[lilsunniegirl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkNn3Ei-Lg...player_embedded

i wish i could give him a hug

This post has been edited by lilsunniegirl: 06/12/2011, 07:46 AM

[boe38]

oh thats me in tears.. my son gets bullied also

[madmother]

Did you know this is a fraud?

I too cried, it broke my heart. Then someone pointed out he made another admitting it was all for kicks, and laughing about those taken in by it.

Now that made even more upset!

[I*Love*Christmas]

Did you know this is a fraud?

I too cried, it broke my heart. Then someone pointed out he made another admitting it was all for kicks, and laughing about those taken in by it.

Now that made even more upset!

A fraud? It was on sunrise and they spoke about his history behind it. So that was fake too?

[madmother]

There was a link on youtube. Damn, I wish I hadn't deleted it.

Check the original, cause I think the link may have been posted in the comments underneath?

My friend e-mailed it to me after I posted about the original linked here on FB.

Have no idea about the Sunrise stuff, but hey, if it made good TV I am sure they worked it.

[madmother]

I would love for the second to be the fake one - I was awe-inspired by this kid in the first and then dismayed to hear it was not true.

[lilsunniegirl]

that sucks if it is a fraud.. and the kid gets to hang out with Perez Hlton etc now.. (not that that is my idea of a funtime but hey..)

wow... learning about trolls on EB and fake bullying videos... really the things people do for attention

[LucidDream]

There is no video with him admitting it was a fraud.

There was a video where he looks happy and chewing gum and well, he was slightly annoying (kind of like a normal teenager!)

American culture (especially online) is very aggressively homophobic, so the follow up video was an opportunity for those so inclined to attack and express their distrust and hatred of gays.

[LucidDream]

Double post

This post has been edited by LucidDream: 20/12/2011, 09:36 PM

[MrsIncognito]

It wasnt fake. The boy has the scars to prove it. It was the bullies making up more lies to make it look fake. 4 months after he posted the first video he posted another saying how happy he was and how since he came out people have been more accepting of him.

UPDATE, PLEASE READ
To all my friends and supporters,
I made this video 4 months ago just before school was about to start. I was 13. It was a very emotionally dark time in my life. I made the video at 4:00am in the morning; I hadn't been sleeping at night for a long time, too many things going on in my head. I was dreading going back to school and I had not come out to my family yet. Only my closest friends knew. I didn't know how to say what I needed to say. All I could think about were all the bad things that had been happening at school last year, every year for that matter. I just couldn't bare to go through that anymore. I was done being fake happy, pretending hateful words didn't hurt, done hiding it from my family.
So this video was made for my friends that had moved on to High School who were worried for me, to say to them that I was going to take a stand, and to the haters at my middle school that I'm not going anywhere. I am who I am. I posted the video here and told people were to find it. That was it.
My friends were moved by the video and thought I did something important. I was encouraged to upload it to my Facebook page so more people could see it. Maybe it could help someone else going through the same thing. So I linked it Dec. 1st. My Parents saw it for the first time Dec, 2nd.
Then..... all this happened.
I never expected in a million years that it would have such a wonderful impact on so many people. I am truly humbled and truly thankful for all the love, encouragement and support from people all over the world. It's been incredibly overwhelming. I don't know what to say. Thank you so, so much!
Lastly, yes you have seen me happy in a couple short videos replies I posted; I would think that would be a good thing, and yes I do have friends, my High School friends, and I have made friends because when I came out they realized that they had hurt me and that they felt sorry. The video is real, and true.
In the last few months everything eventually came out in the open, I felt a huge weight off my shoulders; I'm happy, I'm excepted for who I am, I'm more confident and feel stronger every day.
Thank you all, Love and peace to all who are hurting.
Jonah Mowry