15 Tips to Celebrate Pride While Closeted 

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literally, cuff your jeans. it’s invisible if you’re not LGBTQ+

When I realized that I was lesbian in a kinda not really accepting household, I wanted to sneakily show my pride. The first step was to find out what pride flags they recognized as just that - pride flags - and I quickly realized that the only ones they actually knew was the rainbow and trans flag. I started the gayification of my room by drawing a drawing HEAVILY inspired by the lesbian flag and putting it on my wall, but my parents didn't realize what the colors stand for. I went even further and changed my desktop background to the lesbian flag - and when my mom asked why I had changed my background, I just told her that I liked the color combination. She just thought it was like a color palette or something. Lastly, I took the final step and actually bought a 150x90 cm lesbian flag to put up on my wall, and my parents still don't realize anything. I told them that I just wanted a pop of color in my very plain room, and that I bought this tapestry to achieve that. Gayification complete.

imagine accidentally having this on full volume and then your not closeted anymore

Tips for using pride flag colors: Gay: rainbows are just pretty Bi: unicorn colors Pan: primary colors look nice together Trans: pastels are pretty Ace: one of the best color combos imo they look so nice Literally anything: the colors look nice together (bc yk it's true

i asked my mom to let me get a pride flag and she said: “it’s fine as long as it’s in the closet” she wasn’t joking.

My mom: **comes to my room** Me: **closes this video as fast as possible** Hello parental unit, it is I, your heterosexual daughter doing heterosexual things (:

Some quotes from my mom “you should cuff your jeans” “that shirt would look good tucked in” she doesn’t know I’m bisexual (unless if she found my sketchbook I hope not)

My family has colored bowls. There are pink, yellow, blue, green and orange. The first day of pride month, I put the bowls away so they are the pan flag. So far, nobody has changed it and nobody has noticed. I'm hoping to try to keep them that way until the end of June

Friend: Isn't that girl hot? Me, an ace: OH GOD CALL AN AMBULANCE! SHE HAS A FEVER! Friend: What? Me: What?

Just a tip for the pan people: If your parents see anything with the colors and get suspicious, just say they are the primary colors. It’s true tho lol

I’m bisexual and I’m currently dating my Girlfriend. We’re still closeted which is scary to know that our parents will find out. We’re in a distance relationship and every time my parents ask “any crushes on guys? Or dating any guys?” I always joke around about celebrity crushes which makes me feel uncomfortable cause I want to tell them but it’s scary. I just feel like I need to say this out loud for everyone to know....if not everyone then some of you. I’m gender fluid and bisexual...I’m still me of course...happy pride month everyone!

Hey, still in the closet here, but my friend just came out to their parents as non-binary and it went great! I'm so happy for them!

“I know, I’m very gay but-“ *me while talking with my friends*

As a mom, I’m heartbroken by watching this video. I wish every person was supported to be their authentic self. I am grateful videos like this exist to show that it’s important to keep safe and still be yourself, despite your family’s views. Family can be the people we choose, not blood.

I love how he openly admits that it’s not a thing about being ashamed but more about whether or not your ready to come out to then

As a bisexual, it's quite easy to use magenta purple and blue on anything without being too suspicious - many people think people like these colors because they look so good together ;)

Remember folks, you all are valid whether you are able to show it or still in a closet.

Me thinking I’m lesbian : Girls are hot! Me learning I’m homoflexable : so is everyone else but still mainly girls..

can we also call the community "the pride" please???? it makes us sound like the epic and strong lions we are!!

something that i did a while back: A couple months ago, i made a painting based off of the bisexual pride flag (at the time i thought i was bi but now im ack to questioning bc im not sure who i like) and made a painting with pink/magenta skies, light purple clouds in the mid. and blue water and it was, at the time, a nice lil way to remind myself that im a bisexual (made the les flag too, but its the pink one and i dont have enough orange to make the sunset one so i scrapped it 😅), plan to eventually make every flag 'w' was inspired by Lavendertowne

The LGBTQ+ community feels like some elaborate club that is so chill. I want to live there.

Me: *makes an asexual pride flag themed bracelet* My parents: that's a pretty color scheme! Me: *ace panic*

Some more Pride shows in Netflix: Community, She-ra, The Umbrella Academy

I'm in the process of re-painting my violin case and I'm painting the handle to be the pan flag. I've also purchased a rainbow bag from IKEA and my parents seemed to be none the wiser...

My brain: Draw rainbows on yourself. Me: Why? My brain : you gotta

Me. Is bisexual. Looks down: pastel pink shirt with pastel lavender at the bottom. Very very bleached jeans and rasta rainbow sneakers. Oef.

