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StoryCorps: Man helping LGBTQ youth remembers how hard it was to come out as gay to his parents

Corey Harvard and Lisa Harvard
StoryCorps
Corey Harvard and Lisa Harvard

Corey Harvard has dedicated his life to advocating for LGBTQ+ youth in Mobile, Alabama through his organization Prism United.

He was raised in Mobile, and grew up in a deeply religious home. But in middle school, he realized he was queer, and struggled to come out to his parents.

Above all he worried it would change how much they loved him. But it didn’t. At StoryCorps, Corey sat down with his mother, Lisa Harvard, to reflect on that time.

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