Coming Out
First off, I'm not sure whether I am Bi or Pansexual. I'm still trying to figure that out, so I'll just talk about being bi.
I came out to myself on December 4th, 2012. So obviously, its not a phase.
I told my dad in January of 2013 and I know he though it was a phase. To him, it wasn't that important... at the time.
I had never really talked about it after that with my dad, until recently. His girlfriend and I have debates with him, and one day gays became the topic of conversation. I said he was a bigot and a homophobe (nicely). He said he wasn't homophobic, and made me look it up. Lo and behold, "by definition", he was a homophobe. My dad is a non practicing Christian (Mormon) and his parents are old fashioned. He said, to my face, gays are unnatural. (By default, cause its all things homosexual) anything not straight was unnatural. More than what any of my friends have said, that hurt the worst. He said it so nonchalantly, too.
Talking to people about being bi is, in some ways, different then talking about being gay. On one hand, some people (mainly guys) are OK with bi girls, cause its "hot". On the other hand, bi's get talked a lot of smack about how they need to "jump off the fence, already" by both gays and straights.
I'm lucky that at my old schools, not Too many have given me crap. However, I feel like it'll be different at my new school.