Absolutely not. Being ignored was better than being abused. At that time I was adamantly NOT GAY. So obviously, no dating but plenty of crushes to struggle valiantly against. No wonder I was angst-o-rama.
To some people. I worked hard to be more or less invisible, but in the last years everyone knew me as the gay kid anyway. I didn't really date yet back then
I did, there were a couple people who who would avoid you because you were "that" sort of person but generally people who disagreed with it just kept it to themselves. My high school was pretty relaxed socially speaking, it was a 5a so it was pretty big. There were clicks but people could move freely between them, and might be a part of 5 or 6 different groups. Unfortunately there were only 3 other gay guys who were out and they weren't really my type, so dating was non-existent. If I had to do it over again I would still come out and I would make a bigger effort to be better connected to people.
I didn't come out to anyone in high school, but I probably wouldn't have had any negative reactions. There were a number of openly gay guys/lesbians/bisexuals at my school and they didn't have any problems. My favorite English teacher was also openly gay and he was very popular.
I wasn't popular in high school, but I wasn't unpopular either. I was the quiet, smart hipster type. My friends came from pretty much every social group - slackers, nerds, jocks, hipsters, etc. But cliques really weren't an issue at my high school. I didn't date. I was asked out several times by girls but I turned them all down. Nobody cared or made a big deal. My crushes were entirely unrequited and I knew it at the time, so I just sucked it up and dealt with it.
If I were to do it again I probably would've come out in high school, but I don't know what I would've done beyond that. As it is everything has worked out for the best, so no need to dwell on what ifs.
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I didn't really date yet back then
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I wasn't popular in high school, but I wasn't unpopular either. I was the quiet, smart hipster type. My friends came from pretty much every social group - slackers, nerds, jocks, hipsters, etc. But cliques really weren't an issue at my high school. I didn't date. I was asked out several times by girls but I turned them all down. Nobody cared or made a big deal. My crushes were entirely unrequited and I knew it at the time, so I just sucked it up and dealt with it.
If I were to do it again I probably would've come out in high school, but I don't know what I would've done beyond that. As it is everything has worked out for the best, so no need to dwell on what ifs.
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So, no. Absolutely Not.
(There were other reasons, actually. But even had those not been there, it still would never have been possible to come out in high school.)
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