There are a couple of people at B4U-ACT's online family and friends of MAPs group who have been sexually abused as children who are pretty accepting of their MAP partners, and they're ok with me too of course.

I'm out to some people in real life. Unfortunately, in one case it was very much like what Neutrino describes. She seemed ok with it at first, then two days later she changed her mind and didn't want to see me anymore. It's a tough call to make and very hard to tell how people will react. I know some of us say that in most cases if the person knows you really well, they tend to be more ok with it, but this wasn't the case with me. This person I told knew me literally her whole life and we had been friends for around eight years.

Personally I wouldn't want to totally discourage people from coming out even though it's risky. I agree we might never make change if we don't try. Not to mention, at least you'll know how people really feel about you, even if they do turn out to be assholes that leave you.

I've made friends with other Muggles too from my work with B4U-ACT who are very accepting, but I didn't really have to come out to them, they already knew I was an MAP pretty much once I met them, so that's kind of different. We knew ahead of time that we'd be ok with each other. So I do see hope and know that in some cases it is beneficial to tell people, and awesome to have understanding friends.

My parents know to and still love me even though they aren't quite thrilled about it.

Really happy for you that you have this person in your life papersnow, and and your little sis sounds adorable!