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for the queer people who experience attraction, when was your “gay awakening”? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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i honestly think mine was sometime in 8th grade when i realized that i didn’t just admire this guy, i wanted to go out with him.

i got jealous when he jokingly flirted with guys, but at the same time hoped that he was hinting that he was queer and not just joking around.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I didnt realize until I was in my early 20s. In hindsight, I had a few little crushes before that, but it was easy to tell myself "well, I like women, so obviously I'm not gay" while conveniently forgetting that bisexuality exists.

I was on a hiking trip with my best friend of a few years and he jokingly suggested we cuddle in his hammock shortly after we set up camp for the evening. I got a little flustered from it, enough to realize that the feelings I had for him were more than just bros being bros. Luckily he was only half joking when he suggested it, because I took him up on the offer and thats how he became my boyfriend.