Jonah Mowry’s Mom Says Gay Son Inspired by Support.

GREAT NEWS. HERE WAS MY RESPONSE….

The mother of Jonah Mowry, the gay 14-year-old who got national attention when he spoke about his anguish over bullies, said her son has been “uplifted” by support online.

“I’m thankful,” Peggy Sue Mowry told ABC News. “There are a lot of people that are giving their warm wishes and uplifting Jonah, and I think that’s good.”

But Mowry also said the family was disheartened by other vile comments that had been posted recently online.

“He is sick over all the horrible posts and so are we … it’s very overwhelming,” said his mother, a 52-year-old hairdresser from Lake Forest, Calif.

Jonah’s parents helped him craft the latest video to deal with rumors that he was a fake. His father is Kevin Mowry, a music instructor technician at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif.

The teen explained that he had made the dark video at 4 a.m. just before starting school in the fall. “I was dreading going back to school and I had not come out to my family yet,” he said. “Only my closest friends knew. I didn’t know how to say what I needed to say. All I could think about were all the bad things that had been happening at school last year, every year for that matter.”

He said his friends were supportive and he thought the video would help others.

“It had to be done,” his mother told ABC. “So after school we had him sit down and compose it.”

Jonah’s YouTube video went viral this week and some online accused the teen of being a “fraud,” and looking for publicity.

“I’m disappointed that somebody could look at the first video and then look at the second and think it’s a lie,” said his mother. “He’s a child. He’s a 14-year-old boy. He’s very young.”

 

“First and foremost, I am proud of the responses we’ve gotten from people,” she said. “I’m disappointed that people would question whether it’s ” true.”

Jonah posted two YouTube videos. One, last August, was a wrenching account of his cutting injuries as a victim of school bullies.

In the first — “Whats going on … [sic]” — Jonah was weeping to the music of Sia’s “Breathe Me.” Holding a series of notecards, he says, “I’ve cut … a lot. I have scars. Suicide was an option … many times.”

The second video, posted Dec. 4, showed a giggling and happy teen who was doing just fine. “To the people who think nobody likes me,” he said. “Everyone in my school loves me.”

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AND IN JONAHS OWN WORDS, EXACTLY WHAT I SAID………

To all my friends and supporters,
I made this video 4 months ago just before school was about to start. I was 13. It was a very emotionally dark time in my life. I made the video at 4:00am in the morning; I hadn’t been sleeping at night for a long time, too many things going on in my head. I was dreading going back to school and I had not come out to my family yet. Only my closest friends knew. I didn’t know how to say what I needed to say. All I could think about were all the bad things that had been happening at school last year, every year for that matter. I just couldn’t bare to go through that anymore. I was done being fake happy, pretending hateful words didn’t hurt, done hiding it from my family.
So this video was made for my friends that had moved on to High School who were worried for me, to say to them that I was going to take a stand, and to the haters at my middle school that I’m not going anywhere. I am who I am. I posted the video here and told people were to find it. That was it.
My friends were moved by the video and thought I did something important. I was encouraged to upload it to my Facebook page so more people could see it. Maybe it could help someone else going through the same thing. So I linked it Dec. 1st. My Parents saw it for the first time Dec, 2nd.
Then….. all this happened.
I never expected in a million years that it would have such a wonderful impact on so many people. I am truly humbled and truly thankful for all the love, encouragement and support from people all over the world. It’s been incredibly overwhelming. I don’t know what to say. Thank you so, so much!
Lastly, yes you have seen me happy in a couple short videos replies I posted; I would think that would be a good thing , and yes I do have friends, my High School friends, and I have made friends because when I came out they realized that they had hurt me and that they fealt sorry. The video is real, and true.
In the last few months everything eventually came out in the open, I felt a huge weight off my shoulders; I’m happy, I’m excepted for who I am, I’m more confident and feel stronger every day.
Thank you all, Love and peace to all who are hurting.
Jonah Mowry”