NEWS.- Daniel Ashley Pierce is a young 20 from Georgia who studies Business Administration at university and works at a pet store. An exemplary boy for his family until last October decided to leave the closet and confess that he was gay. The news fell like a jug of cold water but, lamentations aside, the thing was not to major. Until last Tuesday, when returning from work, he found his father, stepmother and grandparents, recriminating him not to try hard enough to change since, according to them, homosexuality was a path that Daniel had freely chosen. In fact, at one point during the discussion, the grandmother is heard shouting "he has chosen that path and that is why he must leave home."
The minutes 5 video was recorded with Daniel's own cell phone and until now it has received 4.000.000 visits, becoming a true viral phenomenon. In it, the boy, receives insults, threats and at a given moment it reaches his hands and receives blows from his family.
The reaction of support in the network has been massive and a crowdfunding campaign has started to collect funds with the aim that Daniel can become independent. So far, about $ 90.000 has been raised, the equivalent of € 70.000, which Daniel has decided to share with other young people who are going through a situation similar to his.
With the dissemination of the video, it also aims to prevent future situations of homophobia in the family environment. According to Daniel himself, "I wanted to prevent this happening to as many people as possible. If a family saw it and changed the way they approached their son, and saved a boy what I spent that night, it was worth it. "
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