Coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or any other orientation one can identify\u00a0to, can be an extremely emotional and difficult process.<\/p>\n
While it has already proven to\u00a0be quite the isolating experience for some,\u00a0others\u00a0have found\u00a0strength through social media outlets such as YouTube, where a few of the Internet’s\u00a0biggest\u00a0stars have posted videos of them coming clean, talking about their sexual orientation, making life-changing confessions, transitions, or providing precious advice to viewers who might share the same struggles.<\/p>\n
Here are some of those brave souls and their inspiring coming out stories.<\/p>\n
Three years exactly after coming out to his family, Australian\u00a0actor, singer and YouTuber Troye Sivan<\/a>\u00a0(who was 17 at the time) decided\u00a0that his few million online followers also deserved to know everything. Ever since then, his video\u00a0keeps receiving encouraging comments, testaments of love and appreciation, as well as countless thank-yous\u00a0from other teenagers who also chose\u00a0to embrace their own individuality.<\/p>\n