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I changed my Lock Screen on my phone to the pansexual colors, mentioned my bi friend wanting to go to a pride parade, and told them that I liked their gay friends wedding. Then they asked if I was straight and I said “straight as a circle”

Uhm If things DONT go well, you should go to someone you KNOW you can trust.

Ok

Before coming out, you could ask questions like "What if someone you know was gay?" or mention the LGBT community in a conversation. If their reactions are negative, don't come out because it would be dangerous. But if they seem to be cool with LGBT, you can come out safely.

I agree. That was my approach. Start a casual conversation about LGBT and then if they seem cool, tell them. If not, don’t.

Start a casual convo to assess the situation. Dont be too obvious like dont be like “what if a family member was (your sexuality/gender)”

But maybe like do something that’s like show a parent a picture of a gay ship (nothing nsfw. Just show like a hug or something) if you are part of a fandom and see where that goes.
If your not part of a fandom maybe like find a celebrity or a tv character.

My only advice is assess the situation.

just go for it

When I came out as trans, I was decently confident that my parents would be fine with it. Big mistake.(my parents are nice to me now)