A National Health Statistics report from 2016 found that 17.4 percent of women ages 18 through 44 had experienced sexual contact with other women even though just 6.8 percent identified as lesbian or bisexual while this survey didn’t ask respondents whether they identify as LGBTQ.

In honor of Pride Month, we asked visitors of all of the various intimate orientations about their very first same-sex encounters. Listed below are their tales:

We shared with her We thought I would find yourself making away

“I became learning abroad in Southern Africa whenever my roomie unveiled that she ended up being a lesbian. Having been fighting my very own sex, we boldly informed her we would end up making out that I thought. One evening, we had been hanging together on her behalf sleep paying attention to ‘Something breathtaking’ by Needtobreathe once I kissed her. It immediately clicked at that minute why things had never resolved with dudes. This makeout session generated four months of sneaking down to own sex in corners of y our apartment where our other roommates would not see and setting up in general public restrooms, etc. Absolutely absolutely absolutely Nothing ever arrived of us besides a relationship, but i have never turned right back. ” —Tayla, 23

We took the opportunity and kissed her

“I’d hardly ever really considered myself as such a thing other than straight until a buddy of my own stated she liked me personally plus it ended up being too bad i did not like girls. We laughed it well, but something within my mind went, ‘It is simply too bad i am directly! ‘ later that, I took a chance and kissed her while we were watching a movie evening.Continue reading→