Me and my friend Addy (I’m trans and she’s a lesbian), just say that we like the colors when asked about our pride decor

I’ve seen a lot of “hidden pride flag wallpapers”. They’re pretty much just simple wallpapers that use pride colors and unless you know what they are and the flag they represent no one is the wiser. 10/10 I suggest it :)

Me and my friends managed to throw a small pride party without anyone else realizing.

Me,who is eating Skittles while watching this: that are great things to do!

Dressed for the last day of school in blue and grey, the demiboy colors. Only 2 of my friends knew 😀

_"I know, I'm very gay"_ is literally the best quote ever

Me putting rainbows and bi flags all over my room, my parents: ➖👄➖

"I know, I'm very gay" Whole mood lol

Luckily I live alone, so I ordered a cup with my flag printed on it and now I'm drinking out of it every morning. No one knows but it makes me really happy

4:53 I personally made the pride flag into a background that was hidden kind of but because I'm bad at explaining it I'll use some examples. Bisexual: a night sky with mountains in the foreground Pansexual: a sunrise over an ocean Nonbinary: a golden glowing trophy on a stormy rain cloud.

Have a gay day everyone and *bi* for now. 😂

I was thinking about asking my neighbor to buy a pan flag for me (Im gonna pay her back). Anyways that's an idea for some of my fellow closet dwellers.

This is beautiful. I was closeted for four years, and it was little things like this that kept me sane. I remember painting rocks with pride flag colors and writing the names of my girl crushes in code in my notebooks. Small expressions of pride are valuable beyond measure, and seeing a channel dedicate an entire video to it warms my heart. Thank you ❤

I hung out with a friend for the first time a little while ago (we only talked in between classes and got along great). We went to an empty park and one of the first things she asked me was what my pronouns and preferred name was. Then she asked my sexuality. (She’s gay, I’m questioning aro&gay) I’d say one of the best things you can do is just ask someone right when you meet them. Do it privately and make sure they (and you) feel comfortable. Saying “if you don’t feel comfortable or don’t want to talk we can talk about something else” is great because it makes the person feel like they aren’t forced to tell. It makes both people feel great afterwards- especially if both or just one of you is in the closet.

My parents are kind of clueless about pride flags and so are my class mates so I put pride flags into my school work.

im so lucky to have a dad that isn’t homophobic. homophobic parents scare the shit out of me, and i couldn’t imagine being in the same house as one.

Before I realized I was bi, I would accidentally use the bi colors together a lot, when drawing flowers, or making a background for a scene. So I went onto the family computer(again, before I realized) and drew a sunset with a rainbow. Except the sunset was the bi flag. After I realized, though, on the first, I went to school and used markers to color a bi flag on my fingers, then washed my hands before my parents saw. I've also been wearing a lot of flannel with black tanktops since I was little.

Here's a cutesy little idea for those who like to draw: make OCs out of your pride flag colors! Make them represent your sexuality accurately and, in general, make them...you! I'm doing that right now, so you probably can too. It's a simple little thing, but it works! If anyone gets suspicious, just say they like the colors or outfit they're wearing.

Tip: "accidentally" fall asleep with Skittles on your face so when you take it off you have a rainbow

If you see this comment in 2021, I would love to wish you a very happy pride month!!!! 💖💜💙🏳️‍🌈 I am a closeted bisexual. Whoever you are in this community, closeted or out, you are valid and loved. Let your pride flags fly!!!!!

The amount of amusement I get saying “Happy pride month!” To my cishet friends is a lot, there just look at me and go “W h a t” and once they even said “Hey! I’m not prideful!”

Mom : why u put this rainbow flag in your room? Me : oh it’s our chakras colors alignment from root chakra to crown chakra. I’m into meditating right now for my higher self. Mom : ok. Cool

It's honestly cute how he said "I know I'm really gay" My brother who is gay watching this with me:*gay panic and hides his face in the blanket*

I'm a FTM Transgender still in the closet.

Me: *A closeted Bisexual* Fraternal twins: *Exist* My mind: oh god their both so attractive-

glad i don’t need this video anymore cus i came out to my mom yesterday lol

I'm ace, and my favorite color is purple and most of my clothes are black, grey, and white so I can easily get away with having my outfit matching the flag without suspicion! :D

I like drawing people with rainbow clothing And use the excuse “I couldn’t figure out what color to use”. I also make pan and bi drawings for my friends.

I like to collect chap-sticks and I'm bisexual, so I put my blue, pink and purple chap-sticks next to each other :) Edit: I even tried to do the lesbian flag with them (I'm really attracted to women than men)but it didn't look good 😂

I’m terrified for when I eventually have to come out, my parents just wouldn’t understand, but I get sick of them calling me a girl, same with my siblings, I almost start crying because I’m so uncomfortable, but I have been secretly celebrating pride the past few years, and the Internet is a great way to do so.

