She “kind of suspected something was up” ever since her parents asked her several weeks back whether she was gay.
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17-year-old Kinsey Ratzman of New Jersey tells NBC 4 New York that the initial conversation was “awkward but sweet,” and inspired her to come out on on social media:
Kinsey thought that was that, and didn’t think twice when her parents said they’d be throwing “an early Fourth of July party,” because that isn’t suspicious at all.
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When Kinsey returned from running errands at the mall, she stumbled into a home plastered with rainbow decorations. Her parents had covertly planned her coming out party, those coy little minxes.
My family threw me a surprise pride party bc I came out to all of them lmaoooo ?? pic.twitter.com/tWBooVKF4S
— kinsey #BLM (@notkinz) July 2, 2016
We’re talking rainbow-colored veggie kebabs and rainbow pasta: the works. The cake had rainbow layers, yo. There was even rainbow-colored spread, rainbow cups and plates, rainbow napkins, rainbow, rainbow, rainbow. The works.
Damn. The napkins even had “Pride” written on them.
According to Alison, Kinsey’s mom, “Lots of people were like, ‘Are you sure you want to do that, you sure she’s gonna enjoy that? You sure she’s not gonna be embarrassed, this is kind of a whole new thing for her. But I said, ‘No, I think she’ll really appreciate it. It’ll show how much we really support her and how much we’re behind her.”
“It has been amazing,” Kinsey says. “The best part is seeing how happy the party has made everyone. Especially in light of the Pulse shootings this past pride month, our community needs a little joy and hope and I’m glad to say my family has helped contribute to that.”
Did we mention the rainbow-themed cake?
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
I love this! Great story.
Dave Downunder
Whether you think it’s corny or over the top or whatever the fact that they did it is just awesome. Will coming out parties be the new coming of age right of passage for young gays along with sweet sixteens and bar mitzvahs? Let’s hoped so.
ducky28215
Ok. Sending someone to run errands is very different from “kicking” someone out of their home.
David Bolton
@ducky28215: Well you know Queerty and their cutesy brand of homespun journalism.
throwslikeagirl
Charming story, awful, misleading headline.
Guy068
The stupid headline it’s good that happy families and ongoing love shown for their queer members gets shown too. Some people do get that!
gayhope1990
Well done.She had good parents.
Nightwolfe
What cool parents, the headline though misleading got me to read the article, probably prompted a lot more people to do the same, clever.
europeanguy
this is great, but can i have some of that cake? its like, the best cake ive seen in my life
sfbeast
Thanks to that amazing family. We all needed to read a story like this one. Sweet way for mom and the others to say I love you.
NateOcean
ducky28215, David Bolton, Nightwolfe: Yeah, it’s called “click baiting”: give an alluring headline (even if completely deceptive).
Every story will “melt your heart”, has “gone viral”, or “broke the internet”.
These overused cliches no longer have any meaning; just the sign of bored and unimaginative editing.
GayEGO
It is great that her parents had a coming out party for her. Today, I have met several parents who tell me they have an LGBT child or relative e.g. nephew, niece, etc. This was not so back in the 1950’s when gays were sent to prison.
myloginname
Isn’t love and support beautiful? Many parents need to learn from this family.
SouthPaw81
Great job parents! This brightened a very difficult day! Thank you.
David Bolton
@NateOcean: My jaw dropped when I read your comment.
Bob LaBlah
Down here her family would have all chipped in and gave her a pink or rainbow colored rifle as a coming out gift.
Ken A.
Now that is a happy story.
silveroracle
What a lovely story.
garyrj
What a amazing story, you’re blessed to have such a loving family!
lelandjr
Good ol’ dependable, misleading Queerly–still on the job.
marchling
My parents just got me rainbow chocolate, not a whole flipping party!