If I have a kid and they date someone of the same sex I want them to walk into the house with them and say "mom this is my boyfriend/girlfriend" I feel there's no need for them to "come out" because there's nothing to come out

@deru1792

8 жыл бұрын

Omg Same

@RitaaLeci

8 жыл бұрын

YES YEA YES

@xuewei393

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly !!!

@jetadorexx

3 жыл бұрын

Love this❤️

@archraskal

2 жыл бұрын

@Kassi and a few others on this thread. Just coming out to immediate family isn't enough. Without coming out to the rest of the world there can't be a gay rights movement militating for changes in society of how gay people are treated in every way imagnable. Coming out is the most significant action a gay person can take to ensure that society evolves in its attitudes toward them. Otherwise they'll remain criminilized as well as face other condoned forms of harsh treatment which is thoroughly undeserved,..

You're so beautiful my little Shannon!

@MarysMindMarysWorld

8 жыл бұрын

I spot a wild Debbie in the comments. Best mom ever tho

@shacam_8877

8 жыл бұрын

She is so beautiful, inside and out❤️

@israalawadh7113

8 жыл бұрын

She is so lucky to have you I wish my mom will have the same reaction as yours :(💕💕

@hannavinczeffy9788

6 жыл бұрын

Debbie Beveridge iii

@chelseanicholson3033

3 жыл бұрын

♥️

Who's here from her newest Coming Out video?

@flash-wh2ml

7 жыл бұрын

me

@nanauelisa

7 жыл бұрын

me

@briacarter4786

7 жыл бұрын

katy marie horton me

I've followed you for quite sometime and I witnessed your struggles in homework and how busy you've been with school and I just wanted to congratulate you for finally graduating. Also, thank you for being such a positive influence and being so brave with sharing something so personal and emotional yet so beautiful.

@nowthisisliving

10 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

@sammylane21

9 жыл бұрын

***** You guys are so beautiful both on the outside and even more in your hearts.

you're literally my favorite person on the internet. every time i feel weird/ashamed/scared of being bisexual i come here and your videos make me feel better about myself, so thank you.

@WhOaGRLFandoms

7 жыл бұрын

^^same

@ppx004

4 жыл бұрын

Same

I saw this thing on tumblr this biology teacher asked a girl "whats the best thing you like about boys" and shes just like "theyre girlfriends" I just thought I should share that cause I shat my pants when I saw it. It's not mine just sayin

@hoihoi12250

8 жыл бұрын

+Mi'kmaqGoalie29 One question though. Why would a biology teacher ask that because that teacher is absolute SHIT to ask that

@courtshorts2123

8 жыл бұрын

yea it is, dunno if it was true or not.

@cepfins4875

7 жыл бұрын

I had to translate "I love boys" into French and I just translated it to: "J'aime les filles" which means "I love girls". That's how I came out in school.

@imsomebody3642

6 жыл бұрын

their*

@ihatemickiegee

4 жыл бұрын

it probably was not true lol r/thathappened - but that's a rad response if anyone ever asks that

It's okay, my story is 6 years long... and still going.

@meliynts

10 жыл бұрын

SunnyAegyoify3 hey you again! hahah mine has been (vaguely) 3 years .... but we'll get there :)

@SunnyAegyoify3

10 жыл бұрын

meliynts hey hahaha Yeah all the best! :)

@lyannaflores1627

9 жыл бұрын

You should try easy coming out its a french website to help you it really helped me and my family to "understand"

@Yui-lc2mg

9 жыл бұрын

hey. I watched ur video quite often. so I do know u. I mean just ur name. whatever. I just wanna say thx for the videos that u made.

@hoihoi12250

8 жыл бұрын

+SunnyAegyoify3 omfg sone I hope your story goes well! All the best wishes to you

I'm a bisexual woman and I love it I'm with a man but it doesn't make me more or less bisexual

I've doubted my sexuality for a long time now. I find both genders appealing but I don't know about the whole sex thing. The idea just kind of weirds me out, don't watch porn or anything. I've never had a boyfriend or girlfriend so I don't have anything to compare to. This whole doubting just consumes my life and my mind.

