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Judge Greg Mathis shared almighty words of contented for parents of queer children and revealed however lad Greg Mathis Jr.'s advocacy enactment is helping the LGBTQI+ community.
Greg Jr. connected Coming Out arsenic Gay: Mathis Family Matters RECAP (S1, E1)
Judge Greg Mathis has some straight-forward proposal to immoderate parents struggling to judge their kids' sexuality.
"Stop being cowards," the TV property exclusively told E! News astatine the Better Brothers Los Angeles 9th Annual Truth Awards connected March 4. "You cull due to the fact that you're a coward. You're frightened to clasp thing that you don't cognize oregon that you're fearful of, that you've heard each nonsensical statements [about]. That's what I accidental to parents: antheral up, pistillate up."
Greg has served arsenic an inspiration pursuing his changeless enactment for lad Greg Mathis Jr., 36, who came retired publically arsenic gay successful 2022 connected the E! world series Mathis Family Matters.
"I work a batch of comments astir it connected societal media and a batch of radical person applauded it," the 62-year-old shared. "A batch of radical person changed their attitudes and their ways due to the fact that of our enactment successful that area."
Since coming out, Greg Jr. has worked with GLAAD and different advocacy organizations to beforehand LGBTQI+ visibility and equality. Better Brothers L.A., a societal enactment for Black LGBTQI+ individuals, adjacent honored the father-son duo for their contributions to the queer community.
"It was precise fulfilling to cognize that our enactment successful the LGBTQ+ assemblage is taken arsenic having an effect, due to the fact that you don't person awards unless you've done thing that has made a difference," Mathis shared. "I was gladsome to cognize that we've made a difference."
For Greg Jr., it's designation helium doesn't instrumentality lightly.
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"It feels precise peculiar that I'm honored for conscionable being myself and warring for radical who are similar me," helium exclusively told E!. "If you were to inquire maine 3 years agone wherever I'd be, I ne'er would person guessed here. So that's a testament to not lone who I am, but God's power—he's the eventual planner and it feels truly peculiar to beryllium capable to beryllium honored conscionable for being myself."
As for Greg Jr.'s proposal to queer kids increasing up today? "That you're loved and you're valued and don't fto anybody other archer you differently," helium shared. "I privation to usage my level to fto them cognize that. To amusement that you tin live, that you tin love, that you tin beryllium yourself and that you tin unrecorded successful your information without fear."
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