This Video Captures What It's Like to Tell Immigrant Parents You're Gay Marcie Bianco - Identities.Mic
go to original January 13, 2015

Coming Out to Immigrant Parents (BuzzFeedYellow)

"As the kid of immigrants, it can be scary thinking, 'This part of me is different. And what if it changes the way that they see me?'"

In a poignant new video, BuzzFeed talked to young people who had to deal with the coming out process as first-generation Americans. With parents from Mexico, Vietnam, India and beyond, these youths faced added complexities in what's already a difficult and life-changing event. "My parents struggled with a lot in Vietnam, even just trying to come to America," a young man named Andrew says to the camera. "It does [play] a factor in how difficult it was for me to come out."

This video shows that a parent's love is key to a child accepting his or her own sexuality. For immigrant parents, one way to empathize with their children's fears is to try and relate it to their own situation — feeling like an outsider in a new land.

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