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he was safe.

- She finally decided

That this is maybe more serious

than she can handle,

So she set me up

with a therapist.

- When shane got done

with his session,

He asked me to come in,

and he said,

"your son just needs to admit

to himself that he's gay,

And everything will be fine. "

And I said,

"how can you say that?

He's not gay. "

And doctor hausser said,

"well, you know,

That's something you're gonna

have to come to peace with. "

- I always suspected...

I'm not gonna lie to you.

It took me a couple days

to process,

And the thing

it come down to is,

"I ain't making any more kids...

I better stay in good

with the ones I got. "

And I love him unconditionally,

so it just doesn't matter.

- It's kind of funny now that,

here I was a little boy,

On my knees, praying to god

that I wouldn't be gay,

And there was another little boy

1,500 miles away in indiana

doing the same thing.

- Knox, indiana,

is not the easiest place

For a gay kid to grow up.

It's very homogenous...

not much diversity there.

I knew tom

When both of our brothers

were in boy scouts together.

Everybody loved him.

And he was just the popular kid.

He had a lot of empathy.

I'll never forget,

the day my mom died,

Tom was the first person

to come over to my house.

He walked in the door,

and he was crying...

You know, almost like

he's sadder than I am.

Tom's mother and father

each had children

From previous marriages.

So, tom was the only child

between the two parents,

And he was the center

of attention in the family.

He was the center of attention

everywhere he was.

Tom would always be playing the

piano at home,

Singing, dancing around.

- # come on, baby

# you're driving me crazy

# goodness gracious

# great balls of fire!

- He was doing his tricks

on the trampoline,

And he was always performing.

For tom, there was never

any such thing as too much.

Tom's dad, he was a simple

blue-collar worker,

Came home late, got up really

early the next day,

And, you know, did it again.

Both of his parents sacrificed

a lot for tom's happiness.

His mom took a job as a janitor

so that tom could go to culver.

Not many parents

would do that...

Would start cleaning toilets

so their son could have

The best education.

Tom's dad was in vietnam,

and that's why

He went to vietnam

when he was in high school.

He definitely respected his dad

for fighting for his country.

I think, as tom got older,

as tom became his own person,

It just became difficult

for them to connect.

Tom was always very adamant

About saying

what he believed in,

And it didn't work with his dad.

- And it's sad,

but I really think that,

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