When Nick’s parents found out their son was bisexual, they threw him out of the house, leaving his belongings on the front yard. Although his parents did not support him, hundreds of strangers rallied around the penniless 18-year-old to offer their support, and they managed to raise thousands of dollars.
Earlier this month, Nick’s parents threw him out of the house and took his car after someone told them he was bisexual, according to a description on a GoFundMe page. In addition, the page notes, they took the money Nick had saved from bagging groceries.
Steve Bevers, whose mother-in-law works with Nick, took the Georgia teen into his home and set up the crowd funding page on Oct. 22 to help raise money for Kennesaw State University freshman.
“When I heard about what happened to Nick I was flabbergasted,” Bevers said in a statement to The Huffington Post. “I couldn’t understand how a parent could do that. While I’m sure there are multiple sides to the story, I just was amazed. I was hurt. The first thing I asked was, ‘Does he need a place to stay? Does he need some money?'”
According to a statement on the GoFundMe page, Bevers believes, “[Nick] has felt that the people most responsible for loving and protecting him through anything have turned their backs and don’t care where he’s sleeping, or how he’s going to feed himself.” He added, “We’re working to show Nick that he is loved, even by strangers. That the horrible acts of some people will not be enough to stop him, and that with the help of people everywhere, he can get through this.”
In just a few days, nearly 400 people have donated more than $12,000.
On Oct. 24, Nick uploaded a video to tell supporters his story and offer his thanks. He revealed that he did not choose to tell his father and stepmother about his sexuality because of how they would respond.
“This whole thing started when my stepmom caught wind of me being bisexual,” he said. “I don’t know where she got her information from, but I know it wasn’t from me. She didn’t like that and neither did my dad. I got told some very vulgar and disgusting things… That’s why I didn’t tell them, because I wasn’t ready. And I didn’t tell them for the exact reaction I was scared about, and that’s exactly what happened.”
In a video uploaded Wednesday, Nick said he is trying to get registered for the spring semester of school and is hoping to put some of the donation money toward getting himself a car.
In response to the already incredible success of the GoFundMe campaign, Bevers told The Huffington Post, “[I am] absolutely blown away. Amazed, humbled, and once again, I had my faith in humanity restored. Bad things happen — that will always be the truth. But what this showed me is that people want to help. People want to give, and to trust.”
Source:P Huffington Post
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Gives me faith in humanity , but seriously makes me wonder if certain people should be allowed to reproduce.
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amazing how family battle this stuff….we have an 18 yr old son who is gay…………….and we fought against family as they said horrible stuff and carried on all over the world,even stop speaking to them!
but you know his our son ,special,courageous and loving guy …and the fact his gay wont change a thing for us …..he is who he is!
WE LOVE HIM
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our kids are special and need our support in this world…no matter what they become!
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I don’t see the problem here. It’s not like he was a little kids – he was 18 years old. If the parents don’t agree with something that their child is doing they are perfectly within their right to put a “grownup” out of THEIR own house.
Plus, I’m sure this kid knew his parents stance on transgender, homosexuality, etc., so he shouldn’t have been too surprised with their reaction.
Again folks, he was 18 (legally grown) and it is their house
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Thanks for the comment and sharing another viewpoint. Much appreciated!
Personally, I think that maybe the concern is that, whilst the parents have the right to do what they did, their action/s point towards a possible lack of tolerance, compassion and maybe even some understanding?
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The support is admirable. I hope his parents come to their senses one day.
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Reblog: http://hrexach.wordpress.com/ This is an important post … if one can’t count on one’s family for support, what is left? The kindness of others. Sad …..
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The truth of our times … still hard for teens discovering who they are!!
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Has anyone talked to the parents? No! This story is a lie. He should be ashamed of himself. I’m a neighbor. His family had known he was gay before he did. They love all of their children and live for all of them. Bottom line, he had rules, rules which he chose to not live by. He wasn’t kicked out, He chose to leave. They offered him the car, He threw the keys at them said he didn’t want s@#$ from them. He was responsible for the payments, it was leased. Parents transferred the remaining payments to fulfill his obligation and took their name off his account the same day. There was money left in his account! His sob story is just that. He feels sorry for himself. And everyone wants to bash the stepmother that took in 4 children that weren’t her own, really? Clearly a loving person! You had it Good and threw it away.
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Hey 🙂
As they say, there are always two sides to every story. Thanks for sharing the other side!
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It takes a village~
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So, so true…
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UPDATE: Nick’s father sent the following response to this story to The Huffington Post:
Bottom line, Nick had posted his personal business ALL over social media (FB, Twitter, Instagram, Ask.fm). We asked him to come down stairs and verified that it was true. My wife and I have known for 3-4 years Nick was gay, that was NEVER our issue. Our issues stemmed from him admitting to drinking and driving, getting suspended at work for a week for insulting his supervisor, blasting his personal business all over social media for future employers/nursing school applications to read, and his down right disrespect to every member of our household, especially his sisters by giving them graphic details of his sexual encounter with a 26 year old man (not something 3 teenaged girls need to hear from their big brother). Nick has a chip on his shoulder and a temper as well.
We gave him 4 rules:
1)take down all Social Media for 30 days because it was consuming his life and he could be posting things that 5 years from now he will regret
2)that he was not grounded BUT he was to drive to and from work and/or school with our car until he proved he was making better decisions and not drinking and driving
3)he needed to change departments at work because he was currently reporting directly to the ex-girlfriend that got him suspended for a week (I even went & talked to his manager for him & that was his suggestion)
4) that he needed to seek counseling to process all of this and deal with the anger he has towards his biological mother
At no point in time did we kick him out. He chose to leave because he didn’t want to abide by our rules. Rules that were still pretty lenient considering. He showed up at the house after his first day back to work from his suspension, started yelling, cursing and threw his car keys at my wife, then assaulted her and grabbed her. She was offered to press charges by the police (that Nick called) but didn’t want to ruin his college career or chances of getting into nursing school. He said, “I don’t want shit from you people”. We told him, “Nick you only have 6 weeks left in this semester. Lets get you through it and we will find you an apartment and get you moved if you don’t want to stay here”. About the car, it is a leased vehicle that we leased for Nick with an agreement that he would make the car payments, pay for insurance and gas. He agreed to all of those terms and we told him he would be responsible for all 36 payments no matter what, again, he agreed. As for taking his money, Nick was well aware that the remaining payments for his car were transferred to our account. We told him repeatedly take the car you are going to need it, we will make sure the payments are made. He again refused to take it. His sisters were present with all of our conversations with him so for him to lie and say that we took his money, his car and kicked him out is a down right lie. We didn’t ask Nick to leave and we certainly wouldn’t put out one of our children because of their sexual orientation. We are way too laid back for that.
Kind Regards,
Nick’s Dad
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TY Nick’s Dad … for your response. There’s always 3 sides to every story. People like Nick are the ones who give a bad name to the LGBT community …. sorry for what happened and TY, again, for your response.
Definitely puts things in another perspective.
Wish you and your family well.
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Thank you for taking the time to add this detailed follow up. Much appreciated!! 🙂
Best regards, Team Kindness Blog
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