October 11th is National Coming Out Day

[giza]

...and I'm gay.

There. I said it.

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[rebelsheart]

And cute!

National Comming Out Day

[slyphox.livejournal.com]

and....i am a furry

there i said it :)

::falls off chair laughing::
sorry :) had to do it

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[slyphox.livejournal.com]

PIST!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^ i think he is gay too!!::runs away before Giza can get him for posting spoof comments :P

[brahma-minotaur.livejournal.com]

OK, so you're happy...so what?

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

And then Oct. 12 thru 18 is Marriage Protection Week, as per proclamation from Bush!

So, wanna get married?

[gatcat.livejournal.com]

And I'm a minister who will marry happy people.

[battie.livejournal.com]

and awesome :)

[lionman.livejournal.com]

I thought you were a leopard, now you're gay too? When will it ever end?! ;-)

[melkitsune.livejournal.com]

And very brave.

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your announcement! Is this the first time you've said so in a public forum?

And do you mind if I tell the story of how I found out, when we first met? I think it's cute. :)

[giza.livejournal.com]

Yep, first time I've said it in public.

And sure, feel free to tell the story! :-)

[technomom]

Really? I'm surprised, for some reason. Congrats on knowing and accepting who you are. I have a dear friend who is just starting the coming out process in his 40s.

[giza.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not like it had my real name attached to it, or would turn up in a Google search...

When Giza came out to me... accidentally

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

First off, double congrats for coming out in public for the first time. Do your folks know yet? Explicitly, I mean.

O.K., the story. Giza and I met online through antispam work: CAUCE, suespammers.org (now defunct), and eventually SpamCon Foundation. We somehow discovered that the other was furry, and decided to room together at Anthrocon 1999. (When we got there, we discovered that they'd given us a room with only one bed... but that's another story. Yes, we finagled a cot out of them -- get your minds out of the gutter! ;) )

We'd pretty much just met, and been hanging out for an hour or two. He lived with his parents then, and while we were walking to the elevator, I asked him whether they knew he was furry. Actually, what I said was, "Are you out to your folks?"

He stopped dead and gave me a surprised look. I think he said something like, "How did you know I'm gay?" I said, "I didn't."

And here we are now. It's always been good to know you, Giza, and I hope we stay friends forever.

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[giza.livejournal.com]

And I remember you mentioned at one point, "Do you have a problem is I bring a female back to the room one night?", or similar. And that had me thinking that you were straight for what, 2 or 3 months afterward? :-)

Re: When Giza came out to me... accidentally

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

Don't feel bad -- some people are confused for years. :)

On a side note, I've noticed that a lot of people still assume that anyone who's sympathetic and understanding must be gay themselves. I hope that will change with time.

I don't really experience it here in San Francisco... unlike other areas, most people have at least a little conscious contact with "out" gay people. So even if they're hostile underneath -- and some people are -- they at least possess basic understanding. And they all know straight people who are sympathetic, so they know that sympathy != gay.

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

Heh. Didn't realize you were here as well, Tom :) Fancy finding you via Doug commenting in being_homeless :) (Jeff, who is bi sort of)

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

I recognize your name, but have to admit that I can't place how we know each other. Nu?

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

I'm the list slave admin for SpamCon. Started out just adminning the suespammers list.

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! Yeah, it looks like we have a lot in common -- have we talked about poly stuff as well? I used to watch the polyamory group, but it grew too high-traffic.

[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

Nope. I don't believe we have discussed poly stuff. Quite a small world of interests, huh? How goes the real estate biz?

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

I'll respond in private email -- no need to bore everyone else here. :)

[triggur.livejournal.com]

Congrats on coming out!

[stevefoxx.livejournal.com]

congratulations on coming out! Good on 'ya for being secure with yerself...

*nods*

[branwyn.livejournal.com]

I figured you were, but now I know. :)

I'm also gay (though a day late in saying so at this point). Ironically, my mother's birthday was also the 11th. But I already came out to her. Fascinating.

Anyway, I'm glad you have accepted it enough to state it here. :)

B.

[elfasi.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think I always just assumed you were, seeing as I don't seem to know any heterosexual male leopards online.. I think I assume too much sometimes, but at least I was right :). I am too, incase nobody was able to guess..

[elfasi.livejournal.com]

Actually scratch that, of course I knew you were gay, we've swapped emails in the past. I've got a terrible memory sometimes :)

[freakylynx.livejournal.com]

Well said.

[jlc.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fold ;)

[randomzen.livejournal.com]

I really have to pull a bunch of shit out of my friends section, I keep missing important announcements.

Congrats

[colugino.livejournal.com]

Hey man, congrats. Who the hell cares. Just don't be trying to come hold my hand at work or something :-P

Re: Congrats

[randomzen.livejournal.com]

DUDE! It's just that kinda shit that keeps people from wanting to be honest. I dont want to go off on a rant here, but jesus man, that kind of mind set just isn't called for here.




Besides, you'd probably like it.

Re: Congrats

[colugino.livejournal.com]

I only like it when YOU hold my hand baby. They are so smooth and woman like, feel just like my mom's.

Re: Congrats

[randomzen.livejournal.com]

They should feel soft; i cover them with honey and peanut butter and let my dog lick them clean. Oops! Some fell in lap again...