@k8lynmae

9 жыл бұрын

Hi purplezebra95100 have you ever considered talking to a psychologist about it so they can help you work your head around it all and come to a conclusion ? !!

@Allison1111

9 жыл бұрын

I have. She told me it's a normal thought to have. That it's normal to experiment. I'm the only one that can answer that question though.

@k8lynmae

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks purplezebra95100 . sorry the psychologist didn't work out and she handled it wrong and didn't help you--sounds like she just fobbed you off sadly. I hope she didn't make you more confused. When I told my psychologist I am a lesbian he asked me certain questions to make sure and asked how I felt about it etc etc. There are also psychologists who are also sex therapists who should be able to hemp more than the psychologist did !!! Go with your gut instinct and follow your heart !!!

@DiannaAForever

9 жыл бұрын

I feel the exact same way. I've always doubted but don't really know as I've never been in a relationship with anyone before. I'm constantly questioning myself every second of my life. I totally relate to what you're saying.

@Allison1111

9 жыл бұрын

I've thought about the fact that I might be asexual.

Oh man I really needed this. I'm actually crying watching this. I hope one day I get to the point where I'm comfortable being who I am and not worried about what people will think of me.

@serendipityyow3237

10 жыл бұрын

:)

I've watched so many coming out videos.. but this one is the first one that made me cry.. THANK YOU SHANNON.. I definetely feel stronger now..

"Being me is way better than some knock-off version of them..." couldn't be more true & the sooner we all find our way to sitting peacefully in our own beautifully unique skins (no one inflicts greater wounds on us than ourselves), the sooner we can get down to really living...;)

Why do gay people have to come out? why can't people understand that is normal? and people should stop stressing too much about it! I am straight my self, but I am pro-gay, and I am waiting on the day that gay people dont have to come out! be yourself, and fuck what anyone would say!

@GillianF143

9 жыл бұрын

in an ideal world, nobody would have to come out. the thing is, our society is heteronormative that unless stated otherwise, it is assumed that people are straight. I wish I didn't have to come out without people assuming I'm straight, but unfortunately that's not the case.

@NatalieBurgan

9 жыл бұрын

Lets hope the future would be otherwise

@GillianF143

9 жыл бұрын

yeah I really hope so :)

@iminthefriendzone6327

9 жыл бұрын

Maybe straight people should come out, not leave it for us gays to have to do it cause it sucks when people especially family don't understand or accept who you are

@hoihoi12250

8 жыл бұрын

+Natalie Because of the stress and disappointment that comes with people always assuming that you are straight. Tak shannon for example;. If she didn't come out to people, they would be asking her why don't you have a boyfriend yet? All your friends have boyfriends! Don't you wanna experience dating and love? Do you want me to set up up? because I sure as hell can Gay people seem to need to get away from THAT

Shannon, you were one of the first people I followed on tumblr when I first signed up a few years ago. You helped me to come out and I felt the need to personally thank you. I truly admire you and I couldn't be more happy for you and Cammie. You two are great human beings. Thank you for being amazing and keep up with the great work on your youtube channel and Ripple Effect.

you're helping me more than you think you do. I'm still on the process of coming out and I found your video through tumblr, and everything has been clear. I hope I can found courage soon. thank you. I love you shannon.

I watched your newer coming out video and it brought me here. I absolutely love how far you've come. I also watched your "a letter to you" and I actually cried. I'm so SO glad you posted that because it's exactly what I needed to hear. I love you Shannon, keep being awesome!

You're an absolute legend and its so clear, even just through all of your short videos, that you have a beautiful soul with pure intentions. youve brought me great comfort, but evidently greater comfort to people who are not as lucky as i've been with my coming out experience. Ive been out now for two years but i still come back to this video to remind me that it HAS taken strength even though my situation is far more blessed than most. all my love from australia. i hope you read this and know that what you're doing is changing so many lives, and it IS having an enormous ripple effect, not just on viewers. for every comfortable, strong person in the world there's one more hand to pull someone else up. i've been able to do that now because you've lead by stellar example. Some goes to the beautiful Cammie.

