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>>> TONIGHT I'M SO PLEASED TO
BRING YOU A SHOWBIZ NEWS MAKER
THAT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE.
17-YEAR-OLD ZACH GIBSON'S STORY
ABOUT COMING OUT ON FACEBOOK
WENT VIRAL WHEN HIS MOM POSTED A
LETTER OF SUPPORT.
SHE SAID HE WAS SURPRISED BY
YOUR FACEBOOK POST WHERE YOU
CAME OUT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I LOVE YOU
UNCONDITIONALLY.
I LOVE YOU WITH MY ACTIONS NOT
JUST WORDS.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
YOU'RE THE BRAVEST PERSON I
KNOW.
I'LL FIGHT FOR YOU ALWAYS.
YOUR *** ORIENTATION DOES NOT
DEFINE YOU.
YOU'RE STILL THE BOY WHO FOREVER
WON MY HEART.
HERE IS WHAT I THINK IS THE
DEFINING PART OFRT LETTER.
THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS ME
ARE THE EMPTY SODA CUPS AND TEA
BOTTLES IN YOUR ROOM.
THROW THEM AWAY BEFORE THE ANTS
COME.
THERE THEY ARE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ZACH, THINGS GENERALLY IN OUR
WORLD ARE GETTING BETTER BUT
IT'S STILL PRETTY BRAVE THING TO
COME OUT ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE
LET ALONE ANYWHERE.
ARE YOU SURPRISED BY YOUR MOM'S
LETTER?
>> I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED BY
HER LETTER BECAUSE IT'S TYPICAL
OF MY MOM TO SAY WHAT SHE SAID.
I'M SURPRISED BY HOW VIRAL IT
WENT.
>> IT'S REALLY, REALLY
INCREDIBLE.
I CHECKED ADD OF LATE THIS
AFTERNOON, I THINK SIX MILLION
PEOPLE, MICHELLE, HAVE READ YOUR
LETTER AND THIS POST.
IT'S HAD SUCH AN EFFECT ON SO
MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE
THAT KIND OF SUPPORT.
I IMAGINE YOU'RE EQUALLY
SURPRISED.
>> VERY.
I'M VERY SURPRISED.
MY BROTHER ENCOURAGED ME TO POST
IT ON THE HAVE A GAY DAY
FACEBOOK PAGE BECAUSE HE FELT
LIKE IT WOULD BE ENCOURAGING FOR
OTHER PEOPLE.
HIS GIRLFRIEND IS AN
ADMINISTRATOR AND THE NEXT THING
I KNEW THE NO HATE CAMPAIGN
PICKED IT UP AND THEN IT WENT
EVER WHERE.
>> THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK.
WHAT KIND OF REACTION HAVE YOU
GOTTEN, ZACH, FROM OTHER PEOPLE