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Hey, thank you so much for this video - I just came out to my mom last night actually (a VERY traditional and religious catholic) and it was probably the hardest thing I've ever done or ever will do in my entire life. I'm in my second year at university and am finding it SO HARD to set boundaries when it comes to living out my identity in the way that I want to - It's these types of videos that shine a much-needed light unto the dark and frightening spaces of my life. Thanks again - I know your journey has and always will continue to help so many people like me tap into their deserved freedom!

Beautiful video Katie. My mom literally told me I needed psychiatric treatment when I came out to her as a (trans) girl. She's had time to adjust to the information but hasn't really become more accepting, she mis-genders me and uses my old name etc. I recently told her what I considered even more inflammatory information, that I'm bisexual. I've had people say some of the strangest things to me: "Can't you just choose one or the other (women or men to date)". "Can't you just be a man, I'll be in a relationship with you if you'll be a man". I try to be authentic me, try to discover what my truth is and to live it for myself. I don't seem to be happy when I don't do that as concretely as I am able to. I'm trying to meet my emotional needs myself and not be dependent on others for meeting those needs. I don't claim to have all the answers, even for myself. I've tried muddling through fulfilling others' needs and expectations, it doesn't make me happy. So happy for you, looking forward to more of your videos. Cheers. :)

I’m not questioning I’m just trying to understand this side of myself

So I got an odd question to ask not necessarily odd but just a question overall. My dad told me that he may have had gay feelings in himself but he never acted on them and me as a Demiwoman lesbian it’s starting to make sense why I feel the way I do thing is my dad is incredibly homophobic and has a lot of misogynist views which affect me. On top of that my dad is also Trumplican hardcore type in some ways and hyper religious zealot. How do I as a lesbian tell my dad I’m this way without upsetting his own problems with the things I mentioned and have dealt with too?

Katie, your comment about who would be watching this video was incomplete. I'm a straight white guy raised Catholic, in his 60's, watching this to better understand what my gay friends have gone through. One of my friend's situation is very much like yours with strict religious parents. I have 2 adult children and love them unconditionally, and have difficulty wrapping my head around parents who turn their backs to their own children. I hope your life is filled with joy and happiness. Thanks for making this video!

I feel this very deeply. Besides the religious upbringing and traumas I've dealt with, I'm also disabled and rely on my family, even as an adult. So, I don't know how to deal with this situation as an "I'm pretty sure I'm Bi" woman, taking into consideration lack of access and exposure into adulthood in the early aughts, still attempting to fit the mold until a few years ago, all the things, even though I had lgbtq+ friends who I loved and accepted, that same love wasn't necessarily meant for me (from me). Now, I'm better to myself, but terrified of losing my support system. They do... a lot...

♡Thanks for posting this

Be who you are and above all be Happy in who you are. ❤

I am also attracted to very masculine women but I REALLY have a thing for ultra feminine girls 🤪💯

You're beautiful

"uniquely disruptive" that is very similar to how i feel!! as a femme queer,/lesbian sometimes i truly feel my most queer when i'm wearing my most "girly" outfits. it feels very subversive and i love it. i also love whenever i've held hands with a femme queer in public for similar reasons. it feels so sweet and powerful <333 also i'm sorry your parents still haven't come around, i was hoping after watching your coming out video that they had opened up by now. my christian mother is still making peace with it and it's hard at times as she goes up and down with everything. lastly, congrats on your engagement! the way you light up talking about jess it so beautiful :)

you have such a lovely way of speaking and decribing your journey and elements of the queer experience! i also grew up in a very christian household and came out to my mom last year🤍

you have the most pleasant voice I've ever heard

So incredibly happy for you, you beautiful soul!! 💜🌈

Just the most beautiful and honest words. Best wishes ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

talked into ruining her life by woke dickheads ... altho looking at her its clear she's a bit insane anyway. she wdnt be a good wife and she will always have problems w any lezzy partner.

