Swinging open those closet doors is almost always fraught with many personal challenges, but imagine growing up as a gay Mormon in central Texas. Davey Wavey recently learned about Conner, a depressed gay LDS living in the conservative southern state, via on the gay social network app Moovz and hopped in a car with fellow YouTube personalities Matthew Lush and Nick Laws, and Oriol Pamies, head of development at Moovz, for a road-trip to College Station, Texas to meet his fan.
In the clip Conner talks about the guilt he’s felt for being gay and checking out guys and how depressing the future seemed to him. As Davey adds, the internet has helped make gay youth feel less lonely by creating a community of friends online.
The video they filmed serves as a launch for Moovz’s initiative to encourage other people to share their own person coming out stories with #ComingOut in celebration of national coming out day Saturday.
Watch the meeting between Davey and Conner take place below.
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Sexy entertainer Chris Salvatore also participated in the project. Witness his coming out story below.
KwisatzHaderach
Ok, everyone, remember that these guys are NOT ROLE MODELS OR EXPERTS. Don’t look to them for advice and if they say something stupid, they shouldn’t be held accountable for it because it’s just their personal “journey” after all.
*stifled laughter*
oilburner
I’m really happy for this kid but the whole crying thing upon meeting that dumb fuck Davey Wavey made me laugh. Now that was some comical shit.
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JustaThought
ANY individual (in this case, Davey Wavey) that helps another during the coming out process is a good guy in my books.
Haters are going to hate, but really guys, what have YOU done?
DW made another person feel good. What exactly is there to hate or diss about that?
Billy Budd
I don’t like Davey Wavey, and I don’t think he is a role model as he pretends to be here, but overall this video was something positive.
marc sfe
@JustaThought: I agree with you completely Just a. I don’t get the hate / laughter being spewed by the two commenters above. Am I a DW fan? No, not really. But, this young man found something to give him strength to come out and be himself. Stifled laughter? Why is that Swiss? Comical shit Oil? Really??
And as you so rightly pointed out, I’d like to know what those two commenters have done to help another lgbt person come out, help them and let them know someone was there for them.
One doesn’t have to be a trained therapist in order to provide support and to let someone know they have people out there who care.
So, DW and the group at Moovz, well done and to those who think it’s funny, I feel sorry for you.
Cam
Frankly the most shocking thing in the first video is that Davey Wavey has an assistant!
KwisatzHaderach
@marc sfe:
I think you misunderstand me, Marc. Someone in another thread had said gay YouTubers shouldn’t be held up as role models. Thats what I was referring to.
I think people can serve as role models whether they intend to or not. Each of us is responsible for what we put out there in the universe.
Sorry if I didn’t get that across better.
Happy National Coming Out Day, everybody! 🙂
stranded
@Billy Budd: I agree. Just because you don’t like D.W. doesn’t mean you can shit all over this video, that’s ultimately positive.
offbeatoh86
It looks like Moovz just used that kid’s coming out story as an advertisement.
rmthunter
@offbeatoh86: It’s nice to know there are people even more cynical than I am.
Dakotahgeo
What a beautiful story! As an ordained Christian minister, I totally accept and support ALL LGBT persons. The church I attend is fully supportive of the LGBT community and walks the talk! Kudos to the entire Davey Wavey group for making this young man’s day! Pastor George M Melby (Ret.).
Billy Budd
When I think about gay role models, I think about Harvey Milk, Stephen Fry, Sir Ian Mckellen, Sir John Gielgud, Almodovar, or even better: Oscar Wilde, Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Socrates, Plato. Does Davey Wavey really belong to this list?
Chevelter
Lovely. I have mixed feelings about Davey but there’s no doubt he connects with a lot of young gay guys (I know them) and is indeed some sort of inspirational role model.
KwisatzHaderach
@Billy Budd:
Most of those guys are long dead. I’ve always thought role models to be your contemporaries or from the generation immediately preceding your own.
I’m not arguing that Davey Wavey SHOULD be considered a role model. But with a over half a million YT subscribers (many of them young gay men), he should be mindful about what he says and the impact it can have.