My Coming Out Story (emotional)

[@UtahTroyBoy31]

First time listener! I LOVED it! Totally hit home for me as I grew up in Salt Lake City and with the mormon church. Growing up and realizing your gay when you have been taught your entire life its wrong, you will never go to heaven, you will never see your family again, etc... Freaking tramatizing!! Listening to you tell your story brought back so many different emotions and the levels of those emotions!! I knew EXACTLY how you felt or what your thought process was as you explained different moments and times in your life... Great job being vulnerable and honest. I appreciate that a lot! Then I got one more surprise with your coming out video! I knew you looked familiar somehow!! I remember watching your video YEARS ago. Freaking adorable. -- Anyways I subscribed! Gonna go watch more right now!!

[@tomwestbrook]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I grew up in the South & came out in 1982 or -3 at 25yo to everyone I knew (was in college). Including my grandmother. It went better than I expected. It’s a bit disheartening that it’s still so difficult for people to come out now, but with all the coming out stories on YT and elsewhere the pace of acceptance has seemed to accelerate a bit, thank goodness. Cheers from New Mexico.

[@brunerguy1]

This is a great extended explanation of your journey. I've been following you for many years and always hope to be there in some way “for you.” Remember I did watch your wedding online!

[@tcov22]

So sorry that you had to go through that ordeal coming to terms with your sexuality and religion. I realized I was different from the other boys at a very young age, had some sexual experiences when I was very young, and then went through a similar religious ordeal between the ages of 13 and 17 or so; I didn’t come out to my family until I was 24. Such a waste of life to be afflicted with dogmatic religious views that cause self criticism and blame. I’m glad we’re on the other side.

[@nealwhaley63]

As an asexual, hearing stories about people realizing their orientations and having their first girl/boyfriends in grade school is bewildering. Those topics couldn’t have been further from my mind at the time.

[@tallactordude]

Although you and I are of different generations, and our stories have a lot of differences in specifics, I have a feeling a lot of our experiences internally were the same. I know what it’s like to grow up in a religious atmosphere that is very conservative and almost cultlike, and to think there was something wrong with me because of the way I felt toward other boys. But I think I’ll probably connect even more when you talk about your college experience at a Christian school, since I had the same kind of experience. So I appreciate hearing your story and look forward to hearing the rest of it in the future.

[@elliefried9579]

Omg this podcast was so good! It made me want to start therapy again because I've questioned my sexuality since I was a young teenager and I think it's time to address it.

[@paulpjy4996]

Thank you, I just finished up on you Podcast. Outstanding and thanking you Matthew for sharing your story. God Bless you both.

[@michaelc8126]

Thanks for sharing all of that. See life does get better.

[@dubon9999]

God bless and protect all the LGBT people from all the evilness of the world 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈✝️✝️✝️✝️ In this world full of evilness, hate, jealousy, gossip, envy, sufferment, pain, harassment, discrimination, anger, abuse, murder, theft, rape and endless negative feelings and dangerous behaviors; We, the LGBT people must be aware of the evilness that exists in the world and not allow that anything or anyone divide us, we must always be willing to help other LGBT people and we must not leave any LGBT person alone or left behind 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 We must be aware that we, the LGBT people not only face the same problems and situations that straight people face, but we also face hate for our sexuality, hate for being different, hate for being LGBT, and that is, the hate just for being who we are and likewise we must be aware that not all the people that says that support us really do so 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 I don't care who you are or where you come from or what reputation you have or if other people like you or dislike you, if you are an LGBT person you have all my love and support ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 We can make a difference and be a light of hope to make from the world a better place 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Never allow that straight men and women divide us 💥💥💥💥💥 Gay Men together forever ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 LGBT people together forever 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@dubon9999]

All Gay men must have their Gay men friends group and all the LGBT people must do the same 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ It is important to be with people like us, to be around other Gay men and create Gay friendships inside our Gay community between us; in the same way that straight men and women have their women or men friends group. Gay men together forever ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@darriontunstall3708]

Great coming out story Matt, I’m a country gay man, I have cerebral palsy I use a walker and wheelchair, I’m 34, I’m on the DL because my family won’t like me being gay! I can’t wait to hear your coming out story Michael! I’m still donating to the anesthesiologist Foundation, since it was hard for me to go to college because of my cerebral palsy, I really wanted to be a anesthesiologist, I can’t drive because of my cerebral palsy, so I’m gonna get my all electric Mercedes g wagon and let other people drive it for me! I love y’all much ! Y’all are my boys

[@annejakub6944]

I went to school with a couple of boys (men) that I now know that they maybe have been gay but this was in the years 1952-1960 in a catholic school. They were altar boys and their hands were always up when an altar boy was need. When we graduated we were 13-14 yrs old. I realize listening to you that they were gay. One die young as a male pro and the other died in Provincetown, Ma. I hope that they had friends that had been able to help them because we who were there first friends didn't know what they were going through.

[@Jokerlove14]

Yeah! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@McNulty030]

It’s so much fun to listen to. Like Michael, come on, so hot, would love to hear more about dentistry, since I studied the same and Matt, wow, he’s just too hot to handle too! 😅

[@massagewerks1734]

Nice story.

[@Jokerlove14]

On the topic of Monk, I didn't watch it during the show's original runtime. But, it a good show.

[@anuarvonen]

Lovely One!!!! Always!!!! With An Other Lovely One!!!! Always!!!!

[@dubon9999]

I send all my love and support to all the LGBT people of the world ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 You all are important and very valuable even though we live in a world that makes you all believe otherwise. Remember always be proud of who you are 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 You all make from this world a better place ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 LGBT people are a rainbow of love in a world full of hate, but with difference of our straight partners, we all are united over a same flag 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 The flag of LGBT love ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 And we all must be united against hate, violence, discrimination and intolerance ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 We all are like a great family and we must fight to destroy hate ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 Remember, LGBT people is love and love always wins ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 I don't care about your race, nationality, biological gender, health condition, religion or any other condition ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 If you are an LGBT person you have all my love and my support ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 You guys are not alone in this fight and all the LGBT people of all over the world needs to understand this messagge, cause just united we will win against hate and we don't have to allow that nothing divide us. Never feel bad of who you are and never allow that this cruel world change who you really are or turn off your light and your shine ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 You all born that way and remember LGBT people of all the world, at the end, love always wins ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@lairddouglas]

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[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

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[@zachparade2791]

Thanks, Matt, for going there again for us! I remember your coming out video. It helped give me the strength to come out a year or so after seeing it. I’m currently 44, so older than you. Just wanted you to know your video didn’t just help people your age and younger. I was a little surprised to hear you haven’t watched your original coming out video since you posted it. If you feel up to it, it would be really interesting to see you respond to it now and talk about how many people you heard from that it helped. 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@quincymastin3261]

Yall seem like the same person

[@lovelivenic4606]

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[@Eli_sharing_TheGospel_]

Romans 1:26-27 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

[@mrhandsss]

Professional yapper

[@tomwestbrook]

What a repulsive person!