@debbiebeveridge3237

8 жыл бұрын

+vivvn diirt That was a sweet comment. She does this because she's been there and understands how this feels for others.

It makes me so incredibly happy seeing people becoming more honest with not only other people but themselves too. it's amazing to see how much a like we truly are regardless, of how different we are. This was beautiful. Truly beautiful.

Everything that comes out of her mouth is so comforting. Thank you Shannon for just making everything so much easier to deal with.

simply put... you are a beautiful person who brought tears to my eyes! wishing you the best of luck with what the future and life has in store for you.

my dads a pastor.......so I'm pretty sure unless I want to get banished from my home, imma save it for years to come.

@moni2751

9 жыл бұрын

My dad is not a pastor but he is really religious and I'm scared as hell to tell my parents about me and I have been keeping this secret for at least 6 years and I don't think that I have the guts to tell them.

@jonathanross6620

9 жыл бұрын

If he is a good pastor he will know that loving your family is more important.

@enjoythesilnce7651

9 жыл бұрын

Maimmie Mah my dad is a pastor too.I told my parents and my best friends last year, they all said I needed help from God.. now, one year later, I still feel the same and I don't know how to deal with it..

@aubreyhawk9862

9 жыл бұрын

Maimmie Mah my dad is a pastor too.. i feel ya, but i came out to my parents at the beginning of this year and they havent treated me badly at all.. they know i cant control it and they are trying to understand it within their religion and its hard.. but i really didnt want to have to never see my family again.. and im not saying tell your parents now, but you have to give it a shot at some point.. i never in a million years thought my parents would have the reaction that they had, but they did and it was amazing

@elliet8346

5 жыл бұрын

Maimmie Mah have you came out to him ?

Wow you cant imagine how much i needed that "i love you" at the end. I saw that video directly after it came out and i always watch it again when i feel like needing it. Shanon your THE best

Wow, good job on this video Shannon! It's cool to see you be so raw and so real. I can't imagine going through that. Good to see you're doing well. Best wishes!

Kudos to you both for coming out and sharing it with others who feel they can't. It is truly a burden to bear, I should know. I'm 44 this year and I didn't come out until I was 39! My generation and the ones preceding mine were stuck on the idea that it was a choice for me! UGH! It took close to 2 years before anyone was accepting of my sexuality, but life couldn't be sweeter since now I can be myself and the fact that my family and friends have accepted me for who I truly am. Keep posting girls, and live life like there's no tomorrow! You deserve the best that life has to offer! YOU ROCK! :)

i came here from the new video

Thankyou so much for this video, it is ridiculously hard to come out and it's nice to no others no how it feels

I just realized that this wasn't so long ago.. Which is kinda crazy because I have seen a lot of coming out-videos lately and they were all done by people who have been out and proud for a while and are just talking about stuff that happend years ago... it made me feel real good to see that there are people (approximately my age) who had to struggle and only just now come out fully -- I have no idea why that is so comforting... but it really is.. thank you a lot for sharing!

Thank you for these videos! I guess some of them are really helpful. I found you're channel and needed to watch you're vids because I'm actually struggeling with myself about who I am and who I love and all these things... that's why I really appreciate the fact that you upload these vids. I guess it cost yourself a lot of courage to share you're story with the whole world and now you have so many fans that must be really crazy. So you deserve all my respect ;) lot of love and greetings from germany (:

Thank you so much for sharing your coming out story. I have been worried about the fact that there are so many people in my life that I need to tell, but you have shown me that it doesn't matter how long it takes, because you can get there in the end. I've also learnt that, as you say, people will be a lot more open-minded than you think they will be, if they truly are your friends. So thank you so much for the calming video :)

I cried. Thank you so much for giving me the courage to continue being myself!

