Came out...whats next?

[lovelivehate]

Im 19 and in college. I recently came out to my close friends. like 12 or so people. And am going to come out to my parents when they come visit in 2 weeks. And the experiences have been really good, and everyone has been supportive, which is good. But what do I do next? How do i make it known that im gay withou telling every single one of my many friends??
Thx

 

[Chardius]

Buy a pride shirt, those usually work and come in a variety of clever wordings. Hot Topic is a good place for them in malls, alternatively there is online.

You can also just be out and open about who you are, girl friend of yours comments on a guy's appearance? Respond in kind.

Guy friends ask you about any/lack of girlfriend? Let them know.

Congrats on coming out man, live it up and just be you. Eventually they'll catch on.

 

[rareboy]

^ exactly.

Be natural.

 

[panda29]

Enjoy your new freedom !!!

 

[Nomenclature]

Coming out to and accepting yourself is the most important step. After you tell the people in your life who you want to know, it's entirely up to you what you choose to do after that. You can be as dignified or open as you want. Some people find that being gay changes their life completly, and some find that it only changes who they have sex and relationships with.


But if I were you, i'd start dating.

 

[G-Lexington]

Just don't lie anymore. If you're looking for a boyfriend, tell your friends "I'm looking for a boyfriend". If you're not, tell your friend "I'm not looking for a boyfriend just yet."

Lex

 

[rareboy]

Oh lord please don't go to mac and buy a make up kit like all these other....men....just be you the same person you've always been...No need to swing gay flags...unless u felt the need to BEFORE you came out...do you

Again, this advice from self-hating crypto christian closeted homos implies that there is something wrong with going into mac, wearing cosmetics and flying your freak flag proudly.

If that is who you are and want to be then be that.

Don't let hateful homos scare you into bland hetero conformance.

Be who you want to be and be your natural self. Not some product of a repressed, southern, bible belt, cousin fucking, child whuppin', shame based, backwoods society.

Get out there and live.

 

[briefboy86]

just be yourself, if your core group of friends know, you can be yourself when it comes to guys.

 

[PiraDeSilva]

If you wanna meet people, find LGBT stuff going on, and start attending. Meet people, make friends, relax and have fun.

 

[ucfknight12]

The official college thing to do is to change your facebook status to "interested in men" That should let all of your friends know. You don't need to go all gay pride if you don't want to

 

[kissthesky88]

Let it be the most nonchalant thing about you. Do not let your sexuality be your one predominant and definitive quality like it is for SOOOOOOOO many of us. If your guy friends say they hope lots of hot girls are going to be at the bar you're going to, say you hope lots of hot guys are going to be there. When your girl friends say they think a guy is cute, agree or disagree with them openly. If they didn't think you were gay (and if they didn't that means you're probably very masculine thus you're an extremely hot commodity and very lucky and should know/work it) then they'll call you out on it, at which point you can just casually say "yes, I am".