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- Every week, we try to come up with these

videos to share with you.

They're born from an idea.

Like a spark that lights a small fire in our minds,

and then it grows and bursts into

flames of images and words.

no spark, no fire could light the dark that has

enveloped my mind and my heart.

Until I realized that I could talk about the

darkness and let that burn bright,

brighter than any irrelevant idea I would have otherwise.

I stay away from politics on here

and on the internet in general

even though I'm very much a political person.

I just haven't felt comfortable with taking a stand online.

But saying nothing to avoid an uncomfortable response is a

position I cannot and will not take any longer,

so you're just gonna have to put up with me

for the next few minutes.

I'm assuming the tragedy that took place

on Sunday in Orlando is no news to most of you,

but as we do so often in situations like this

when we move on all too quickly,

it might have already left your mind because

amongst all the good there is in this world,

we face so much tragedy these days that

we've forgotten how to deal with it.

Tragedy is all too familiar

and somehow we've accepted that it feels almost normal.

And I'm as guilty of that as anyone.

It's been hard to know how to react with

a heavy heart full of sadness and anger.

This horrific homophobic terror attack has

shaken my community on a global scale and has unveiled again

how much discrimination the LGBT community still faces.

I'm gay, it's not something I hide,

but it also isn't something I've been very vocal about

here on Youtube for reasons I myself don't know.

Maybe because I feel inadequately informed to be

speaking on LGBT issues,

maybe because I didn't want

one aspect of me to overshadow the rest.

Or maybe because I still feel timid about my sexuality

because I spent so long hiding it.

But this week I realized that

all three reason are no reasons any longer.

All throughout my childhood,

lesbian and gay were used as slur words which feels like a

slap every time you hear it

and puts out any sort of kindling self-revelation and hope.

Society lets you know pretty quickly that

certain things make your life a lot harder,

and being gay seemed like one of them.

It still does because

in a lot of countries, my home included,

I don't have all the same rights as someone who's straight.

In some countries, I don't have any rights

simply because of who I fall in love with.

On TV, LGBT characters get killed for no reason

and as it happened on Sunday,

we get murdered in real life for loving, too.

(breathes heavily)

So yeah, being gay scared me because

it has consequences for your future,

and when I was growing up,

there was no one I could talk to about that.

No one I could turn to for help.

Since then, obviously I have gathered enough

courage and hope to come out and be myself.

And what hurts the most this week is the thought of

someone losing all courage and all hope in the face of this

horrific hate crime that has taken 49 innocent lives.

(breathes heavily)

This channel is a platform,

a forum that amplifies my voice and makes it louder,

and I'm not using it enough to be a glimmer of hope

for those of you who are LGBTQ and struggling.

And I'm sorry for that.

And I pledge to give you all the hope

and all the love I can to get you to where I am

to help you believe again that love conquers hate.

And to remind you that you have a community of people who

live happy lives and who get married and have kids

and boring jobs and who worry about something as

benign as the weather or traffic

because love is love is love is love.

be safe, and love.

And do something because the world is in

dire need of change.

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