I just felt that I had to come back here to thank you again.. And I will love you forever Shannon, seriously you have no idea how much this helps.. THANK YOU!

you're so down to earth

For some reason I never watched your videos before cammie, but I've just watched all the other ones and I'm even more inspired by you, I'm currently building up the courage to come out to my family, and it feels so good to have someone like you to refer to and show them your videos to maybe help them understand! You make me so happy Shannon! Never stop being you 😘

Shan....THANK YOU! You're such a blessing and help!! ♡

*looks off into empty space* "i think... i think my dad fell in love with my girlfriend..."

this video makes me so happy. i recently discovered your channel and i've watched just about every video of yours and your relationship is just so.. i don't even know how to describe it, it seems perfect. obviously it's probably not all good times, but seeing you two so happy together gives me hope that i will find a guy who loves me as much as you love each other. this was weird but i just felt like writing this to you, and i hope you read it. thank you for bringing joy to my darker days!

Thank you so much for doing what you do. You have given so many people including myself an outlet and a safe place to be themselves. You're amazing!

Hi, Shannon! Thank you for sharing your story. I got very emotional seeing this video because I can relate with some of the facts you have been through. It came to a situation that all of my family knows, but no one is willing to talk about it. It's like i don't have a girlfriend or a sex life. Not easy, but i never stopped my life beacause of that. Maybe they will never accept me, but like you said, people can surprise you. Thank you again for the video. I hope i can help someone like you helped me. I feel better! Lots of good vibes for you and Cammie. xo

Thanks for sharing your story, Shannon!

Thank you for this! Your story is so inspiring and relevant.

Thank you for making this and sharing your story! Having just started the process of coming out I find this very helpful!

Read through most comments and I love how positive and supportive ppl are. Wonderful. Your video is honest and you calmly talk eloquently which is great. Preaching in any way I think is difficult to stomach but great vid and as many have noted-you seem beautiful inside and out.

the way you articulate, and seem so down to earth and lovely

Shannon, I stumbled across this video when it first came out and at the time, I didn't understand why it was so powerful for me. I have spent the last two years searching for answers in secret and struggling with my identity. Last week I finally started writing down my feelings and then slowly expressing them to my friends. I am still questioning my sexual orientation, but thanks to you and your videos, I have finally started to except myself. Thank you endlessly. You have truly changed lives.

Honestly, to me this is your most authentic video i had the pride watching. I follow you for quite long time and I find in this one the you that i most recognize. Thanks for being there, you are helping me throughout my journey too. Years ago when i started following you, it was quite obvious, now that i write this, that you would be part of my progressively personal acceptation of myself and now ready to come out and to be me. I owe you. Thanks again

You are amazing!! Thank you for making this videos c:

Thankyou!! You did help one person, you helped me! Thank you, xxxxx

I would really love it if you made a video about how you knew you were gay and at which point you started realizing it in your life and all these stuff,i guess it would be really helpful.Love you so much Shannon! Xx

this makes me so happy

Thank you so much for this. You have helped me since the start. I know I'm not alone and that there is someone feeling the same way and thinking the same things as me. You have helped me accept myself and built my confidence. Thank you so much

It’s 2018 and I still get teary eyed watching this video

Oh girl I gotta say I cried a little bit with this video. You are amazing. I've been following you since a lot of time, and I owe you a lot. I used to be a self harmer, and I did a lot of things on my wrists and on my body just because I couldn't admit I was gay. And since I'm watching your videos, I feel a lot better. Your words make me feel like I'm not alone, and like it's okay to be me. I haven't come out to my father yet, and my mother will never know because she died, but I'm sure I'll tell all my family soon. Thanks for all the motivation, the inspiration, and the hope you gave me. You are the most amazing youtuber ever. Thank you! Btw, I'm really really proud of you!!!! Xoxox

Thank you so much for all your videos...They seriously help. Currently trying to figure out how to come out to my family and friends. So far one person knows and it feels like a weight has lifted off my shoulders! :D

Not going to lie seeing this and reading your letter made me cry. You're very lucky to have such supporting people.

