If your friends are good friends and you are close with them I'd say spill the beans. If you have friends who are attracted to you or interested in you, I really wouldn't tell them.

In my experience, when I let some of the people around me know I was in a lesbian relationship they were all like "can I join/watch?" It was quite sickening. It's like they couldn't get it through their thick skulls (and male egos) that you're a lesbian because you like WOMEN and not men...and had no interest in them in any way, shape or form!

Sadly, in the past the guys would get so...male (sorry guys, but this is only in my experience) they wouldn't care if you were gay or straight...they'd take advantage of you either way. I'm sure you all know what I mean.

Please be careful.