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* This is the plot of ''WebVideo/OutWithDad'', with the twist that it's a coming out story for two people - Rose and Vanessa. Neither is out to everyone, but their families both know. Rose gets the supportive reaction from her friend Kenny and her dad, while [[TheFundamentalist Vanessa's mom]] is... less supportive. [[spoiler:Near the end, Nathan tells Rose he's asexual as well, which is fine though she teases him by repeating one of his lines to her from her own coming out.]]



* This is the plot of ''WebVideo/OutWithDad'', with the twist that it's a coming out story for two people - Rose and Vanessa. Neither is out to everyone, but their families both know. Rose gets the supportive reaction from her friend Kenny and her dad, while [[TheFundamentalist Vanessa's mom]] is... less supportive. [[spoiler:Near the end, Nathan tells Rose he's asexual as well, which is fine though she teases him by repeating one of his lines to her from her own coming out.]]
* Parodied in ''WebAnimation/QueerDuck'', in which the titular character randomly comes out to a bunch of strangers at work. Nobody was the least bit surprised, but he later relates all of the people at his job supporting him and acting emotionally to his friends.



* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/QueerDuck'', in which the titular character randomly comes out to a bunch of strangers at work. Nobody was the least bit surprised, but he later relates all of the people at his job supporting him and acting emotionally to his friends.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'': While not a textbook Coming Out Story (since Bill and Aldo are not a couple), it bears an uncanny resemblance to one. In ''Sitting Ducks,'' the main characters are Bill the duck and Aldo the alligator, who find themselves in a friendship antagonized by both duck and gator-kind. The second-to-last episode "Duck Lover" involves Bill and Aldo's friendship being threatened and mocked by both Ducktown '''and''' Swampwood, and after seeking advice from the Jolly Llama, Aldo comes out about him and Bill's companionship to a group of alligators initiating a raid on Ducktown. Aldo accepts his identity as a predator befriending prey, while also asserting the fact he must be respected because he is the predator.
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* ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'''s story "A-Okay" has Charlie realizing he's acearo, after being set up with a date by his sister Claudette that he didn't want. A side comic shows that [[https://cirqueduroyale.tumblr.com/post/157512327089/happy-aro-spec-awareness-week-today-is-art-day-so if he'd talked to his dad Kingston]] -- who is demisexual -- the story would have been shorter.
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* ''Literature/SymphonyOfAwakenedGods'' has the main character come out as a transgender woman, and start presenting feminine full-time after years of suppressing it.
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* A brief flashback interlude in ''Webcomic/{{Matchmaker}}'' shows when Mason and Kimmy come out to one another during 11th grade, him as gay and them as femmeby. It's ''almost'' a romantic moment, but with that IncompatibleOrientation, it just gets [[WhenItAllBegan Kimmy interested in hooking Mason up in the first place.]] Well, after they buy a game or two.
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* ''Fanfic/TheQuestionsInMyHeart'' is about [[Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart Kyōtarō]], or rather "[[SobriquetSexSwitch Kyō]], [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity identifying as transmasculine nonbinary]] and coming out to their friends and family.

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* In the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn,'' the Warblers are questioned by the FBI for leads on [[spoiler: on Blaine's recent kidnapping]]. Nick reveals that he came out as bi to his mother, only to have her think that going to a same-sex school "confused him." [[RefugeInAudacity He smokes a blunt to piss her off]] while [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he packs up and leaves]], then gets drunk with a friend and kicks out her headlights. He also [[MushroomSamba tripped so hard]] that he didn't remember to tell his best friend Jeff he was bi for a ''year.''
* In Chapter 2 of ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort'', Monokuma threatens to reveal everything about the characters love lives and fetishes as a motive. Shortly afterward, [[spoiler: Kazumi goes to her best friend and crush, Shizuka, to tell her that she's a lesbian. Shizuka, after reassurance that she won't be hit on, is accepting of her friend's sexuality.]]
* Clumsy has something like this in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "My Unsmurfy Valentine." The object of his affections, Brainy, doesn't reciprocate, however.