This video is really amazing Shannon seems like such a wonderful, strong person

Tbh, I cried at the end. I hope that one day I'll be able to be comfortable with coming out

I want to say that it takes courage to do what you have done. I hope that you have a very successful life. I don't think that you should ever be embarrassed about being who you are. I am a cancer survivor and i am 19 almost 20 years old. I have gone through bullying and many other things. I am the first in my family to go through college. I have a lot of pressure that I put on myself. I think that you are amazing and that you will have a good life

You give me so much hope for the future. I'm out but struggling with accepting where my life is going and who I'm going to be and who I'll be sharing my life with. You and Cammie show me that love is worth waiting for and that someday I will find someone who will love me the way I deserve to be loved. Thank you.

I know this is an old video and you probably won't see this comment but thank you for making this and thank you for helping in ways you won't believe you're just very incredible! love you so much!❤

I am also a lesbian who is in a sorority. It is actually really hard for me at times in the coming out process. I am not out to my family at this point and I came out to a few girls in my sorority thinking that they would keep my "secret" at this point I'm pretty sure it spread like wildfire behind my back and I know some people really don't like that there is another lesbian in our sorority (there's another girl who has been out forever) but more than anything it's been more of a "we know you're gay but we don't want to talk about it" thing. It makes it really hard for me to be my true self. I want to talk about my girlfriend and bring her to events all the time but I am so concerned with offending other people. It's just one of my things. I always want to please everyone and I need to learn that being myself is more important than potentially offending someone else

you are so inspirational, seriously! can i just say that your video was one of the suggestions on the side after watching like 12 other videos and when i was watching i noticed how familiar you looked and so i went on your tumblr and realised that i've been following your girlfriend for like 5 months and had always wondered who you were in her photos because i thought that you were so beautiful and i had really wanted to follow you! hahaha so i found you by chance, how lucky! keep up the good work girl

You're amazing! Thank you so much for sharing all of this! It's very inspiring! Keep doin what you're doin! Love you!

I'm a junior in high school. I have known that I am gay for about 2 years now and have only managed to tell two people who I really care about. It's really hard coming out and I'm so glad I found this video and so thankful to you for sharing this because it gave me hope. What you said at the end put me in tears and I want to thank you because everything you said hit me and I feel more content with the fact that this is who I am... Thank you

You're very inspirational, thank you so much for doing this.

That last bit about people surprising you made me tear up in joy. I learned these past few months how it is actually true, and it don't apply just to coming out. Paranoia can be a bitch, making you hold back for so long on things you feel you need to say because you're scared of how the other person will react. For better or worse, we don't control other people's emotions or thoughts. And trust me, it's oh so great when get to find out that your crippling fear was totally unjustified.

Thank you for this. x

I am watching this video today 2024 and I cannot describe how proud I am of you now in ur 30s. You have helped us so much documenting ur journey. I've been watching u since 2016 when I was 12 and felt so good to see that there are people happily out in the world. Thank you so much. Much love ❤

I love your video, thank you so much for sharing! You're awesome, smart and gorgeous. This channel has helped me so much!!

reading your posts again, still brought me too tears. i love you shannon. #shacamRewind

you're so gorgeous Shannon! I'm watching this video probably for the 12th time! The reaction from your dad is just awesome!

Great message, glad brave young people like you are around to help the struggling youth and even older people like myself who still struggle. :)

You are such a good rolemodel! thank you for giving me hope and a little faith

Just saw the video and i have to say this is such an inspiring speech...!! Thank you so much for sharing it !! I figured out we're more than i thought to struggle to accept who we are and be at ease with it ...--' Just keep doing this :)

Thank you Shannon x

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing this with us :) Your videos are so inspiring and helpful and for many people it gives us a lot of hope

Fantastic message at the end and great video! :)

You have so much courage to come out so genuinely to yourself and in a world that would not understand completely or would be interesting telling

Idk if I'm just an emotional wreck right now. But I freakin cried watching this. I think that because.. This story is SO much like mine. I broke. Because I still haven't been able to grip on how to tell people.... I dont know. But damn dude thanks. It kinda opened my eyes fr

This is reaally inspiring. Thank you!

