Who/what was your gay awakening?

The thing about sexual orientation and preferences is that they are subjective to the person that's experiencing them. There's not a clinical test for being gay. It's just how you feel, and it can change every day, so go with whatever identity feels right for you. It's generally not a good idea to try to come up with a black and white term for every possible sexual identity a person can have.

I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean and could not stop thinking about how hot Jack Sparrow was! Now I have a thing for pirates

My gay awakening was/is my best friend. We're still bffs and I haven't told her about my feelings. Every day when we hang out at school I feel like I'm hiding something from her by not telling her that I like her but I also don't want to ruin our friendship by telling her and making things weird between us. I really don't know what to do because I don't want to lose her :(

As a starting point, it can be helpful to have discussions with her about sexuality and desire in a more general sense. This way, she will become aware that you are interested in same-sex relationships and/or sexual activity, and hopefully, you can get a better sense of her own interest. If after talking to her you still don’t have an idea of what her feelings and opinions are, be honest and open up about how you feel. Trust that the strength of your friendship will help you work through any difficulties that may arise.

I have always been a definite tomboy, and after a while, I realised that I definitely acted like one. I also felt like I was more into girls than boys, and had a crush on a girl in my year. I'm now dating my cis female best friend as a non binary person !

First it was a girl and then Billie Eilish

My friend in 5th grade during a sleepover. She was my first gay crush but I didn't know what it meant at that point. I think I've kinda always felt gay, just I needed more time to explore

Random chick who appeared in my 4th grade speech therapy class one day & I never saw her again. I ain't even religious but I think she was a messenger of god forcing me to admit it to myself. Anyway I'm a guy now so... Okay bonus story: Before I was a guy, in the summer before 5th grade I thought I was a lesbian (didn't use that term tho, that was probably a Sign^tm) but then I saw Edward Elric from fma and I was like "0-0 dang" so yeah edward elric turned me bi

So, I guess I've ALWAYS been LGBTQ, but I never had a word for it when I was younger, because looking back on it, I was in no way straight. I'm shocked it took me so long to find out though. One of my first LGBTQ crushes was actually one of my closest friends back in first grade, but I didn't realize it at the time.

I realised that I was jealous of my gay friends on sleepovers when they would cuddle together lol. Then I realised guys were ICKY and girls were slay :3

I'm genderqueer (they/she). Any advice on coming out?

So I use to take a bus to school and their was always this girl on it at first I didn't think she was attractive but she was pretty so she was always on this bus and we also went to the same school she was one grade above mine so I saw at school I saw her in the bus so at some point we ended up talking and I found that she was every interesting and we had a lot in common I didn't know when I started finding her attractive but it were the little things that made me realize like looking at her lips while she spoke or smiling whenever someone mentioned her name their I knew that I was in love with her and I wanted her to know so I told her and started dating but it only lasted 6 months until she moved and we lost contact and the spark since then I've never found any men attractive