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* In the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn,'' the Warblers are questioned by the FBI for leads on ''Fanfic/AllMyHomiesHateAthalieSeverin'': After [[spoiler: on Blaine's recent kidnapping]]. Nick reveals that he came Athalie's death]], Camille finally comes out as bi to his mother, only to have her think that going to a same-sex school "confused him." [[RefugeInAudacity He smokes a blunt to piss her off]] while [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he packs up lesbian, and leaves]], then gets drunk Silvia promises to "set [her] up" with a friend and kicks out her headlights. He also [[MushroomSamba tripped so hard]] that he didn't remember to tell his best friend Jeff he was bi for a ''year.''
* In Chapter 2 of ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort'', Monokuma threatens to reveal everything about the characters love lives and fetishes as a motive. Shortly afterward, [[spoiler: Kazumi goes to her best friend and crush, Shizuka, to tell her that she's a lesbian. Shizuka, after reassurance
some "cool lesbians" that she won't be hit on, is accepting of her friend's sexuality.]]
* Clumsy has something like this in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "My Unsmurfy Valentine." The object of his affections, Brainy, doesn't reciprocate, however.
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* Here's a ''Film/JamesBond'' fanfic on fanfiction.net called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12734062/1/Q-Comes-Out-As-Asexual Q Comes Out As Asexual]]'', where Q comes out as asexual.
* ''Fanfic/YouBuiltThisHouse'' begins with Apple White meeting the Charming siblings as children and, unknown to her at the time, [[PuppyLove falling for Darling]]. It then leads into her as a teenager, trying to blend in and be how others expect her to be, all while struggling with her increasing attraction towards girls (especially her best friend Raven). She ends up ForcedOutOfTheCloset ''before'' she comes to terms with everything, though Apple eventually accepts her sexuality and her feelings towards Darling.
* Because of the GroundhogDayLoop that she is trapped in ''Fanfic/HardResetEakin'', Twilight Sparkle does [[WhileRomeBurns a few interesting things]] knowing that the timeline would be reset again, and one of them being heading home to her parents in order to reveal that she is gay. [[spoiler:[[EverybodyKnewAlready Turns out her parents knew this]] and actually accepted her for it, [[IWantGrandkids with her mother interested in some medical techniques that can be implemented to have two mares produce a child together]]. This interaction motivates Twilight into getting back on track to escaping the Time Loop.]]
* ''Fanfic/ButYouWontHaveToDoItAlone'' is a ''Sailor Moon'' story that revolves [[EveryoneIsBi all of the Inner Senshi]] coming out to each other.



* Ironically, while ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven'' focuses on Harry Potter forming a harem of seven witches to save his life, one of the sub-plots of the fic is Ginny Weasley accepting that she's bisexual, as she comes to accept her genuine attraction to other women even as she remains in love with Harry, such as pleasuring Luna or realising that she had sexual fantasies about Fleur the preceding summer.
* ''Fanfic/SoTheTrauma'' is an {{alternate universe|Fic}} oneshot based off of ''Kim Possible: So The Drama'' that mixes this into the story. Kim realizes she's lesbian after falling for the NewTransferStudent Erica at [[LoveAtFirstSight first sight]]. The two begin dating, but Erica is actually a synthodrone created by Drakken and Shego to act as [[TheMole a way to get Kim's guard down]]. Her first girlfriend being a robot makes the betrayal hurt Kim even more than it did in canon.
* ''Fanfic/{{Warmth}}'' is both about Nyamo realizing her sexuality and her changing relationship with Yukari.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'', Kakashi spends nearly ten years in the closet to all but her {{Parental Substitute}}s before coming out as trans to her friends in her teens.

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* Ironically, while ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven'' focuses on Harry Potter forming ''Fanfic/ButYouWontHaveToDoItAlone'' is a harem of seven witches to save his life, one ''Sailor Moon'' story that revolves [[EveryoneIsBi all of the sub-plots Inner Senshi]] coming out to each other.
* In Chapter 2
of ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort'', Monokuma threatens to reveal everything about the fic is Ginny Weasley accepting characters love lives and fetishes as a motive. Shortly afterward, [[spoiler: Kazumi goes to her best friend and crush, Shizuka, to tell her that she's bisexual, as she comes to accept her genuine attraction to other women even as she remains in love with Harry, such as pleasuring Luna or realising a lesbian. Shizuka, after reassurance that she had sexual fantasies about Fleur the preceding summer.
* ''Fanfic/SoTheTrauma''
won't be hit on, is an {{alternate universe|Fic}} oneshot based off accepting of ''Kim Possible: So The Drama'' that mixes this into the story. Kim realizes she's lesbian after falling for the NewTransferStudent Erica at [[LoveAtFirstSight first sight]]. The two begin dating, but Erica is actually a synthodrone created by Drakken and Shego to act as [[TheMole a way to get Kim's guard down]]. Her first girlfriend being a robot makes the betrayal hurt Kim even more than it did in canon.
* ''Fanfic/{{Warmth}}'' is both about Nyamo realizing
her sexuality and her changing relationship with Yukari.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'', Kakashi spends nearly ten years in the closet to all but her {{Parental Substitute}}s before coming out as trans to her friends in her teens.
friend's sexuality.]]



