Name: I’m Gay And I Was Born Into A Homophobic Family - My Life Is A Nightmare | This is my story
Uploaded: 2020-06-24T13:38:24.000Z
Duration: 11 min 4 s
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Do you have a story that needs to be heard? Submit it to https://www.deardiary.video/ We love to hear all kinds of stories, but only the best ones will be animated. We just have one ground rule - your story needs to be REAL. Subscribe to Dear Diary channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChx-nf7Szut6IxY6TbAT_oQ?view_as=subscriber -------------------------------- Hello, everybody. I'm Matthew and a couple of years ago, I realized that I'd been brainwashed from childhood and decided to run away from home. My whole family, my parents, my grandparents, my siblings were in the church. I think the first time that I joined them in picketing parades and funerals was when I was only 5 or 6 years old. I’d wear a cute little suit and stand by my mother, holding a sign, “God hates homos.” People on the other side would come up to us and be angry or scream; I was convinced that they were the ones that were hateful. My mom would then turn to me, hold my hand and say, “they don’t accept God’s love, we’re bringing them God’s love.” But those weren’t even the most horrible pickets I’ve been to. I remember one in particular where I felt really uncomfortable. There was this shooting that happened when I was already a teenager, about 14-15 years old, and my whole community went to the funerals to celebrate. I was already a really passionate believer by then. I got out of the car with a sign that said “God sent the shooter” and I was proud of it. But when we stood in front of the mourning parents, there was still heartache that overwhelmed me. I was holding my sign, but tried to cover my face. I think I knew that if I looked straight into the eyes of the mourners, I’d know how much this hurt. I heard the victim’s mother sobbing loudly, a father trying to argue with my loved ones, trying to ask us to leave. Eventually, we left, my family still fuming over how sinful and wrong everyone was. But I was silent. I couldn’t let myself join in on their hate... #DearDiary -------------------------------- Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dear-Diary-229018031367762/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deardiary.truestories -------------------------------- Other videos: My Mom Was Always Locking Her Room - I Found Out Her Secret https://youtu.be/MtrdKIHcKp4 Somebody Was Secretly Living In My House And Leaving Mysterious Packages https://youtu.be/nJTGwiB5jcA I Was Punished For Being Gay In The Most Horrible Way https://youtu.be/ydUejym9liA Doctors Couldn‘t Decide What My Gender Was (my parents lied to me for years) https://youtu.be/S1W5tjMvXK0 I Caught My Dad Secretly Filming Me (he saw too much) https://youtu.be/o9NO-H57z1A I Tattooed My Private Parts (it only got worse) https://youtu.be/lS4ZmZLhTOM I Became A Millionaire & Left My Wife Without A Penny https://youtu.be/ZTlE3WEE1Zg I Had 10 Plastic Surgeries (it backfired) https://youtu.be/9FFUwj4a0Q8 Love the music and SFX used in this video? We find our music on EpidemicSound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/mWDL9

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