17 funny, emotional, heartbreaking stories of coming out by text
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PinkNews looks through a few coming out stories – good and bad – that will make you laugh, cry and scream at your screen.
1 Literally no reaction
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2 True Bromance
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3 OMFG!
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4 Buried deep
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5 Nana’s in for a shock!
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6 Handwriting first, sexuality second
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7 Priorities
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8 TMI
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9 Obviously!
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10 ‘WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!’
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11 SO MANY EMOTIONS
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12 Sneaky
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13 Beautiful
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14 Best. Reaction. Ever.
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Sadly though, not all families can be so accepting
15 Like this brother, who told his sibling he never wants to see his sibling again
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16 And this mother, who thinks her son’s happiness is “unnatural”
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17 Or this beloved father, who disowned his daughter just for being who she really is
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