>> This 16-Year-Old Came Out To Her Family At Disneyland And It’s The Best
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Espiègle et spontanée, toujours souriante, Gina est une californienne de 16 ans qui a découvert il y a quelques mois qu’elle aimait les filles. Et comme elle n’est pas non plus du genre trop « face à face pesant sur conversation formelle », l’adolescente a décidé de « la jouer fun et cœur léger » pour l’annoncer à ses parents.
Ainsi et à la faveur d’une expédition familiale à Disneyland, slogan personnalisé après mûre réflexion, la jeune fille a profité de l’instant « photo souvenir » avec sa maman sur le célèbre Splash Mountain, attraction aquatique dédiée aux « quêteurs de frissons animés », pour l’annoncer : Souriez, « je suis gay » !
@ayydubs this is how I came out yesterday lolol pic.twitter.com/UqStjeZRyF
— gina (@ginaslife3) 20 juin 2016
Une surprise !? Sans doute pour sa mère, en découvrant la photo et le message que Gina tient dans ses mains, mais son père s’en doutait. « Du moins à 70%, comme son frère d’ailleurs », confie Gina sur le site Buzzfeed. Ils ont été super positifs. Et les réactions sur internet également.
« J’ai posté l’image sur un compte que j’utilise en général pour partager des trucs divers. Je me disais que c’était pas bien grave ». Mais son message a été retweeté ensuite des milliers de fois, et les commentaires sont chaleureux, amusés ou bienveillants.
« Je ne m’attendais pas à cet accueil. Certaines personnes m’ont même écrit que je les avais inspirées. Et c’est la partie la plus cool finalement. »
Terrence Katchadourian
stophomophobie.org
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>> The teen told BuzzFeed News she has known she was gay for about a year. Recently, she began to think of ways to tell her dad, mom, and brother about her sexuality.
She said she knew she knew she had to do it her own way.
« I am not the type of person to have a deep, sit-down conversation, so I wanted to tell them in a lighthearted and fun way, » she said.
She came up with what she called a “perfect” plan. She made a sign saying “I’m gay!” and took it on a trip to Disneyland. She then posed with the sign when she was riding Splash Mountain with her mom.
She came up with what she called a « perfect » plan. She made a sign saying « I’m gay! » and took it on a trip to Disneyland. She then posed with the sign when she was riding Splash Mountain with her mom.
« I love funny ride photos so I figured I could make the sign just in case I decided to go for it, and I did, » she said.
Her mom then saw the picture, and she sent it to her dad and brother. She said her family’s reaction was « so positive.”
« My dad and brother said they were already 70% sure I was gay but my mom had no idea, » she said. « But I knew they would be super accepting. »
Gina later posted the picture to Twitter, and it has since been retweeted more than 4,000 times.
People thought the photo was fantastic.
Gina said the reaction to her photo has been « amazing but overwhelming. »
« I never expected it to blow up like this, » she said. “This Twitter account was just my spam account where I posted random fangirl stuff but I decided it couldn’t hurt to post it and the result was absolutely amazing. »
She said she has been very touched at all the nice comments she has received.
« People have responded saying I’ve inspired them to do the same thing, which I think is the coolest part of it all, » she said.
