the internet..how influential for you??
I was just wondering how influential has the internet been for in dealing with your sexuality,and coming out.For me it has been a fairly big part of dealing with it.This site was the first place I ever actually let another human being know I'm not straight.It has also provided so much encouragement to come out and get on with life,and generally put things in perspective.
So I am just wondering has the internet played a big part or any part at all in helping you deal with your sexuality?
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Huge influence! It totally
Huge influence! It totally helped me see that I wasn't wrong, or sick. After I accepted myself it then became an indirect help, let's just say that I owe my mental sanity to every single dollar I've spent on the iTunes Store :) Music is the food of soul, Shakespeare said. It was also the first place where I told someone I was gay, and the one that solves must of my doubts when shyness doesn't let me ask.
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t helped SOOO much. Before i
t helped SOOO much. Before i got the internt i didn't know anything about thegay community. I knew what gay was but not totaly. Then i researched it and i'm like that's me!!
It also got me into many other things/introduced me to alot of other things (fetishes)
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The Internet was a safety
The Internet was a safety net for me, one that in retrospect I really didn't like having. I came out to a lot of people inadverdently, by having a Myspace in eighth grade (stupid move; Myspace is evil). I never knew who had found out and who hadn't, and it took away the experience of telling people myself. Also, people online aren't very friendly. (The exception is you all, probably because we've been spilling out our hearts to each other on a website for people who know what it's like to have difficult lives.) The Internet was a more hateful environment than my school, which is saying something because my middle school was severely crappy. I'd rather have learned from books and pamphlets and stuff, even if it means I'd have learned more slowly. The one bright side was, I found Oasis.
I haven't come out yet, but
I haven't come out yet, but because of the internet (this site mostly), I have finally begun to believe coming out won't be like signing my own death sentence.
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i came out online many years before i did it in IRL
being able to look at hot nude guys definitely help me come to .. err .. grips .. with my sexuality too.
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I am the internet
The internet was my only homo outlet. From coming out, to sneaking and masturbating to gay porn, I am pro-Internet.
I probably would have never
I probably would have never had the courage to initially ask my girlfriend out if it wasn't for you guys. I would have eventually worked up the courage to come out, but it would have taken longer.
It was also on the internet where I found out how bad homophobia can really get. It was devastating. (I didn't understand how bad it was until I was like, 11.) I thought people were annoyed by it sometimes, like wacky hairstyles or something. But I didn't realize that people had such strong emotions against it. 0_0
And I kept wondering how people can think like that? I always thought that love was a good thing, and here people are hating love.
It was also thanks to the internet I was able to find the names of LGBTQ books and stuff. Which makes me super-happy. (My friends are always borrowing them. XD)
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This site helped me get
This site helped me get comfortable. Being able to read about and talk with people relative to me was such an eye opener and made me proud and ultimately happy and comfortable. So the internet has been lovely. Even reading about others on other sites and watching gay related videos on youtube.com or Logo.
Incredible.
It helped. A lot. Without it, I'd probably just be left alone to stumble through the motions of the whole growing-up-gay thing. Heck, I wouldn't even know there was a PFLAG chapter near me if it wasn't for the internet.
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this site especially has
this site especially has been WICKED helpful for me. i had already told my parents but i worked up the courage to tell one of my close friends because of the support.
and it made me really realize that i didn't have to have 2 different lives. (1 lesbian and 1 straight).
plus i only ever hear of adults who are LGBT, it was nice to meet people my age.