How one brave schoolboy tells his classmates he’s gay

by Ivano Abbadessa - 2016.04.26

While coming out at school isn't always easy due to enduring prejudices, international studies have for some time shown that admitting publicly that you are gay during adolescence helps to increase one's sense of self-esteem as an adult. That's why videos like this are inspirational. Ari is an American student who recently posted a video online in which he naturally and spontaneously tells his class that he's gay. "For those of you who might not know, for those of whom it’s not obvious, I’m not really one for labels, but I can say with absolute certainty that I’m not what you would call straight, heterosexual, whatever" he said. His fellow students showed their enthusiastic response with long and warm applause, especially when Ari, at the end of his speech, invites his friend Mark to go to prom with him.



