#I came out to some friends, but im scared to come out to my other friends.

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vital elm
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Some of them even ARE queer, and all support queer people, but idk, none of the ones im scared to come out to, are genderqueer, or use pronouns other than she/her and he/him, so i dont know if they will understand, if they'll accept me or if they'll take me seriously.. also im scared of them maybe disliking my chosen name/s, and deadnaming/misgendering me..

hybrid geyser
vital elm
mental spire
# vital elm Some of them even ARE queer, and all support queer people, but idk, none of the...

late advice, but I feel like maybe it helps if I share my view

from the perspective of someone in a variety of diff circles

and in a friend group with pretty diverse cultural backgrounds but is only about up to 20% queer at absolute tops

I'm nonqueer; me and my other nonqueer friends would likely also be pretty accepting, but it would prob catch a few people at first

I had a friend who had a good few name changes over 2 years or so (like up to 10 or so),

but there were 3 names that ended up sticking (1 for each ~7 month period) and we went with those for the time that the person was alr with it

they're transmasc and we were pretty chill with that since we always knew them to identify as masc since the start, so we had time being used to it (familiarity with an identity helps a lot)

I'd say if your non queer friends seem accepting, you can consider it

if you're willing to go through and announce it, make it a strong decision that people will remember so that they can get to know you as what you declare yourself as