At the presentation of senior class awards (Class Clown, Most Likely to Succeed, etc.), a gay teen publicly announces during his acceptance speech for "Class Actor" award that he is an LGBT teen and is tired of acting as someone he's not on a daily basis. His classmates clearly approve.
The fact that this kid's father posted made this video and proudly posted it to YouTube, (along with the cheers and standing ovation the kid received) really shows how far we've come in the past decade or so.
There is no way I could have made a speech like this in high school and gotten the same response.
Congratulations Jacob!
And thank you President Obama, for the LGBT comments in your inaugural speech the other day, making clear your intentions to bring marriage equality to the forefront of the national agenda.
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