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Well, I'll start here...I'm Bi. I have been "secretly" going out with this girl from my school for about a month. No one knows that I'm Bi except my older brother whom I can go to for anything, and my very close friend (he is also bi)

Ok, onto my probelm. My dad's side of the family are VERY religious. Ok, and I mean VERY. My dad and grandpa are preachers, and my grandma like runs the whole damn choir. My aunts and uncles and cousins are at church early and everything. So, it would be a "sin" to say I'm bi.

Another bad thing, my whole freakin' school is like...homo-phobe! Well, except for about 5 people who are gay/bi, the girl I'm dating, my friend, 2 other boys, and another girl.

I really want to come out and tell everyone...but I can't. Most of my family, except my brother, will hate me, and so will all my friends, except the one I told...

It's really against my dad's and his family's religion...and like I said before, I have a huge school that constantly bashes gay's and bi's.

I'm afraid that if I come clean, I'll be miserable. and have no family and friends...

I know many of you will just say "they aren't your real friends if they won't like you for it!" Well, guess what? I barely had friends last year, and I got really depressed, I sometimes burned my arms, but this year I have actually made a lot of friends, and I couldn't be happier. So if I tell them and they hate me, I'll go back into that long, spiraling depression. I really don't want that to happen...

So, any advice of how to solve this? Hide in the closet or come out?

Aw, come on! No one wants to help a girl out?

Since no one else is answering, I will.

I've told this to people in similar scenarios: you are not in any rush. If you personally feel that the situation is too volatile to let the information out, then don't give it out. Until you are 100% comfortable with it, just keep a "don't ask, don't tell" philosophy on it.

You already have one friend that you've told, and you sound very close. Only tell your closest friends that have your complete and unquestionable trust that you're bi. Who knows- maybe some of your friends are gay/bi and are too afraid to say so as well, and you coming out may help them.

If your family is extremely religious, telling them might cause a lot of problems. Then again, if they love you, then perhaps you will change their entire outlook on the situation. My parents, especially my dad, didn't like homosexuals until I came out to him and he had to learn to deal with it and accept it. My dad unconditionally loves me and I love him, so it was the right thing to do. If your parents are otherwise, it won't be. Wait until you're not financially dependant on them, so you at least don't have to be afraid of that.

One, stop burning yourself. Self-destruction is not going to help anyone see you as LESS weird or unlike themselves.

Two, if you come out now, there will be consequences. Some people will think you're cool just because you're bisexual, rather than for the entirety of your personality -- like making friends with someone just because they're rich, or just because they're good in science class, or just because they're pretty or handsome. Some people will think you're inherently bad, evil, wrong, disgusting... and it hurts like hell to be rejected by people who don't even know you. Some people won't care at all, which can be cool, except that when you've told someone something that was hard for you to say, you kind of want them to care just a little bit about how hard it was for you. And finally, some people will tell other people, and your parents will hear about it from the parents of your schoolmates, who overhear your friends talking about it on the phone. You have to be ABSOLUTELY sure that you can handle EVERY possible consequence that could occur. Imagine it as bad as it could possibly get, and then double it. If you can't handle that, then don't talk about it with anyone.

...Except maybe a school counselor. They're there for a reason. Find one that you trust and like, and ask to be assigned to that one. Talk to them. Be honest with them. Ask them to help you come to terms with yourself, and at least help you not feel so much like you have to shout this from the rooftops. Why? Because, speaking from experience, religious parents cannot handle this. Wait until you've graduated high school and college, and are in a financial position in which you don't really need their financial or practical support. Then approach them as an independent adult, who does not need their approval, but would be happy for their acceptance.

Whatever you do, never shout it defiantly in a moment of anger or resentment. Being gay or bisexual is a good thing, just like being engaged, getting married, or having a planned and much-wanted baby: something to celebrate, not something to hurl as a weapon in an argument. Whenever you do decide you're ready for any possible consequence, bring the information to your parents as a gift: "Mom, Dad, I've come to understand that I was given something special to deal with in my life. I believe that we're only given what we can handle, and thanks to your strength and support of me all my life, I've been fortunate to be honest with myself, self-aware, and have discovered this about myself. I wanted to share it with you because I know the strength of your love for me, and I think that you both deserve to know me well. I couldn't discuss this with you if I didn't trust you and love you, so please take this as an offering. I'm the same person you've always known; now you know a little more, that's all."

if u feel like ur not ready to tell anyone dont jump the gun, take ur time

this one fam I know spent a year changing thier belifes because thier 23 year old son came out to them, they knew he was resonsible and smart and so this wasn't just a stage.