HOW TO COME OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS

Need tell your best friend? What do you actually say when coming out? Here are ways to come out as lesbian, bi, lgbtq, nonbinary, trans etc to your friends! 💗

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0:00 How to Come Out to Your Friends
0:58 Coming Out Checklist
3:41 Ways to Come Out
8:18 What to Actually Say
9:41 What if things go bad?

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[julayoutube]

My come out to friend looked like I get my friend in a room and I was like “listen there’s something I want to tell you “ and she was like “ what, are you lesbian “ she started laughing and I was like “ yes that’s exactly what I wanted to tell you 😂” then she looked at me and we both started laughing. The best coming out ever🤣

[galpal]

My go-to for coming out to friends was to talk in person, go for a walk or something, and just say "Hey (name)" - because they'd say "Yeah what's up?" and then, even though it was scary, the conversation had already started. I just had to keep it going.
Also yes 100% come out only when you feel ready, and only tell people you WANT to tell. You're not obligated to tell all your friends at once! I didn't! Take your time, look after yourselves, and remember ya'll are loved 💕

[TheDuffer]

Hey Lauren - you actually made me blush tho that's not too hard to do ! I believe that you and people like you are such a positive force for young people in Australia and throughout the world. Kudos to you. I know you're making a huge positive difference in people's lives and I find that so inspiring ! Love your all inclusive energy and your vids !!

[VirgoTheSnowLeopard]

I actually came out to a few of my friends as a Lesbian and they were just pretty chill about it, I also ended up coming out to my crush, who is pansexual

[dragonfestus]

How I came out to a friend/someone at school: So I was looking at aroace memes and rants on my computer then they looked over at my screen and was like,
“You’re aroace?”
Me: I-uh yes?
Them: that’s cool! I support you!

[cannedshrimp]

This is so helpful! I've been following you for about a year and I've watched all of your videos, you have helped me so much, I don't know where I would be without your videos. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[galitshulman]

This was perfect timing! I was thinking about coming out to one of my fiends yesterday, but I got scared and didn't know what to say and didn't do it but this video has helped a lot!! Thank you!!!

[qbdrvfs]

hi lauren i would like to thank you, because of you i was able to come out to my best friend. thank you sooo much!❤❤❤

[thatweirdo]

The first friend I told had kind of already guessed when I told her she was super cool about it and didn’t have any weird reaction (thankfully) and I think it’s really nice that I don’t have to hide it around her. I had talked to her about it the LGBTQ+ community before and she had been cool with it so I wasn’t as scared when I told her (but still scared). I’m thinking of telling some other friends who might not be as cool with it (I’ve only told 4 people, so far so good) so this vid rly helped ❤️

[gammondork]

This is all great advice and I hope it helps those who need it! There’s no right or wrong way to come out; just be comfortable about doing it, or even just go about and be yourself and let people guess or assume (which is what I’ve done since my initial coming out to my friends; coming out to new people is EXHAUSTING).

[imalloee]

If it's my bestie(s) I'd just yap about being awesome in a humorous but also serious sense.
If it's my regular friend, I'd just say I'm lesbian.
If it's a new friend, I'd tell them when they become a regular friend:D (js incase they tell others ykyk!)

[anonymous_]

came out to my roommate today!! I was super nervous about it for like months, but I feel so relieved now. I’ve had tough experiences with coming out before: the reason I and my first (and last) boyfriend broke up was pretty much my bisexuality, which he did not take well and let’s just say the way he reacted and his change of treatment towards me after I told him about it were just cruel and pretty traumatizing. I mean, if you don’t want a relationship with a bisexual girl, that’s ok, cause event though it probably comes from a place of prejudice, it’s your choice yk, I can’t make you stay or force you to love me, won’t hold grudges for that. But you really don’t have to treat her like shit and do some pretty messed up things I really won’t vent about here cause it’s pretty depressing and scar her for life with a terrible first experience after she confided in you with some stuff like that (where I lived wasn’t really a safe space lol, we’re literally 15/16 year olds from a Brazilian small town). But anyway, I’m really happy about how she reacted and that she understands I could never see her “that” way. Sorry about any spelling or grammar mistakes, it’s literally 1 am and English isn’t my first language haha, so my brain cells aren’t really working rn.

[Thetorturedpoethateithere]

I made a coming out presentation on canva and put girls by girl in red as background music. I was gonna wait till later to show it to my bestie in person, but it was the last day of lesbian visibility week and I wanted to do it right then. So I ended up sending it to her, and I was so fucking nervous waiting for her to reply. I literally almost started bawling. I kinda already knew that she was gonna be super supportive, but I was still scared just cuz it's a big thing to tell someone and it was my first time coming out. She turned out to be really chill about it and just want to know all the tea when I told her I had a crush on a girl at my school.

[Isa-ncbz]

My friends are the type of people to make homophobic jokes or say ‘that’s so gay’ . They don’t know I’m gay yet, and they always talk about how unsupportive their parents are which makes me think they will never understand. As well as this my absolute best friend since day one is insanely homophobic he is just the worst for homophobic jokes and her always says stuff that I just laugh at because I don’t want him to think that I’m gay. I might just never com out to them honestly

[lassam]

Great tips! There's also the possibility to literally come out of the (a) closet.

[Mentllyinsane]

I have an open lesbian friend, so coming out a agender to them might be a little easier for me than to my parents. Thank you for the help!! ❤️‼️

[hauntedamericaparanormalin]

Honestly though just come out I know it's easier said than done especially for me but if they're really your friends they're not going to care and they'll actually support you

[kloverc]

hi Lauren! i loved this video, i’ve been following you forever and i’m still blown away by your content. i’ve actually been thinking about telling my best friend (who i am already out to) that i like her. so this video helped me think of ways to tell her that even though i’ve already come out to her. i’ll let you know how it goes if i ever work up the courage to tell her! that was my little life update nobody asked for :) ❤️❤️❤️

[makyd]

So I have the experience that with friends it was actually very easy, because I know they accept me as I am with all my escapades and because I generally choose kind- hearted and accepting and supportive friends... With my family tho, that is a completelly different story, cause u don't choose your family. So I am scared to tell them apart from my sister and cousin, they are so so amazing♥♥♥

[trekkie_]

Amazing video! Thank you! Just what I needed. 😊I have told some of my friends already, but as they are basically all LGBTQ+ then I wasn't worried. Now I just have to tell my other crowd of friends, who happen to be totally cis-het (as far as I know). 😬🏳‍🌈