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I Was Ready To Die (My Mom Told Everyone I’m Gay)
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I Was Ready To Die (My Mom Told Everyone I’m Gay)

It was the first trip with my church since I came out. One of the activities for the kids was canoeing. I couldn’t swim and I didn’t want to do it, but they put me in a life jacket and paired me with two older guys. I looked at them for the first time and I was immediately terrified. I’d been bullied mercilessly since coming out, so I was ready to die that day.

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Gintarė Kozakaitė

Gintarė Kozakaitė

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Gintare is a project manager at Bored Panda. Here, she coordinates the project based on true teenagers' stories called Dear Diary. She graduated with a BA in Information And Communication and MA in New Media And Digital Culture. Before joining Bored Panda, she was creating social documentaries and working as a journalist. Her greatest inspiration is people who dare to be different. And well, she truly believes that some great stories actually start with a salad. By the way, she laughs more than she talks. True story.

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Gintarė Kozakaitė

Gintarė Kozakaitė

Author, Community member

Gintare is a project manager at Bored Panda. Here, she coordinates the project based on true teenagers' stories called Dear Diary. She graduated with a BA in Information And Communication and MA in New Media And Digital Culture. Before joining Bored Panda, she was creating social documentaries and working as a journalist. Her greatest inspiration is people who dare to be different. And well, she truly believes that some great stories actually start with a salad. By the way, she laughs more than she talks. True story.

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Moe Lewis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These animated stories often (as this particular channel has been shown to do) steal and even flat out make up these stories. If you want to keep using LGBT folks and our struggles as your cheap a*s click bait, at the very least give us the goddamn respect of actually telling real stories.

Gay Llama
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am pretty sure it is true, as I heard a very similar story somewhere else. But it is very likely it was stolen.

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MoonBeam
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is this c**p? Same "author" does multiple c**p video stories

Janthony
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this kind of story shouldn't be exploited for cheap views. to any kids who actually went through this, i'm sorry, i feel you, and you are worth more than your s****y parents. @ this channel: please stop making videos to emotionally charge your audience for your own selfish reasons.

DragonsFox
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5 years ago

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Shireen
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Andy Warholla Jr.
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You realise there are places where coming out can literally get you killed, right? Also, not everyone has understanding family. There are many people living on the streets, because their own parents kiced them out of home.

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dan james
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5 years ago (edited)

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The actions of the those who overcome prejudice withought resorting to the same behaviors and chose not to harm others should be our examples, the “stars” in stories that inspire us. Some of these “authentic” stories portray the worst aspects of human behavior. (Ie. Public shamming, bigotry, using others so you feel better about your bad behavior). A lot of these videos seem to justify the poor behavior/ethics of the author. Judgmental vindictive one upmanship is not something to be proud of. An eye for an eye makes the world blind. Don’t call bad behavior good, it’s Ann Rann all over again. See where that has gotten us.

Shireen
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very true, every other video on this website seems to point to a person who is abusive or a person that is screaming or shouting at the person who is the main person in the story.

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Moe Lewis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These animated stories often (as this particular channel has been shown to do) steal and even flat out make up these stories. If you want to keep using LGBT folks and our struggles as your cheap a*s click bait, at the very least give us the goddamn respect of actually telling real stories.

Gay Llama
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am pretty sure it is true, as I heard a very similar story somewhere else. But it is very likely it was stolen.

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MoonBeam
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is this c**p? Same "author" does multiple c**p video stories

Janthony
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this kind of story shouldn't be exploited for cheap views. to any kids who actually went through this, i'm sorry, i feel you, and you are worth more than your s****y parents. @ this channel: please stop making videos to emotionally charge your audience for your own selfish reasons.

DragonsFox
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5 years ago

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Shireen
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5 years ago

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Andy Warholla Jr.
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You realise there are places where coming out can literally get you killed, right? Also, not everyone has understanding family. There are many people living on the streets, because their own parents kiced them out of home.

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dan james
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5 years ago (edited)

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

The actions of the those who overcome prejudice withought resorting to the same behaviors and chose not to harm others should be our examples, the “stars” in stories that inspire us. Some of these “authentic” stories portray the worst aspects of human behavior. (Ie. Public shamming, bigotry, using others so you feel better about your bad behavior). A lot of these videos seem to justify the poor behavior/ethics of the author. Judgmental vindictive one upmanship is not something to be proud of. An eye for an eye makes the world blind. Don’t call bad behavior good, it’s Ann Rann all over again. See where that has gotten us.

Shireen
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very true, every other video on this website seems to point to a person who is abusive or a person that is screaming or shouting at the person who is the main person in the story.

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