Then, last week, I was informed by the headmaster of my school, Andy Abbott, that an international hate group known as the Westboro Baptist Church was planning on coming to my school to protest against me and the entire LGBTQ community at my school. When I first saw the hateful, disgusting things the Westboro Baptist Church said about me on their website, I was completely shocked and extremely upset. More and more people are beginning to see that there is nothing weird or different about the LGBTQ community, and we ― like everyone ― deserve to be treated equally. With the help of Pride STL, hundreds of people came to my school to counterprotest against the Westboro Baptist Church, and completely drowned their hate out with love and support for the LGBTQ community. I hope that my story will help to inspire so many more people to come out, and to support the LGBTQ community.

Source: Huffington Post March 20, 2018 16:52 UTC