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What This Gay YouTuber's Dad Confesses Will Have You In Tears

What This Gay YouTuber's Dad Confesses Will Have You In Tears

What This Gay YouTuber's Dad Confesses Will Have You In Tears

Coming out is hard — for queer kids AND their parents.

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There is a universal truth in coming out: it's very hard. The process of telling your loved ones about who you really are is an extremely scary one, and it is probably one of the most difficult things any young queer person can do in their entire lives. 

Coming out can also be hard on the parents of queer kids, and that fact has never been more evident than in a recent video published on Monday by Irish vlogger Riyadh Khalaf

In the emotional YouTube clip, Riyadh shares the story of how he came out to his parents, and how his dad Sam (who grew up in Iraq) took the news of him being gay. Eventually, Riyadh's father confesses that when he first learned his son was queer, he contemplated taking his own life. 

"I feel so silly now...thinking about it now, it’s stupid," Sam said, recounting how afraid he was of people's opinions about his out, gay son, and how he regrets even thinking about trying to commit suicide. "I actually got up that night when you all when to sleep, I think about three or four o'clock in the morning, sitting on the deck, and I was looking for a tablet to commit suicide. It was so stupid."

"You're the best dad in the fucking world," Riyadh reassures his dad towards the end of the video. 

Watch Riyadh's story in the video below.

h/t: Teen.com

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Raffy Ermac

Digital Director, Out.com

Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel

Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel