“I am gay,” Jack Matthew Baran said in his coming out video. “I have been on YouTube now for five years and I have never said that to a camera before.”
“This could have been a surprise, or this could not have been surprising to you. But either way, I don’t think it should matter.”
“Nothing is really influencing this. No other person. Although gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states.”
Jack Baran Confirms That He Is Gay
“I was gay six months ago, and I was gay six years ago. I’m not all of a sudden gay.”
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“The reason I’m sharing this is because it’s a huge part of my life. However it is not a defining factor.”
“I never decided to be gay, and I never wanted to decide to be gay. However, it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.”
“I believe you can never be told that you are living your life wrong. Because, who is it wrong to?”
Jack Wasn’t Always So Confident About His Sexual Orientation
“I know there was a part of my life where I did not want to be gay.”
“I went to high school, middle school, public school. And struggling to accept yourself…is really difficult.”
“People are a*******. People will come up to you and call you names.”
“The first thing you want to do is to suppress it and deny it.”
“I did not verbalize my sexuality for many years. The only time I would think about it or talk about it…was if it came up in a negative situation.”
“I went to L.A. Pride, and it was a festival weekend. I felt the most comfortable I have ever felt in my entire life.”
“I have never been happier with myself, or with my mind.”