Hi idk if youll see this or not but i just want you to know that your story has completely changed my life. you have really helped me a lot in the whole coming out process and with your guidance, i just told my best friend(who was absolutely amazing about it) i am terrified to tell my parents and my sister but i think i may use your letter idea. your letter was perfect and i think it could work. anyway i just wanted to let you know that you are an amazing person and you have truly made a difference in my life. thank you so much for all that you do. btw my name is shannon too!

I don´t know why, but this video kind of makes me sad. I had my coming out about nine month ago and I get the mood you are in... even though I never thought it would be a big deal and everyone of my family and friends took it good... No one should feel bad about love... But its sad, that there are still people out there who don´t understand that love between two women or between two men is equal to the love between man and woman... But thank you very, very much for videos like this. It will help a lot to change peoples minds. Love and merry christmas from germany.

Major congrats on graduation. I'm glad your coming out went as well as it did.

I doubt you will read this but thank you I have been struggling with this and watching this and your updated video inspired me to come out thank you ❤️❤️

Thank you for doing this stuff ! you're great and watching this makes me look forward to the future more, because I am going to college in september and i'm really scared, especially because I'm still not ok with me being gay and things like that... So listening to your story gives me hope, thank you !

You look a lot like Missy Peregrym my god

@shelleyramos7808

10 жыл бұрын

Omg I was thinking the same thing and wanted to see if someone said it first lol

@MrTakingthechunnel

9 жыл бұрын

she's a better version of Missy!!!

Coming back to this now toooo

Love you shannon. Thank you for being you ❤️

I always think that, some people push you away because they want to see if you'll insist to stay. But on the second thought... Sometimes, people push you away because they really want you away. Oh well, my point here is, it's okay to stick with someone you love. Especially when you know that he/she is kind of Philophobic (A person who's afraid of falling in love). It's okay to prove yourself and how genuine your love is. But once you had enough and stayed long enough... Let him/her go. You deserve to be happy. Yes, he/she may be scared to fall in love but hey, it's hard on your part too - to force yourself in him/her because you want that person to see that you're not like his/her past. Once again, YOU DESERVE TO BE HAPPY. It may not be with that person but surely, with the "right person" :) ❤❤❤❤❤

So brave! Happy that you are out!! Must be a relieve!!

i needed to hear this today

Thank you for sharing your story =)

It's so weird for me to see this video, because 3 weeks ago I finally told someone I'm gay. I saw your videos 4 years ago, when I was 12, and at the time I was so confused about who I am. But I've seen you, and countless other people, grow and change and learn to accept themselves, and it's taught me how to do the same. Now I'm 16, and I'm okay with my sexuality. I'm okay with it, and I've never been able to say that before. So, thank you for sharing your life online, and giving hope and strength to so many people around the world.

I applause you and others who have found the courage to be honest with who you are and not live in the shadows. I have a very supportive family and group of friends therefore I just don't know why I can't find that sort of courage for myself. I think I've lived in confusion and denial for so long and I'm tired of pretending. Thanks for the videos as it's really making me think!!

Well done!! So happy y'all are moving in together!!!

Your story is so inspiring for me. I'd like to thank you so much. Watching your videos has helped me learn and grow so much. I look up to you. You're such a great person. And it's so awesome how supportive your family is. You and your girlfriend give me hope. Thank you. So much.

That was awesome. Really well done. Thank you for sharing your life and story.

This helped so much!

I watched this video over and over again. thank you Shannon. -huge fan Yasmine. :)

I was watching for the umpteenth time his video "out" and you make us realize that our highest priority is ourselves and this is not selfishness. told you on twitter and I repeat: I just wanted you in my adolescent stage, everything would have been different and better! but I am grateful to know his words in time! for each wasted day before, after you, I see many still to live!THANK YOU SO MUCH 🙌❤️ I do not know if it's possible, but could share your letter again, letter he sent to his father.

@taniacris6226

7 жыл бұрын

+nowthisliving I already found the letter! thanks 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

This helped me so much thank you