Ok dangnabbit finally watched it all the way through.  Yes I'm crying.  Yes I'm rather impressed.   I'm an oldie...and boy oh boy it did get better.    I believe that it's not about what you do....it's mnore about who you are.    - Butterlina  1308.0 #62 11:18PM

Feel like opening up about this right now...When I joined Disneyland as a Cast Member at the ripe old age of about 17 I had not had very many life experiences and in the mid 90s a lot of things that are now much more normal were still very taboo..I was not really around anybody growing up who was gay or different and really just had the typical stereotypes that a kid might hear on the playground or on the ball field in school...When I first hired into Disneyland my trainer was really a wonderful guy, your All American Blond Hair blue eyes man who fit the Disney Image..As  I got to know him better,  I really looked up to him and was inspired by his achievements as a Lead, Scheduler and Disney University Trainer!!! As  I got to know him better I found he had a wife, kids, a family but I did not know what was to happen a year later…He came out of the closet because he could not take it anymore and was tired of living the lies…As my Days as a Cast Member went on and I went to Entrainment, I was in fact the minority but I can’t begin to tell you how many wonderful things I learned growing up a CM in that department. I have had several friends I worked with at the parks whom came out to me, friends whom told me they have HIV and friends whom have cried to me because their mother went to Church to pray that her son would not be gay anymore. The biggest thing I learned was it was ok just to be myself…..No! I am not gay but does it really matter? I’m not going to even try and make my story of being ok to be crazy a comparison to growing up and being gay and having to deal with backwards people who don’t know what acceptance is….I would like to personally thank the Walt Disney Company for all that they do for the gay community...I have personally seen it in so many ways that there could years and years of stories that could be posted just in this lounge from other Cast Members…..Thank you Disney for setting an example on social equality…..Love you All/   - Dave  8672.8 #2 11:55PM

Love this. I am crying. Thanks for posting it Dave 👍 - Jillian  765.4 #129 11:06PM

Thanks for that.  Oddly I had a bit of a rough day and this made it much batter.   - Butterlina  1308.0 #62 11:11PM

👍 - Blaine951  243.2 #1076 11:15PM

Nothing but love for the MW LGBT community. ❤💗💛💚💙💜 - tina  1154.7 #70 10:53PM

LOVE!!! Thank you for sharing Dave!  - MayBie  1864.2 #40 11:05PM

I cried the first time I saw this. thanks so much for posting this in the lounge Dave! - UppityEmpress  783.8 #2 11:09PM

Like, like, like! - akpoppins  243.3 #1074 11:10PM

 - SoloSiyoNqoba  565.3 #196 11:17PM

Absolutely love this! ❤❤❤ - LBChica  1501.6 #52 11:19PM

Made me cry too..thanks for sharing this. - HollyGolightlyPrincess  385.4 #349 11:20PM

❤ - iFramedRogerRabbit  1956.2 #36 11:26PM

Wow, great find - dug_one  1431.6 #55 11:30PM

👍 - iDreamAboutDumbo  307.3 #575 11:33PM

Wow! Thanks for sharing this, I didn't know that The Walt Disney Company were part of the Trevor Project. - rbeezy  655.5 #160 12:23AM

Just watched it! Awesome! thanks for sharing Dave! - JacquelineDannielle  9.1 #7101 3:13PM

💗 - veronica619  517.1 #227 4:10PM

Bump! - akpoppins  243.3 #1074 10:48PM

This is such a historic moment in my opinion... - mralexv  306.5 #579 10:50PM

Wow, somehow I missed this post. Thank you so much for sharing, Dave, and everyone else who shared their hearts. Love and peace - PrincessKristin  776.6 #124 11:01PM