Proud Dad Wanting a Tattoo to Support Gay Daughters Goes Viral

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While there is definitely a much higher chance that your family will be accepting if you come out as LGBTQ nowadays than, say, fifty years ago, it can still be a harrowing experience. Some kids still end up rejected or unsupported by their parents, just for being honest about who they are.

So when one teen shared the story of her dad supporting both his gay daughters, it was a wonderful beacon of hope on the sometimes pretty dark internet.

“I convinced my dad to get his first tattoo and he sent me something that my little sister painted,” Kaitlyn Atwell tweeted at the end of June.

She went on to share a series of texts between her and her dad, in which he sent a picture of rainbow lips drawn by Kaitlyn’s younger sister.

\u201cI convinced my dad to get his first tattoo and he sent me something that my little sister painted....let\u2019s just say I\u2019m a crying mess right now \ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f\u201d
— moon\ud83c\udf19 (@moon\ud83c\udf19) 1561939756

“I think I’d have to get the color,” he said when Kaitlyn asked if it would be just black ink or the full spectrum. “She put the colors for a reason. It’s almost pride like right?! I do have two gay daughters whom I’m very proud of, so I think I would definitely get the color.”

Kaitlyn’s tweet went viral, and she shared more info about her dad and her family, referring to him as her “best pal.”