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 Post subject: [please read!!!] An Announcement
PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:57 am 
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Hey guys. I’ve been thinking about how to say this for a while now, but I really need to get something off my chest…

I’m gay.

The signs have been there for a while. My mom even told me a few months ago that she thought I was gay when I was like 5 because I liked colors? But the main sign for me is that when I’m writing, my male characters always seem to be WAY more fleshed out than my female characters. I’m not talking just surface-level shit but like, I can never imagine girls (real or fictional) in the same way as I can boys? And my male characters always seem to have way more detail in every way, from just basic personality to appearance/clothing and all that. There are other signs, like obviously the fact that I find boys a heck of a lot more attractive than girls, but yeah, long story short - I started to question myself/my sexuality around the time I moved in to college (so August/September-ish), and came out as gay to a few people online in mid-November, then came out to a few people IRL in the following months, and now here we are.

I’d like to make a special note that y’all are among the first people I’ve told. Nobody in my family knows, I’ve literally only told four people that I know IRL — my best friend from HS, my roommate for next year (who’s also in the LGBT+ community), and two of my best friends who I met online and then met up with on my way home for Thanksgiving break. I even went as far as to use a different name on my other Instagram account (where I’m out and where I met my new friends) and made it private to avoid suspicion. If you want the name of that account or of my new Snapchat (also under said name), feel free to shoot me a PM and I’ll definitely give you the necessary info and add you! :)

In any case, I don’t think there’s any reason to think that any of this will change anything about the way that I interact with all of you on a regular basis. I’m hoping that most of you will simply accept me for who I am and pretty much move on. If you want, you can leave a message of support in the comments or send me a PM or something. I’m totally okay with people asking me questions or whatever makes y’all comfortable. And if you're uncomfortable in any way because of this, I promise I'm not going to shove it in your face or anything. I just wanted to get it out there, like I said I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while now but just haven’t found the words until now. Some of my writing/other projects may have LGBT+ characters or themes in the future, but my normal posting (whatever that consists of :roll:) probably won't change? I dunno, I guess we'll all find out together.

But yeah, that’s pretty much it. Thanks for reading. I love all of you. (all homo??? ;) :P )

Sincerely,

AgentP

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
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Good for you on getting it out there, Agent! You have my full support in this.

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:00 am 
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Good for you on getting it out there, Agent! You have my full support in this.


Thanks, Dish! Your support really means a lot to me!

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
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good for you man, all are accepted. It may mean some issues with certain people, close minded regions (just seeing you live in Texas, ouch) but hopefully as life progresses people relax more and more. It's certainly easier today than it was 30 or 40 years ago, but there may still be dumb people out there. Best of luck and let us know if we can help.

Just one point - it's easier for many men to create and flesh out male characters than female, because that's what they know. You may not be so unique there :)

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:34 pm 
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good for you man, all are accepted. It may mean some issues with certain people, close minded regions (just seeing you live in Texas, ouch) but hopefully as life progresses people relax more and more. It's certainly easier today than it was 30 or 40 years ago, but there may still be dumb people out there. Best of luck and let us know if we can help.

Just one point - it's easier for many men to create and flesh out male characters than female, because that's what they know. You may not be so unique there :)


thanks man! I really appreciate it and I definitely will let y'all know if I need anything :)

yeah, I'm not too psyched thinking about the coming-out process having grown up in such a conservative state, but I'm going to take it as slow as I need to so I'm not putting myself or others at risk if I don't have to -- I'm not planning on coming out to my parents for a while, as I'm not sure how they'd react and I don't want to have them kick me out of the house or stop paying tuition or something like that where I'd be left with basically nothing to my name and having to drop out of college (because I sure as hell don't have the money to pay my own way), but I do have backup plans in place for whenever I do decide to go for it. I'm trying to figure out the best approach for this -- is just going for it better than taking it slow, evaluating their responses to questions, but risking them finding out in the middle of that process? it's really a tough thing to figure out but thankfully I've got time and a handful of supportive friends I can rely on if necessary.

and yes I suppose that's true, in my case it seemed to be really extreme but you may be right ??

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
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Congrats! You are now unofficially the first out gay player in the MLB! Twice! (In this game in my season mode thing...)


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(just seeing you live in Texas, ouch)

lol

We're still cool AgentP :) Add me on snapchat- kboland0

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
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Congrats! You are now unofficially the first out gay player in the MLB! Twice! (In this game in my season mode thing...)

haha thanks! I'd love to actually be the first out gay player in MLB, although I have a feeling that 1) I won't be making it to the majors [though a kid can dream, right?] and 2) someone may well beat me to it. I know there have been at least a couple (Billy Bean and Glenn Burke) who weren't out when they played but are now, and I think there was a dude playing in the Brewers farm who came out? Could be wrong on that

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(just seeing you live in Texas, ouch)

lol

We're still cool AgentP :) Add me on snapchat- kboland0

hehe thanks dude! I just added you :) [i'm the one with the rainbow flag, as if that wasn't obvious]

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aw, that's actually really sweet!! thank you so much!

thanks again, everybody. I was a bit nervous at first but seeing all your support has really helped me become more comfortable, so I truly do appreciate that!! :)

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 Post subject: Re: [please read!!!] An Announcement
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Agent, it takes a lot of strength to do what you are doing here. I am glad that you were able to recognize who you truly are as a person.

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Agent, it takes a lot of strength to do what you are doing here. I am glad that you were able to recognize who you truly are as a person.


thank you!! :)

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Yooo good on you, man!

Takes a lot to look that deep into yourself and accept who you really are

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Happy for you agent and good luck with coming out to more folks irl in the future

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Yooo good on you, man!

Takes a lot to look that deep into yourself and accept who you really are

Proud of u c:

hey thank you so much!! I'm glad I have your support :)

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Happy for you agent and good luck with coming out to more folks irl in the future

Thanks dude! I appreciate it :)

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