Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190603:05:56:00
>> it was -- so i realized that he was gay in my mid teens. >> this is so weird. >> and i had known since i was 6 years old, but i thought everybody was gay and suffered from same-sex attraction and you just had to suppress it to be a good -- to be a good religious follower. and i suppressed so much emotion up until i was 19, that once i turned 19, i hit the drugs and alcohol super, super hard. >> yeah. i mean, both of you are talking about when your identity is not accepted, there is depression and a high rate of suicide and those things. you know what i mean? because society is judging you. ...