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IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 12:47 PM Sep 2014

Last week: "Gay Teen Kicked Out...Directs Funds Raised Online to...LGBT Homeless Shelter"

This came out on September 3, 2014 but I missed it. This is the follow-up to the "How NOT to react when your child tells you that he's gay" video a few week's back which you can view here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017211864

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/03/1326819/-Gay-teen-kicked-out-of-parents-home-directs-funds-raised-online-to-finance-LGBT-homeless-shelter

Gay Teen Kicked Out of Parent's Home Directs Funds Raised Online to Finance LGBT Homeless Shelter

Last week, a heartbreaking video surfaced of Daniel Ashley Pierce "coming out" to his family, who went on to disown him and kick Daniel out of their home.

An online fundraiser went viral and within six days, nearly $100,000 has a been raised to help Daniel get on his feet in a new home. Overwhelmed by the support and understanding there are many others in the same predicament, Daniel asked people to stop donating to him and turn their attention to an organization called Lost N'Found, which is renovating a building to serve as a homeless shelter for LGBT youth. Thus far, the organization has received roughly $10,000 from his post and plans to open in spring of 2015:

"I would say we're right at $10,000 (through Pierce donations), said Westbrook. "Daniel is an incredibly bright and courageous young man. He is the epitome of who Lost n' Found is here to serve."

In an interview, which can be seen here, Lost N' Found Executive Director says roughly 50 percent of gay teens in the southeast who come out to their parents are disowned and kicked out of their homes, calling it an "epidemic."


50% -- !!!

But to the brave young man who took his pain and made it make a difference....

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Last week: "Gay Teen Kicked Out...Directs Funds Raised Online to...LGBT Homeless Shelter" (Original Post) IdaBriggs Sep 2014 OP
Courage and charity of soul. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #1
I wonder if he would like to be adopted? IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #3
Amen. raven mad Sep 2014 #10
Indeed...and given his parents' "souls"...one can only wonder joeybee12 Sep 2014 #4
K & R. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #2
Can't imagine TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #5
"If he's a minor, they should be forced to pay child support!" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #6
I believe I have read that he is a 19 yr old college student. IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #7
Christ on a crutch. What loathesome parents. riqster Sep 2014 #8
I hope people understand that 50% part. This is very common. These parents are not unusual. Bluenorthwest Sep 2014 #9
They should have gotten a little education before the "belief" set in. raven mad Sep 2014 #11
It seems terrifying that the number is that high in this day and age. IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #12
K/R (nt) NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #13
Thank you. IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #15
K&R and... Wait Wut Sep 2014 #14
Thank you... IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #16
back to page one Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #17
Thank you! IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #18
K&R&Bookmarked stevenleser Sep 2014 #19
Yeah! He seems like a GREAT kid! IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #21
Amazing. hifiguy Sep 2014 #20
Totally agree! IdaBriggs Sep 2014 #22

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
10. Amen.
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 09:38 AM
Sep 2014

And I don't mean that except for it's original meaning.. So be it.

This young man has my back.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
4. Indeed...and given his parents' "souls"...one can only wonder
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 01:12 PM
Sep 2014

if the hospital switched babies in some sort of mix-up.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
5. Can't imagine
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 02:16 PM
Sep 2014

I can't fathom kicking out my child for being gay. If he's a minor, they should be forced to pay child support!

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
6. "If he's a minor, they should be forced to pay child support!"
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 02:21 PM
Sep 2014

Yeah. Nothing in any reports seems to indicate he's prone to criminal / incorrigible behavior. I can agree with that.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
9. I hope people understand that 50% part. This is very common. These parents are not unusual.
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 04:29 PM
Sep 2014

All of these parents who do this have neighbors, church mates, and family that support them in these acts of cruelty and who join them in the rejection of the kids.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
11. They should have gotten a little education before the "belief" set in.
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 09:40 AM
Sep 2014

I despise this kind of person; the parent types. No thought but what Da Preaachah put there.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
14. K&R and...
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 01:00 PM
Sep 2014

...thank you for some happy news. It's been a crappy day for me. I love knowing that there are still beautiful people in the world.

 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
18. Thank you!
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 03:04 PM
Sep 2014

I really appreciated meegbear's original post. In the same thread, Half-Century Man quoted Kipling.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017211864#post13

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