* Clumsy has something like this in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "My Unsmurfy Valentine." The object of his affections, Brainy, doesn't reciprocate, however.
* ''Fanfic/HardResetEakin'': Because of the GroundhogDayLoop that she is trapped in, Twilight Sparkle does [[WhileRomeBurns a few interesting things]] knowing that the timeline would be reset again, and one of them being heading home to her parents in order to reveal that she is gay. [[spoiler:[[EverybodyKnewAlready Turns out her parents knew this]] and actually accepted her for it, [[IWantGrandkids with her mother interested in some medical techniques that can be implemented to have two mares produce a child together]]. This interaction motivates Twilight into getting back on track to escaping the Time Loop.]]
* ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn'': In this ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fanfic the Warblers are questioned by the FBI for leads on [[spoiler: on Blaine's recent kidnapping]]. Nick reveals that he came out as bi to his mother, only to have her think that going to a same-sex school "confused him." [[RefugeInAudacity He smokes a blunt to piss her off]] while [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he packs up and leaves]], then gets drunk with a friend and kicks out her headlights. He also [[MushroomSamba tripped so hard]] that he didn't remember to tell his best friend Jeff he was bi for a ''year.''
* Here's a ''Film/JamesBond'' fanfic on fanfiction.net called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12734062/1/Q-Comes-Out-As-Asexual Q Comes Out As Asexual]]'', where Q comes out as asexual.



* ''Fanfic/AllMyHomiesHateAthalieSeverin'': After [[spoiler: Athalie's death]], Camille finally comes out as lesbian, and Silvia promises to "set [her] up" with some "cool lesbians" that she knows.

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* ''Fanfic/AllMyHomiesHateAthalieSeverin'': After [[spoiler: Athalie's death]], Camille finally Ironically, while ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven'' focuses on Harry Potter forming a harem of seven witches to save his life, one of the sub-plots of the fic is Ginny Weasley accepting that she's bisexual, as she comes out to accept her genuine attraction to other women even as lesbian, and Silvia promises to "set [her] up" she remains in love with some "cool lesbians" Harry, such as pleasuring Luna or realising that she knows.had sexual fantasies about Fleur the preceding summer.
* ''Fanfic/SoTheTrauma'' is an {{alternate universe|Fic}} oneshot based off of ''Kim Possible: So The Drama'' that mixes this into the story. Kim realizes she's lesbian after falling for the NewTransferStudent Erica at [[LoveAtFirstSight first sight]]. The two begin dating, but Erica is actually a synthodrone created by Drakken and Shego to act as [[TheMole a way to get Kim's guard down]]. Her first girlfriend being a robot makes the betrayal hurt Kim even more than it did in canon.
* ''Fanfic/{{Warmth}}'' is both about Nyamo realizing her sexuality and her changing relationship with Yukari.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'', Kakashi spends nearly ten years in the closet to all but her {{Parental Substitute}}s before coming out as trans to her friends in her teens.
* ''Fanfic/YouBuiltThisHouse'' begins with Apple White meeting the Charming siblings as children and, unknown to her at the time, [[PuppyLove falling for Darling]]. It then leads into her as a teenager, trying to blend in and be how others expect her to be, all while struggling with her increasing attraction towards girls (especially her best friend Raven). She ends up ForcedOutOfTheCloset ''before'' she comes to terms with everything, though Apple eventually accepts her sexuality and her feelings towards Darling.
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* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': The second part of the comic has Andromeda, a minor character who was Vanitas' girlfriend throughout Part 1, coming out as a lesbian to him in "[[https://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1530/ Closet]]", revealing that as the reason why she broke up with him before then.

