Who I Came out to First

Day 4:

Who did you come out to first? Tell that story. 


The first person I came out to was my cousin, Bryce. Every summer, my mom took my older sister and I up to Utah to spend the vacation with my aunt and our cousins. Bryce and I were basically brothers.

When I was about 16 years old, I remember chatting with him on MSN Messenger. After a few hours of beating around the bush, I told him that I was gay.

He responded, "So, what? You're still the same person you were. It doesn't bother me."

That simple response helped give me the courage to come out to my other cousins, my best friends, and then to my mom and dad when I was 17 years old.