My Coming Out Story - It Does Get Better, Over Time
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2016
- My coming out story. Not all coming out stories are great fairytales that go perfectly right, but you learn and you grow and you move on to become a better person.
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About this channel and the journey:
Taking a very traumatic experience with being sexually assaulted by a supervisor in 2019 ( • My Nightmare: Sexual A... ) with the airline I work as a flight attendant for and trying to turn it into something more positive. I lost just about everything ( • Giving Away my Life on... ). My options were to either go to a homeless shelter and give up (since because of the position that I’m in with my current company - their not paying me, I can’t quit, they can’t fire me and I can’t take any ongoing job with another company because it would be considered deserting the airline. I have a legal team working to resolve this situation with the airline) or I could make the most of this and turn it into something positive. I decided to turn it into something positive.
I am traveling and sleeping in my car, staying in places as long as it feels right, meeting people, having experiences and moving on to the next place when it feels right. I’m sharing the experience as I go, in hopes that I (and the people I meet along the way) can teach, inspire and entertain others.
I have shared some of the most important times of my life on this channel in over 600 videos. It started with my experience of living on the streets of New York to get a different prospective continued with my starting photography school at New York Film Academy and then traveling the US working on a photography project where I stayed with and heard stories from people from all over the US in over 50 cities. While on that journey, I met and fell in love with a guy and ended up relocating to Orlando to be with him. We lasted (off-and-on) for 2 and half years. There are videos from all of those experiences on this channel. I hope you’ll watch, be encouraged, maybe learn a little bit and enjoy what you see.
If you would like to help or be a part of the journey or have opportunities where I can make money, you can email me at jer@aplacecalledjer.com.
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Thanks for all the love and support. See ya soon!
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I really enjoyed your video, the message being : 'Be who you are and not what others want you to be'. Take care.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@17.42 YOU DO BELONG!!!! No matter what! Don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise. Your bravery in this video is a champion voice for others. 💫⭐️🌟
You'll always have family. We are everywhere! This was a very honest account of what some people go through. Best to you and your boyfriend.
It's true family all over the place. Thankful for it. Thanks :)
Tough story mate...sorry you had to go through all that. You're a good guy giving a great message, wish you the best.
Lovely video and you're a great guy, hope since this filming your Mum has finally accepted to person you are. X
I am sorry to hear that your mother treats you so shabbily, just because you are who she gave birth to. She is obviously ignorant about the reality of sexuality, or just biased by religious prejudice. But I am also happy to hear that YOU know who you are and have been able to build a new happy family of your own around your partner. I wish both of you the joy of having someone who loves you heart and soul to share your life with. Maybe you will find your partner’s parents and kin more loving and understanding than your own were.
You are a beautyful person.🥰
thank you.
I always look for stories like this from older gay guys who have had a long and complicated coming out process who have also had time to ponder the experience. It highlights the spectrum of stories. The reason I haven't shared my story is because of the complexity of events and there is still no real resolution 7 years later.
Thank you. When you're ready. I'm sure you'll share it. It takes time and a certain level of comfort.
You're charming 😊
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
I'm a farm boy too. Can shoe a horse, rebuild a transmission, am great with a curling iron.
Great story! I‘m 28 and this february I finally got the courage to come out to family and friends 😊 Love from Denmark
Btw I felt the pain here 11:08 ❤️ I know exactly what you mean
I'm 70 and never did have "the talk" with my evangelical Christian family. I moved across the country where I could live a life of my own without their negativity and shaming. I don't regret it. My parents where not my best friends and telling them would not make us best friends so I avoided the conflicts.
Thanks for sharing.
Don't worry yourself about defining yourself under anyone's standards. Being gay doesn't mean you have to be flamboyant or be into shopping or anything else. You are the only you and you get to act and live as you see fit, fall in love with whoever you do, be the person you want. Hope you wouldn't feel alone, trust me that you're not the only one that ever felt misplaced.
Thanks for watching, Erick and thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it.
Dude that's tough I came out recently and I'm so great full that my parents are so accenting
accepting (stupid auto correct)
It was tough to begin with, but it did get much easier over time. I'm really glad your parents were accepting. That's awesome :)
+Jer Johns thanks
14:05 they seem to think the "confusion" started yesterday, or that we were "tempted". 🤮
I wish you and your boyfriend the best wishes! :-D
Just as a note, my parents only accepted me and my relationship one day before I got married. I did not expect it anymore at the time. But they did come around the fact eventually (16 years after I told them).
Thank you. Amazing, thanks for sharing. :)
i came across a video you did in 2012; that's how I got to this one. But in that one you were sleeping in Central Park NYC. I was just curious why you were doing that.
Hi. I had challenged myself to give just about everything up and to go onto the streets. I wanted a different perspective on life and I got it. I spent a year in that experience and eventually used my GI Bill from military experience to go to school for photography. After that, I traveled for about a year and half, staying with people from all walks of life and taking photos along the way. Throughout time I've done videos to capture whatever experience I'm in the middle of. Currently I'm in Orlando and back in school for creative writing this time. I hope that answers. Thanks for watching. :)
yes, I saw some more of your videos that explained that process. I'm doing something similar, which is why I looked at the first video. In this video you don't mention anything about your father. Did he leave or die when you were an infant?
First coming out story
You se like a total sweetheart. Being gay @ having the same exp I want you to know your gay family out here truly love.you are terrific! And easy on the eyes
I'm can't even imagine what you felt when your mom rejected you, it must have been awful. I had a fairytale coming out, my best friend outed me to my parents, they were very accepting, and in fact, joined Pflag and took in kids that got kicked out of their house for being gay. My friends were all accepting and I've never had a bad experience being who I am at work or around anybody. Btw, I was outed in 1976, when things were way different than today, but as you know coming out is a never ending facet in being gay.