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* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': The second part of the comic has Andromeda, [[spoiler:Andromeda, a minor character who was Vanitas' girlfriend throughout Part 1, coming out as a lesbian to him in "[[https://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1530/ Closet]]", revealing that as the reason why she broke up with him before then.]]
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* Midway through ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', Macaroon comes to terms with being bisexual and admits it to Pizza and himself as the first step.
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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': An allegorical version in volume 2 when Pete reveals to the rest of the main cast (except Oliver, who already knew) that he's become a "reversi", i.e. a SexShifter. The series tends to use [[SexMagic sex- and gender-related magical traits]] as a proxy for queer issues, whereas [[NonHeteronormativeSociety mages tend to consider mundane queerness pretty unremarkable]].
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* Alison Bechdel's autobiographical ''ComicBook/{{Fun Home}}'' details her coming out as a lesbian, and while her mom writes a letter expressing disappointment (Alison herself noting "As disapproval goes, I suppose it was rather mild"), and she finds supportive people (her roommate responds "Oh cool! Can I tell my friends?") the main crux of it is how it spurred Alison to learn of her own father's closeted homosexuality. Her father, tragically, never has his coming-out. She also published her coming out story in comic form in 1993 in Gay Comics (Early Summer 1993, #19). You can [[http://www.oberlinlgbt.org/bechdel/bechdel-1.html read it here.]]

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* Alison Bechdel's Creator/AlisonBechdel's autobiographical ''ComicBook/{{Fun Home}}'' details her coming out as a lesbian, and while her mom writes a letter expressing disappointment (Alison herself noting "As disapproval goes, I suppose it was rather mild"), and she finds supportive people (her roommate responds "Oh cool! Can I tell my friends?") the main crux of it is how it spurred Alison to learn of her own father's closeted homosexuality. Her father, tragically, never has his coming-out. She also published her coming out story in comic form in 1993 in Gay Comics (Early Summer 1993, #19). You can [[http://www.oberlinlgbt.org/bechdel/bechdel-1.html read it here.]]
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* ''Webcomic/ExperienceBoost'': A small arc in the story is dedicated to [[spoiler: Zhusen coming out as transgender.]] She's received well by her guildmates and the many, ''many'' friends she's made in the story, but [[spoiler: Theron's]] reaction causes some friction between them.

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* Website/CollegeHumor did a skit called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHwF4CNiJA When Coming Out Goes Better Than You Thought]]", in which Grant admits to being sexually attracted to men... and nobody bats an eye. He gets progressively more descriptive as he wants ''somebody'' to react poorly to justify his having been closeted for so long - [[spoiler: and he gets his wish when he mentions that this attraction is due to him being ''bisexual'', not gay, [[NoBisexuals and a litany of "Pick a side!" comments are levelled at him]]]].

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* Website/CollegeHumor did a skit called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHwF4CNiJA When Coming Out Goes Better Than You Thought]]", in which Grant admits to being sexually attracted to men... and nobody bats an eye. He gets progressively more descriptive as he wants ''somebody'' to react poorly to justify his having been closeted for so long - [[spoiler: and he gets his wish when he mentions that this attraction is due to him being ''bisexual'', not gay, [[NoBisexuals and a litany of "Pick a side!" comments are levelled leveled at him]]]].


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* ''WebVideo/{{Kontrola}}'': Majka at last tells her dad about loving Natalia, which he's accepting of, after her sister [[TransparentCloset already figured it out]].
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* The Australian movie ''Film/{{Strange Bedfellows|2004}}'' used this trope in an interesting fashion - two (straight) men living in a small country town registered as a gay couple in order to claim tax benefits, but then had to convince a tax inspector that they really were a couple. Thus, they have to go through all the travails of a Coming Out Story in a (typically gossip-driven) small town, without actually being gay in the first place. Mostly played for laughs but with a reasonably sensitive {{Aesop}} mixed in.

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* The Australian movie ''Film/{{Strange Bedfellows|2004}}'' used this trope in an interesting fashion - two (straight) men living in a small country town registered as a gay couple in order to claim tax benefits, but then had to convince a tax inspector that they really were a couple. Thus, they have to go through all the travails of a Coming Out Story in a (typically gossip-driven) small town, without actually being gay in the first place. Mostly played for laughs but with a reasonably sensitive {{Aesop}} mixed in.
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* ''Film/{{Steam}}'': Elizabeth at first shows attraction to women but doesn't label herself or say anything. She gets into a relationship with Niala, an openly bisexual woman who's proud of her orientation. As a result, she realizes and acknowledges she's a lesbian. By the end Elizabeth defiantly comes out to her mom, shocking her.

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* ''Film/{{Steam}}'': ''Film/Steam2007'': Elizabeth at first shows attraction to women but doesn't label herself or say anything. She gets into a relationship with Niala, an openly bisexual woman who's proud of her orientation. As a result, she realizes and acknowledges she's a lesbian. By the end Elizabeth defiantly comes out to her mom, shocking her.

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