PROGRESS GONE VIRAL! High School Student Comes Out To Class While Accepting Award, Audience Goes Wild
You know what else is cool about this? The video was uploaded by his proud father, who said that his son's decision to come out took 'more guts than anything I've ever attempted in my life.'
This is an amazing reflection of the evolving times.
Jacob Rudolph a New Jersey teenager, was accepting his senior award for Class Actor last Friday. He decided to use the opportunity to come out to his class and the adults in the auditorium. More than 300 people. At first, its hard to see how they are going to react… but they’re cheers and standing ovation say it all about a great kid and a great time we’re living in.
He says:
“Sure, I’ve been in a few plays and musicals, but more importantly, I’ve been acting every single day of my life … You see, I’ve been acting as someone I’m not…you see me acting the part of straight Jacob, when I am in fact LGBT. So take me, leave me or move me out of the way, because I am what I am, and that’s how I’m going to act from now on.”
You know what else is cool about this? The video was uploaded by his proud father, who said that his son’s decision to come out took ‘more guts than anything I’ve ever attempted in my life.’
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