“I’m really proud to be out and be myself. I get to do what I want without having to hide anymore,” Centennial High School senior Ryan Eichenauer said.

Eichenauer insists the threats won’t change who he is. He is gay and he is done hiding it.

“I know there are going to be people in life who don’t agree with it. But that’s who I am,” he said.

Eichenauer had no idea the hate and venom that would soon follow after he posted this heartfelt, videotaped message to friends, family and classmates on Facebook just before the New Year.

“I don’t like the term “coming out” because I’m not coming out. I am letting the world in,” he said in the video.

Within weeks, Eichenauer had found two threatening anonymous letters placed on his desk in two separate classrooms.

He found the second one Tuesday morning during second-hour English, the language venomous.

“It definitely makes me sick,” Eichenauer said.

Not only does the note attack his sexuality, but it says “I can’t wait for the day that I get to walk over your grave and if you don’t put yourself there, I will be glad to. Just do us all a favor and do it soon. Kill yourself already.