Me: * unconsciously makes 3 little beaded butterflys one pink one yellow and one blue * (when I didn't even know my sexuality) This video: find something that has your colors that represents your flag Me: * looks around for stuff the has pink, yellow, and blue * Me: * finds the bead butterflys that I made * Me: was this fate 'o'

Ok, so like a year or two ago I was forced to come out. (Not going to tell my story it's complicated) And well I thought things would get better but they don't. My mom acts like I never came out, my dad says one of these days we'll talk about it again. And I have two brothers, (I'm the oldest) They were the first to know I was gay, they never really cared, at least until I had to come out to my parents that I was dated my brothers older sister friend (Who they both knew I was dating). When that happened my brother who is now 12, he always uses the word gay like it's disease and it really annoying. And he'll see gay things call my name show me and say, "It's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen." Or he'll call me gross (He still does it, and I've asked him to stop). He even said to me the person he's been wanting to die to die in the show he was watching died. I asked him who it was, and he said, "It's was this gay guy on the show." I asked him why he wanted the guy to die so much and he said. "Because he gay and that's gross. Gay people shouldn't live." I don't know why he says this, it makes me feel uncomfortable around him because he fight a lot and sometimes pushing and shoving happens I miss my old brother, the one who didn't care before I came out to my parents.The only person in my family who I feel accepts me is my youngest brother who is 10, he'll make gay jokes with me, and ever sometimes talk about with me, about my girlfriend. He even is slowly shipping gay things that I ship. Which makes me happy I have someone to go to. But if you're reading this stay safe, hope you're day is amazing. And happy pride month. Also love this channel!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Edit: I little life update, I'm slowly talking to my dad more. Yay! He's now been more supportive. Which is amazing. Just two more to go. Thank you all fo your kind words. I want you to know I'm not looking for attention. I just posted this so people could relate, and know that's they're not alone in this scary world. Just know I love you all, and if life has you down stand tall. Because it's just a little while till something great happens. Stay safe my peps.🏳️‍🌈 ( and for those who don't know what peps mean it means people.

So I've only come out to one person, my best friend. She is super supportive and wonderful and she understood when I said I didn't really know how to tell anyone else. So, she made me loom bracelets in the colors of my pride flag and I wear them every day. My family doesn't realize because I already liked the color combination before. We also did tie-dye a few weeks ago. So I used the colors yellow, pink and blue to wear my pride flag in secret. It's great for now until I'm ready to tell them ^^ And also thanks a million to my best friend, you are the most wonderful friend ever

pride aside, him talking without using ,,uhh, soo, umm, ahh" is just weird lmao, dont get me wrong, i'm used to other people and my self included using those words a lot during convo and it feels weird when someone talks normally without using them

Me, watching this at 4 am in the morning: *"Y e e y e e"* Edit: I actually came out a little bit after writing this. It's been 4 months, but I did it. And for anyone who is curious, it went really well. My main family (the ones I actually care about) support me. Now, for the rest of my family? I refuse to come out to them. But overall, I'm supported by my friends and the family I love.

You can also use the excuse for using rainbows because idk about other places but in the uk we use rainbows for staying at home and thanking the nhs

Me: *has my closet and dresser full of pride clothes* Me the next week: *going to my homophobic fathers house* Me preparing: oh god…what do I do I don’t have any clean shirts that aren’t pride related!! Me: *sees that one Loki shirt* Me: GAY CHARACTER BUT IT WORKS!!!

I know this is supposed to be a helpful and lighthearted video, but my heart just broke watching this. There are so many people that don't have to hide who they are and can safely live their lives without much thought at all, but then you remember that there are so many more people who are still stuck in situations where being themselves isn't an option. For someone like me where it's just second nature to be who you are, I couldn't imagine having to live your life wearing some type of mask, especially if that meant staying out of harm's way. It's taking a long time, but to everyone who's in the closet right now I hope you are having a good pride month. Stay safe, and just keep holding onto that little glimmer of hope because sooner or later you'll be able to finally be free.

In the ace(asexual) portion of the community we wear black rings on our right middle finger as silent way of communicating to other members.

Subtly is key I’ve painted landscapes that vaguely look like pride flags but no knows

I'm literally seeing this hiding from my homofobic parents and oh boy they really think im heterosexual BUT BOY WHERE THEY WRONG

For the lesbians, if somebody sees the lesbian flag colors just say, “Those are sunset colors.”and they won’t suspect a thing.