It's nice to see stories from other ex-christian LGBT people. I only discovered & accepted that part of myself once I left the church. Unfortunately, I haven't told anyone about either of these (and won't for a long time until I'm in a safe position)

Ohhh i LOVE how you talked about in order to fight the algorithm to stay visible creators are pushed to make more and more content, but with reading being a "slow" hobby this can lead towards a trend of creators doing a lot more low-effort content like hauls (which also do great numbers wise, hence even MORE of a push to make more hauls)!!!! Im so stuck in this weird place trying to figure out how to make content around books but it takes a LOT of time to read and even more time to film and edit so you can quickly run out of videos to film 😅 I LOVE the commentary in this video, i hope you do more commentary videos on the book community!!!

I personally don't have much interest in the BookTok community and I'm not sure exactly why this video was recommended to me, but I'm glad it was! I appreciate your thoughts on the limited scope of BookTok, why it's being compared to fast fashion (there's so much to say about how every hobby is becoming a reason to consume as many cheap, poorly made products as possible omg) and your overall chill vibe.

I absolutely love your hair in this video <3

Would love to see your wedding video ... congratulations

I am in love with femme lesbians...as a femme lesbian myself... And you are gorgeous 😊

I’m so sorry about your parents and that you went through this. I see this is two years old so I hope things are mended between you and that you and Jess are together and happy. I guess I should check your channel and see if there’s more recent videos 😂

Id love for you to come to london you wouldnt need to worry about accomodan you 6:30 6:33 6:33 5:57 tion

Clicked on this in the hope that you were still with Jess. So I was stoked at the news. Absolutely no idea why tbh, but there you go 🤷🏻‍♂️

thank you for sharing <3

queer femininity is so beautiful <3

Wow. You've just explained how I've been feeling but couldn't find the words to describe. I experienced the same thing when, at first, I was very feminine and modest, while I was a Christian. Then I stopped doing make up for 5 years, dressed in baggy clothes, but now I feel lost because I don't like this baggy style anymore, but I don't feel like dressing fully feminine too. I know that now it's the perfect time for me to explore myself and find the way I can express my queerness the way I WANT. But I was still feeling a little guilty because I couldn't follow "the trend", I wasn't "queer enough" because I wasn't dressing this way🤦🏻‍♀️ BUT thanks to your video, I feel better now🙌

You have some good insights into yourself. Make sure your partner is cool with you sharing about them. As a 50 something single, straight man from New Zealand, I have zero clue why RUclips thought this video should be recommended to me but I just have learned to trust that my AI overlords' sense of humour is going to differ from that of a human. "You just watched a video on the fall of the Assyrian Empire". "You might like a to-camera video from a young American lady talking about her femininity and its interplay with her LGBTQ+ community identity, how it leads to introspection, some self-doubt and what that means about her need to feel comfortable in a markedly fluid gender arena".........sure, why not. All the best Katie.

😎😃😊😜😍😘💖 Hi, you are lovely. Congratz on being engaged. Loved your story. Can't wait for your next video.

And then You and I Came along to now totally getting my life together and then turning Gay which is awesome.i had same effect and I didn't know it. Driving Blind for way you and I are. Plus its all bullshit right 👍.

😍🙌🏼 ahhh powerful warrior! So proud of you for the self care it took to put yourself first even through the hardships 😭💗 you are so wonderful!! My family on my mom’s side were all missionaries so I totally understand what being a missionary is like to some extent 😭 sending you big hugs 💗💗💗 you are amazing!!

There is only one treatment to be cured of "religion and homophobia"... the medicine is EDUCATION in combination with thrue information.

Thank you for sharing your story! I think you’re amazing and your hair looks great. I’m sorry your parents didn’t accept it, but your siblings are great❤

Thank you for sharing! Sorry you had such a hard time 😔. Nice to hear the experiences of a fellow ex-evangelical homeschooled lesbian!

Kate, I am very proud of you and your courage, very heartwarming story. Being gay has long been completely accepted and not been an issue here in Denmark, totally accepted. Lots of love - I am quite sure goes for all of Denmark. Religion (no longer) is an issue here with gays. All the best from here for a future happy life with your partner and life (Finn/Denmark)

I think you should offer your parents Grace during this time. Remember they are spiritually convicted about homosexuality, so they have an opposing view, I think that you should consider their position and their feelings also. Continue to be their daughter and when they are ready to accept your partner, they will or maybe they won't but that shouldn't affect you as their daughter having a relationship with them, unless they are gay bashing you when y'all speak.. if that's not happening then you should continue to be in their lives. Girlfriends and boyfriends.. husbands and wives come and go but your parents are forever🙏

So courageous, thanks for sharing. You have great screen presence, do you think you will ever make more videos?

