Coming Out: 10 Years Later

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0:00 welcome back
0:10 10 years later
0:45 the day i uploaded
1:35 it gets better vs it goes further
2:15 i don't recognize myself
2:45 gratitude
3:40 getting comfortable
4:35 exploration of self
5:45 10 years of global change
6:15 coming out is normal
6:55 love and relationships
7:20 my fear became my strength
8:00 little connor
8:45 honored
9:15 i love you so much
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Have a great week everyone x

[ConnorFranta]

time flies. it really does. i love you all forever and ever ♥

[clairemadeline]

i remember it so vividly. i was in middle school, walking through the hallway, watching it on my phone as soon as the notification came in, and when i got to class my art teacher let me sit off to the side to finish the video. i came out for the first time two years after that video. ten years later, i’m still watching your videos <3

[zeeshanpatel]

you just reminded me i’ve been watching you for over 10 years and this made me feel SO OLD. thanks man 😭

[KlTKATKAY]

one day before your coming out video i was a 14-year-old closeted gay boy scared to even face myself. the next day i saw your video, and ten years later i am now living as a proud transgender woman. you saved my life, connor. i am so incredibly, inexplicably, unimaginably proud of you, and of myself, for who we have become.

[iandonley]

I came out about six months after that video on social media. I even used a quote from your first book in the post. Thank you for the inspiration!

[Ktrnyr]

Unreal. I was 13, growing up in a village in Greece. Being open-minded in those circumstances was unlikely but I’d grown up inside the internet. I remember crying watching your video, as some of my friends had just found the courage to come out to me that year. People like you made us feel safe. Thank you for your impact, I love you forever.

[parii_]

i remember watching your coming out video, on my dad's phone that i sneaked in the middle of the night, hiding under the blankets and just crying over the joy and relief that i felt. it's a long journey and a process that i'm still going through repeatedly and you've been such a massive inspiration throughout. thank you so so much for sharing yourself with us, all these years. im so proud of you <3

[jwestchelsea]

Your own personal journey transcended my own when you posted that video. I'm sure many others too, you'll never understand the impact that moment had.

It's been amazing to see your own journey develop online which is all what it's about. That was your moment and you've grown exponentially from that!

[CassioStella]

Yours was one of the first coming out stories I had ever seen! Around that time, many other creators I watched come out as well. Your journey inspired me to look inward and start my own as well. I'm so grateful you chose to share your experience. Happy 10 year anniversary to being out!!!!

[PokhrajRoy.]

(speaks into phone speaker) Omg it’s your coming-out-a-versary! You’ve been true to yourself, you’ve been a good presence on the Internet AND you’re so gosh darn cute ☺️

[palomatorres]

i think me when i was growing up, your coming out video meant a lot to me, but also someone like tyler oakley who i also watched at the time, having NO coming out video meant so much to me too for entirely different reasons. im so happy i got both, im so happy i grew up with you both and even though you had different experiences, they both shaped me in some way. it was lovely, thank you.

[chrishewittpiano]

Hey Connor! I remember your coming out video vividly! It was so brave and at a time when coming out videos were really starting to blossom.

It's been a privilege following you all these years and reading your books! Write more, please! 🙂

[TheBrandon]

I found your videos shortly before i came out and your videos helped me be able to finally say it out loud. I am forever grateful i stumbled upon your videos

[imjosetta]

happy ten years! forever proud of u connor. thank u for making content, its gotten me thru some rlly difficult times

[drewjamespatrick]

How poetic! This year, 10 years later, introducing "Yourself" to us all. You use the phrase "All that time running away from myself, when it would have just been easier to accept and run with myself onward", to then achieve a life-goal of a sub 3 marathon run! Coincidental sure, but that is life in and of itself playing out! Proud of you from a complete stranger with love and admiration all these years later!

[Caroline-pbxx]

I agree that things have gotten better. Since things are getting better, awareness is too, and that can be a lot sometimes. Thank you for running with yourself and have a wonderful holiday!

[johnturner]

I remember when your video came out, as someone who is also 32 and was recently faced with a visit of my former self from almost a decade ago...its comforting to hear another persons journey with it.

[samanthachristie]

Wow time flies! I remember that video like it was yesterday - proud of you always xx

[ceythedoll]

i literally remember being 14 and a boy (pre transition) and my friends telling me “connor came out” and i watched the video at lunch and cried bc i felt so seen

[BeeJayParty]

How am I so early to this. The flashback clips are insane! How does it feel so long ago but also yesterday!