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It's really sad that so many people still feel so nervous and anxious about coming out to their loved ones.
I can only imagine how the life of someone who hasn't come out, must be difficult.

He is SO brave!!!

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Here's a commentary on the power of not wanting to disappoint your parents -- Dan Savage tells the story of how his adopted son was afraid to tell his dad he was straight. Dan was flabbergasted that DJ had any hesitation or fear, growing up in the Flagship House of Telling the Truth About Yourself.

And this guy -- the sister says she had said something years ago, and still he couldn't do it.

It'll be great when being different isn't such a big deal. It'll be great when it is ASSUMED that we are all different, and we find out how we are different as we go along.

We're not there yet. I'll be glad when these vids won't be made any more, and I won't post them, and lantern can't pop over and be a turd.

All devotedly to be wished.

How is he brave? I think his sis said it best that she doesnt care that he's gay. News flash gay people: Nobody cares if you are gay are not (unless your the media and they love sensationalizing it). The only thing that matters is if you are a good person or bad person.

You should get your sarcasm filter checked. Look at lantern's other posts on the topic and you'll realize he absolutely agrees with everything you just wrote.

Apparently in the real world, though, people still care enough that you're gay to deny you equal treatment under the law or, in places like Russia, to beat the living shit out of you.

Hence, it still takes an act of courage for people to come out.

Yeah, this guy comes out, and he has to have a camera record the whole thing. It's sad.

This poor women might as well forget getting any nephews or nieces. Very sad.

You're attitude is disgusting.

These come out to people on camera videos are usually meant as inspirational or in some way positive, sometimes negative when it goes that way ( usually people with your mentality of ignorance and double slit narrow minded vision. The whole Homosexual orientation in media such as this is the same as other minorities trying to get the same value and respect that is owed and deserved by those different than yourself, it is your mentality that will drive this point until you wieners either die off or change your mind once you take logic into account.

It is not sad that he recorded this, it is sad that this sort of movement has to even exist

The only reality that this woman has to disregard a possible nephew or niece is the one you persist on having, were they can not unite and adopt children who need love and caring, aka FAMILIES.

I find it hard to believe any semi-close family wouldn't already know...

Gay Person:"I have to tell you something..."
Family Person:"What?"
GP:"I'm... uhh... I'm gay."
FP:"Ya... and what?"
GP:"I'm gay."
FP:"Ya we know, what did you want to tell us?"

Dan Savage's story with his straight son, too.

"Dad, I'm straight."
"DJ, your dad and I have always known. You liked girls in kindergarten."
"I just didn't want to disappoint you."

The pressure to conform is strong. Must be evolutionarily based, I'd think.

What a liar, she said she doesn't care! She does care!

Kidding aside, great video.

God is LOVE, bitch. I'm godless but what's your excuse?

'Hey sis, I'd like to share a deeply personal secret with you....and 100 million viewers on Youtube!'

more like gained a decorator.

Ha ha, I get it! Because he's gay! Dicks.

I have a friend who I went to school with who is gay. There was a group of about five or six of us who were really close friends. We all suspected he was gay but it just wasn't an issue and it never came up in conversation or anything. When we finished school his family moved abroad for a couple of years but then things went a bit wrong for them and they moved back. It was great to see him again.

After about a month of him being back we'd seen each other a few times and I got a phone call from him. He sounded a little weird, like something was up and he said 'I've got something to tell you.'

I said straight away 'are you gay?'

There was a huge pause and he eventually said 'Er, yes. You're the third person to say that.'

I told him we'd suspected it for a long time. It never came up in the same way that you wouldn't turn round to one of us and say 'hey, you like girls, right?' It was an all boys school so there weren't girls around all the time to force the issue. None of us were mega cool and although a few had girlfriends every now and then none of them were particularly serious so most of the time when we hung out it was just the guys anyway.

Even so we'd all got a reasonable gaydar on us and knew he liked boys. I'd be very surprised if a family didn't realise their kid/brother/sister was gay.

Only one of our friends had any issue with him being gay, the rest of us just got on with things as normal as nothing had changed for us, we already knew. It was good to be able to talk to him about it though, or more for him to be able to talk to us. By this time most of us were in relationships and it's been really interesting seeing his relationship with his boyfriend flourish over time as my relationship with my now wife has done.

I saw the whole thing as a sign that I'd found some pretty good friends. No judging, no awkwardness, no nothing. Good guys.

Oh, apart from the one who did have a problem. Funnily enough there was only one religious person amongst our group of friends too...