Transcript
The first person that I came out to as being gay was my father,
and the reason that he's the first person that I came out to
was because he's, his treatment has made him
somebody who I can speak to, somebody that I can trust,
and somebody that I know I can go to and not be judged.
That was not true when I was 12, 13, 14, 15 years old,
before he went into programs, before he sought treatment,
before he tried to help himself.
He would have been the last person to know.
He may have known when I showed up with a boyfriend,
and that probably would have been a bit of a shock.
Instead, he was the first person I called,
the first person I went to, the first long conversation I had.
So if there's any doubt in your mind about
whether or not treatment is going to help you,
that's where it puts you at the end.
You're a different person, but for the better,
and your kids, you can only help your kids by doing that.