If your parents aren’t very knowledgeable about flags (many only recognize the most common ones like the rainbow bi and trans flags) its a lot easier to for stealth pride stuff. For example if your family isn’t familiar with the ace flag and you’re ace, you can incorporate the black white grey and purple into your room decor and outfits without arousing any suspicion. I did a stealth pride painting and my parents literally watched me paint it and complemented the color choices without knowing what they meant 👍🏼

I have rainbow socks so that’s my way I also had a gay day social distancing with my friend who is out so we sat listening to music and playing pool we also had food so we just sat in a shed having a blast

I´m still in the closet so I made a painting of marceline and princess bubblegum, my mom saw it and said it looked cute. And my friends bought me a washi tape in rainbow colors. Happy pride month!!

i just came out as bi to my mom today, feelin good

i'm losing my shit over the lego pride parade lmao its such a genius concept

"Here are some tips on how to hide things from your family" lol this had me laughing

I just found this on my recommendation and I’m in love

Oh yes. Pride in your imagination. This is so wonderful. Going to a pride parade is one thing but going to a pride parade knowing that there are many, many people who support us but only in spirit is a strengthening, heart-warming thought. Even outside of pride month, I feel comfort in the idea that there are millions of people around the world who don't know me but still love me and accept me the way I am. Even if there is no direct interaction between each other, the thought itself can be very encouraging sometimes. You are not alone.

Me: has mental breakdown at 1:30 am watching this Also me: calms down well watching this... omg but I really do feel better now tho

“How to celebrate pride while your in the closet” why was my volume so High and why did my dad have the be in the room next to me 🥲

4:58 There’s also secret pride backgrounds you can find on google, where artists make artwork with pride flags. As long as family or friends won’t recognize the colors, it’s a great trick to have a pride background with no one knowing (Mine is a pansexual sunset background)

i came out to my father on text two nights ago with asking "Do you know what lgbtq+ is?" good news, he supports! now i gotta find out how i can tell him i'm ace and non binary-

i’m definitely using these lesbian pride right here 😗✌️

I painted my nails to match the bisexual flag. I also painted a wooden heart cutout like the rainbow flag.

I made a little bracelet/ key chain thing with the nonbinary colors and it's great! I get to celebrate even on a little way and my family doesn't know about my identity :)

Now I’m a biromantic asexual, and this just popped up on my recommended. This is literally a life saver.

i draw pride flags on the bottoms of my feet using markers, i always wear socks so no one knows and it makes me extremely happy knowing i drew them somewhere on my skin. it's such a small thing but it's crazy how good it makes you feel.

Here’s another suggestion: binge lgbtq+ tik tok compilations This is what I’ve been doing.

It's the first time I've seen any of your videos, but you're so sweet and make me feel very safe, thank you! Happy Pride Month! ❤️

Im really scared to tell my parents that I’m bi, and everyone else knows about it as well (not my older relatives)

Today I got braces, so to celebrate for pride I got them lesbian-flag pinks!

when i was in the closet i had my background of my phone as the trans flag. but i kept the lock screen normal. so only people who knew the password could see it, which was only me

Me wearing a shirt I made displaying a gay ship I like, a rainbow bracelet, flannel, ripped cuffed jeans during pride month so no one knows (with the shirt I convinced my parents they were best friends, they bealived it lol)

I’m pan and something I do is I make things that have the pan colors like a bracelet with pink yellow and blue and wear it almost everywhere

Skittles have been my favorite candy every since I was little and I think I’m pan sexual. Coincidence? I think not. My family is not homophobic and they are very supportive, but I’m still figuring myself out so I haven’t mentioned anything.

When ur dad excepts u but ur mom constantly reminds u she doesn’t The fact that she threatens not to have a relationship with me when I’m older plz😭🤚🏼 you think I want one wit u?👀

I love how most girls will try to look as pretty as possible but me and my friends wake up and try to look a gay as possible!!!!!!

This make me happy, and this makes me sad. Stay safe everyone!

*leave small things around the room that are the colors of your pride flag* Me: * looks around room painted the colors of the trans flag * You don’t sayyy

as an ace, I'm still in the deck (the closet) to my family

ok this was totally on accident but still really funny. (I'm closeted to my dad but not my mom, this was before I told her though) So I was helping my mom garden and she asks me to spray paint some pots for plants, so I say ok and she gives me the spray paint. The spray paints' colors were pink, purple, and blue, and I'm bi. I was silently laughing to myself while spray painting and when she put plants in them I arranged them on the steps from top to bottom to look like the bi flag :D Edit: I now have a bunch of lgbtq+ videos on my recommended. Hopefully if my dad sees I can pass this off as it being pride month.