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data-attribute-verso-pattern="article-body" class="ArticlePageContentBackGround-cNiFNN kJkLmH article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Now, I’m not gog to sugarat for you: the journey to self-acceptance is a long one. I WISH we me to to this world knowg exactly who we are, which paths we’re gog to take, and ultimately where we’ll end up, but sadly, that’s not how thgs work around here (also, where’s the fun that?). What I’m remd of on nearly a daily basis is that every sgle one of has, is, and will be thrown multiple curve balls directly at our fac durg this semi-brief existence and all you n do is tackle them stri one by one. Difference is not easy and, on the ntrary, fdg yourself through difference tak a lot of time and effort.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Today, Natnal Comg Out Day, I want to briefly reflect on my g out experience and share wh you a ltle sight to my experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ muny. To date, one of the largt obstacl I’ve faced my path to self-acceptance is my sexualy. Seemgly out of nowhere, around the difficult age of 12, my bra formed the qutn: What if I’m gay? And om that pot forward, my md felt like a prison I mted no crime to be placed .</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="400" width="600" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><p>I’m gog to save you the long, sob story filled wh teenage angst and fast-forward you to prent day me: Hi, I’m Connor Franta. I’m 24 years old. I live Los Angel, CA and work as a YouTube creator, entreprenr, and overall the most lennial person you’ve ever read about. I’m sorry (I’m not). Oh, and also, I’ve been livg as an openly gay male now for nearly 3 years and have hontly never been happier sce g out to my iends, fay, and onle to over 11 ln people. Wow, I make sound so easy. But for anyone whose journey led them through the procs of g out, they know otherwise.</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="400" width="600" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><p>Growg up the Midwt, a great place I might add, fely elongated my personal journey of self-acceptance. I’ve scratched my head for years tryg to remember, but if I’m beg hont, I don’t thk I knew any openly gay people growg up Mnota. And if I did, there fely weren’t many. For a young closeted boy, that was terrifyg. It was dntg to feel as though I was alone (even though I wasn’t). That feelg kept me stgglg silence for years bee I had no one to nsole me durg what seemed like an dividual experience. Well, that was until I found YouTube.</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="400" width="600" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><p>When I disvered YouTube near s birth back 2005, I quickly found myself drawn to the more personal si of s ntent. A few sleepls nights later, and I found myself watchg plete strangers talk about their g out experienc on the platform the greatt of tail. Many of which forted and spired me, so I sprkled them amongst the sentenc to hopefully assist you. After a few (hundred) vio clicks later, I had an epiphany: I wasn’t alone. In fact, the more I watched, the more I realized my story wasn’t unmon at all. There were already dozens of vios about this experience, wh people that had siar thoughts, and felt parable feelgs that, for so long, I was nvced were only dividual to me. Other people were gog through the. exact. same. thg. as. I. was. And that’s where my procs of self-acceptance tly began begng wh the help and guidance of total strangers.</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="400" width="600" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><p>Everyone is livg search of their tth wh the assumptn we’re all lookg for somethg different, but whether you're open about your sexualy, stgglg wh still or even intify as straight, jt help each other. Be there for one another any way or at any time possible. My procs of beg myself has been ma wonrful wh iends, fay, and, apparently, strangers assistg me along the way. I owe a lot of my current state of happs to the people I’ve crossed paths wh this life, so be aware that you n have that impact on the liv of the people around you.</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="400" width="600" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><p>I really do hope my words, although brief bee I tend to blabber on aimlsly, have helped and enlightened you even if the smallt of ways. If not me, be sure to hear the real stori of others the vios lked throughout this article. Wh all this md, remember to be there for others and allow them to be there for you. 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In a recent YouTube vio, Connor Franta reveals his one gay regret om high school.

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CONNOR FRANTA: COMG OUT AS A GAY!! IS HE SERLY DATG SGER TROYE SIVAN?? WHAT’S THEIR RELATN STAT?ALL ABOUT HIS G OUT AND #TONNOR RELATN!

Conner Franta Commg Out as a Gay!! All the love om iends and fay. Is he datg his Betiful Boy Troye Sivan?! All the clu of the two datg!! * is connor franta gay *

He was the big spotlight when he me out as gay 2014!

So today I want to talk to you guys about that and be open and hont, and tell you that I’m gay.

FANS PRSURE JOEY GRACEFFA TO COMG OUT AFTER CONNOR FRANTA’S GAY REVELATN

Connor Franta bgraphy wh personal life (affair, girliend , Gay), married . A llectn of facts wh age. * is connor franta gay *

”Franta revealed that he had first thought he might be gay when he was 12, but he was “terrified” wh that ia sce he was om the Midwt and that was “not a normal thg there” youtube (Connor Franta)Franta had been datg girls durg his high school days but he did not have any love feelgs towards them.

WHO IS CONNOR FRANTA, IS HE GAY? WHO IS HIS BOYIEND? HIS HEIGHT AND HIS NET WORTH

After Connor Franta cid to publicly e out as gay a YouTube vio released today, fans have taken aim at poor bystanr Joey Graceffa. Update: See * is connor franta gay *

Gay? On December 8, 2014 he publicly announced one of his vio his You tube channel that he is gay and he is happy on and he also told that he wanted to help people like him. We recently sat down wh Franta to discs his send book, Note to Self, and all the self-flicted hurdl he's had to jump orr to bee the nfint, proudly gay activist he is today--though he adms those hurdl are still evable and endls.

IS CONNOR FRANTA GAY?

* is connor franta gay *

'It's te, you entered gay love a much different way than most people do--very publicly onle through a viral YouTube vio. They're beg open and gay, they're creatg thgs, they're movg to different ci. I didn't know any gay people real life.

The clost thg to a gay person I knew was Ellen Degener.

I went through a really bad breakup, but also gog through that ma me spiral to who am I as a gay dividual.

WHO IS CONNOR FRANTA, IS HE GAY? WHO IS HIS BOYIEND? HIS HEIGHT AND HIS NET WORTH

After Connor Franta cid to publicly e out as gay a YouTube vio released today, fans have taken aim at poor bystanr Joey Graceffa. Dpe believed by many fans to be gay or bisexual, Joey has yet to officially nfirm his sexual orientatn. Fans have prevly lked Joey wh fellow YouTuber Doug Armstrong (who recently me out as gay), a mol, and wrer Daniel Christopher.

He is also a well-known gay in who, after explag his sexualy, supports and enurag other young people qutns of sexualy. Is Connor Franta Gay, Who Is His Boyiend? In rponse, Connor released a vio on December 8, 2014, which he admted to beg gay.

Franta publicly me out as gay a YouTube vio cember 2014, statg he has accepted who he is and is “happy wh that person”.

TEEN GIRLS ARE HEARTBROKEN AFTER MASSIVE YOUTUBE STAR COM OUT AS GAY IN A NEW VIO

Is Connor Franta gay? Connor Franta is gay.

CONNOR FRANTA REVEALS HIS ONE GAY REGRET

He is also a renowned gay in, who after clarg his sexualy, supports and enurag other young people on sexualy issu. In rponse, Connor released a vio on December 8, 2014, where he admted to beg gay.

CONNOR FRANTA JUST CAME OUT AS GAY IM SO PROUD BUT SAD BC HE'LL NEVER BE MINE BUT WHO CARES I STILL LOVE HIM OMG #WeAreProudOfYouConnor.

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