family members.

 

[borndrummer09]

i realised wen i was about 14 or so?
i just thought "hm...cocks turn me on...guys turn me on...must be bi"
and that was that

 

[Hot Hector]

I accepted it when I was 17, but that only means I have it clear to myself what I want (i.e. guys only).

I still have not managed to learn how to deal well with it.

 

[jJoEd77]

During 6th and 7th grade is about the time when everyone started "liking" each other and I fooled myself into thinking i "liked" a couple of friends who were girls. But during 8th grade I started to notice boys a lot. Their muscles, their voices, jaw lines, etc. And I finally realized that I was gay probably during the end of ninth grade, so 14ish? Whether or not I admitted it to anyone else is a different story...

That took me a while to think about, it feels like I've always been gay (and I pretty much have been )

Unrelated but I went to sleep last night and I finally had a moment where I was completely happy with who I am and where I am at in my life. Great feeling that is. I don't think I've ever felt that content before

 

[Tugasa]

Hi there,

My story must be similar to some other guy's stories, but here it goes.
I was 14 years old when my father finally decided to put internet at our house...so heaven broke loose and porn came into my life =P. After jerking to a couple of straight movies I found a particular one that starred a mature male porn star, and that's when I realized I was more attracted towards old guys doing girls.
From that moment one I went on a searching frenzy looking for all the mature movies I could find, and that was just one step closer to became a fan of mature gay movies, but I could not accept that I was homosexual.
I was 18 when I went to university and I didn't want to come out of the closet. I studied in a very rigorous community and my sexuality might have affected my social and study life, and keep me away form getting my degree. I even got a girlfriend while I was doing my bachelor. My relationship with her ended when I realized that I could not change they way I am, and some months after I met my boyfriend through silverdaddies.
I am now 22 and I am very happy with him.
My parents still don't know that I am gay, so as my friends.

I think that the most difficult thing for me was (and still is) not having any close (gay) friend to talk freely about my life, since I don't see myself doing that with my straight friends.
Hope that my story told you something. Most importantly, I think your friend needs to know that he has your full support regardless of how he feels. Believe me, that's one step ahead for him to feel safe around you.

Cheers

 

[slumbumb]

I messed around with a boy when i was 13. Way before I ever even kissed a girl. I was way into guys then and way into ass play with myself. I had vivid dreams about servicing guys, but i was a girl. as the years went on i was in denial until about 23. I freaked out the first time I gave a blow job when i was 24. I had a twink best friend and it was obvious we wanted each other but both were afraid to act on it. We flirted and all kinds of stuff but nothing happened because i didn't want anyone else knowing. To this day I have come to terms with being super hot for girls and guys! I love it however I feel like it's better that I keep it on the downlow. I'm 25 now, so i guess mid 20's

 

[PieRules]

I knew I was gay at around 13 when I was attracted primarily to men. I struggled and repressed those feelings until I was 21 when I realized that I couldn't get rid of my attraction to males. However, I still tried to deny my sexuality and I wrestled with these feelings off and on. I didn't really accept my sexuality until I was 25 or 26 when I had the strongest attraction I had to a man that I swear whenever I made eye contact it sent shivers and electricity throughout my being. That's when I fully had to come to terms with my sexuality and that nothing was wrong with me.

When I did that, I became happier and more confident when I identified myself as gay. I'm still not out to very many people but I guess I can venture to say I'm still working on that and also working on myself. I like taking baby steps.

 

[sunoftheskye]

Probably about 3rd grade, which is when most children begin to become individuals.

 

[Jory]

In my 40s better late then never.....right?

 

[Irish Queer]

Acceptened I way Gay at around 16, didn't come out to my family until 26.

 

[AbnormalDann]

I always knew I liked boys, but I didn't realize it was different until later in middle school. I came out to my friends and family in 9th grade.

 

[Suteki]

I've always accepted it in the sense that I never tried to pretend I didn't like boys, but I used to think it was seriously wrong, and was really scared when I was a kid. I think it was harder for me to accept my bisexuality after lots of years of being attracted mostly by guys.