Friends but at the end of the day that's because I could mentally handle my "close" friends at the time not agreeing with my sexuality more than my family not liking it.
i've always felt like coming out to family is so exaggerated and attention seeking. for someone who lives in Africa (Ghana to be precise) where anything apart from straight is hugely frowned upon and will be for many years to come and can get you killed because every one here is just plain dumb and the level is illiteracy is about 80% of the country's total population. I feel like coming out is something you should do when you're independent and grown enough to not care what anyone thinks, i only tell people around me who i know are comfortable and leave the rest to think whatever. All that i'm focused on is finishing school, working and getting my coins in check coins to get out of this place and then i will think of coming out to anyone in my family. i don't see it to be a necessity like you foreigners see it to be but maybe that's just me.
I came out to my friends first. It helped build up my confidence and accept my sexuality. By the time I had come to my family, I was already comfortable being gay that it didn't matter if they disapproved