Hi Katie-I'm touched by your coming out story which shows that you're a lovely, kind person. I'm a bisexual Christian and delighted to be part of an inclusive LGBTQ affirming church here in Bath UK. Jesus made you to be who you are! 🌈 💞

I love your energy, Katie, you radiate loveliness, and I’m grateful you told your story ❤ As a fellow LGBTQer from an evangelical Christian background, I relate to a lot of what you said here, and I wish you the fullest healing and joy this life has to offer. Peace! Xx

Wow this sole was absolutely brain washed by her parents

You are so beautiful, not just looks wise. Also thank you for sharing your story. I'm still figuring out mine. I just got divorced from my husband. So I'm figuring out life still. I've always had an affinity for our gay community. I have a pixie cut and people ask me all the time if I'm gay.

Being lesbian or Gay is not a problem but a very great gift. God does not do any mistake in this. Hope you still believe, For this gives an extra dimension. I was a Christian but now I am a Jew, feel tha tI have come home. Your story and how you express it with deep great feeling gives me very much. I want to know more, since I have had more reserved attitude to LGBTQ but now I wish to know so much as possible and also experience a live with all Queer-People. Sometimes I have a feeling as a Woman. I have in my life before wished to be a Woman. So then I sometimes teach, I feel within me as a woman who is speaking. I thank you for your open attitude and congratulation to your Lesbian - life. Live the life, that is I believe God´s will for you and us all. Folke from Sweden. This video was the best I have heard and seen in this matter. Thanks very much.

You are so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. ♡

Thank you for sharing your journey of self-discovery. You light up when you talk about Jess. Christians opposed to those who are LGBTQ+ should consider the following. There is an anti-gay bible verse found in Leviticus 20:13, "If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." The problem for those supporting the anti-gay verse is that no one follows most verses in Leviticus. People are not being put to death for cursing their mother and father in verse 9, nor for adultery in verse 10. They are not performing animal sacrifices per chapters 1-9, nor are they breaking dishes when someone has a venereal disease per chapter 15. When we read the new testament gospels we find that those who upheld Mosaic law were the ones out to harm and kill the one called Jesus. Jesus didn't follow all the Mosaic laws, he healed on the sabbath, his disciples weren’t fasting and he didn’t follow Leviticus 20:10 where those caught in adultery are to be killed. He instead said to the scribes and Pharisees, “He who is without sin, let him throw the first stone.” Jesus introduced new teachings to replace the old. John 13:34 states, “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” Jesus was inclusive, tolerant and accepting of people’s differences and status in life. He spoke with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well when Jews were not supposed to socially interact. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. He healed the insane and the Roman centurion’s servant. People should realize that breaking dishes for venereal disease, opposing LGBTQ+ lifestyles and animal/human sacrifice to appease God should be categorized as primitive, outdated beliefs. Some so-called religious people claim those who are LGBTQ are going to hell. I have been to hundreds of seances with two of the finest mediums in the US. The spirit guide, Evening Star, talked about heaven and hell. She said they were different for different people. She cited the example of listening to rock n roll music. Some people would feel like they are in heaven while others would think they are in hell. “In my Father’s house are many mansions.” speaks of the variety and diversity in the Spirit World. Please consider the following words from Rod McKuen, (not an exact quote, but close). "It does not matter who you love or how you love, but that you love. The good in man is God made manifest and loving is the contribution to that good and to that only God. For in the end the act of loving anyone is the act of loving God.”

thanks for this video. ☀🎖

I'm so sorry your parents made you believe being gay is wrong. The system we live in is really terrible for us gay people. Also, it's so sad you felt like you had to have sex with guys. My couple first times with a guy were kinda good, then I started getting panic attacks even by just seeing the guy and it was awful (especially because he's a dear friend of mine). You're a beautiful human being.

No its not true being gay isent wrong

Well your parents are homoeopathic and not nice thiers nothing wrong with a women being a lesbain a gay women into women not and a gay man gay into men not women

What a beautiful soul! 🥰