How can I not lose my friends when coming out of the closet?

To lose friends, those who understand can be a devastating experience... but if you loose them when trying to find yourself, then i guess they're not the friends worth keeping.

There's no guaranteed way. You just have to come out, and those who are truly your friends will stay with you through this milestone of self-discovery.

Explain to them that you are still you in essence; all that is happening is they are learning more about you, but you are still the same person as you were before. Nothing about you has changed.

I would first recommend to see if it is safe to come out. Make sure they are okay with LGBT+ people. If they are, great! If they are not, try to convince them otherwise. Tell them hypothetical situations such as "What would you say if I was *Insert identity*?" I would say start there.

If they are really your friends they wouldn't care, they would like you all the same, you don't have to worry about it. And if they leave you then it's their loss.

When it comes to coming out to your friends and not losing them, it can be pretty difficult!! Especially as a person who is in the LGBTQIA+ community and identifies as a nonbinary who is attracted to women. What I would recommend would be to mention something about the LGBT+ community. For example, bringing up someone like Ellen Degeneres. Ask your friend what they think about her, and then bring up the LGBT+ community, and see how they respond. If they respond well, then great! Now you know what they might take you coming out well. Although, if they respond badly, then you might want to be a little more cautious with coming out to them, or not even come out at all, and that's okay! Also, if you want to make friends who you already know support the LGBT+ community, then think about joining a Pride Club, Pride Alliance, Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA), or something along the lines of showing your pride and respecting others.

This depends on your friends, not you. If they are friends, true friends, then coming out is not going to affect that at all. If they are not helpful friends, they are going to have a bad impact on your emotional life, anyhow, and therefore you should find people who make you feel good about yourself. If that's your friends already, don't worry. If not - there are great people out there.

Hi thank you for your question. I'm so pleased for you, that you've grown to accept who you are and that you're proud. Unfortunately there's no solid way of securing your friends. The fact is; if they stay it's because they choose to stay. Those who stay are the ones who you can truly count on as being friends, ones where you feel confident that they're supporting you for being you. For those who don't support you, sadly I'd say it's a case of them managing accepting it overtime or re-considering your friendship. Make the decisions that make you happy. Stay strong and stay proud