An emotive photo of an unnamed homosexual teenager was posted on the Humans of New York (HONY) Facebook page. This photo of the gay teen has gone viral in a very short span of time and attracted so much popularity that it even got hold of a comment from non-other than the Democrat US presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton herself.
The particular photograph in question is accompanied with this statement, “I’m homosexual and I’m afraid about what my future will be and that people won’t like me.”
To everyone’s surprise almost immediately after the picture was posted, Hillary Clinton herself threw in words of encouragement. She wrote “Prediction from a grown-up: Your future is going to be amazing. You will surprise yourself with what you’re capable of and the incredible things you go on to do. Find the people who love and believe in you – there will be lots of them. –H.”
The fact that the comment ended with an H, denotes that Hillary herself had in fact typed in these words. A screenshot of the comment was posted on Twitter by the deputy communications director of Clinton, Kristina Schake. Since then it has been kind of a catchphrase.
However, seems like Hillary Clinton was not the only celebrity backing-up the boy. Popular talk show host Ellen DeGeneres further endorsed the boy by posting a comment on the page, saying, “Not only will people like you, they’ll love you. I just heard of you and I love you already.” This comment was posted through the official page of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
As part of her 2016 campaign Hillary Clinton has already voiced absolute support of marriage equality for homosexuals. In one of the videos of her campaign she even mentions that gay rights are human rights.
The photo in question had however been removed from Facebook page earlier and the creator behind the page, Brandon Stanton posted, “Seems that Facebook removed the young man’s brave statement and is now preventing me from uploading any further photos. I’m hoping it was a mistake. It is currently still on Instagram and I’m trying to figure out how to get it back up.”
