Grandpa Sends Heartwarming Text After Grandson Comes Out

March 30, 2015

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By AlexKelst

This is from a while back, but sometimes it's good to remember nice things, especially with all the current hubbub around anti-LGBT "Religious Freedom" laws. This is one of the all-time top posts on reddit's r/lgbt.

The user who posted these images says,

"My friend came out to his family last week, and his grandfather sent him this text message."

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After he came out, he posted Grandpa's text on Facebook and got many great comments:

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