Gay student films his year of coming out in documentary

Alden Peters, a young film student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, needed to find a way to come out to his family and friends. Fascinated with how online videos can either hide or reveal someone's true sexual orientation, he decided to make a documentary filming his year coming out.

Now, after a year of research and travel, Coming Out is nearly complete, reports Mashable.

"I didn't what anybody else to have to do what I did in order to figure themselves out," he says in a trailer for the documentary about his motivation.

Peters films his parents initial reaction and then films them again a year later. They are neither bothered nor disturbed by his revelation and give the decided impression they are supportive.

"It's really brave on Alden's part because he's sharing with the tools he loves, which is filmmaking," says his father.

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Peters also films his friends, colleagues and fellow students reactions. Similar to his parents, his friends appear kind and inquisitive.

One friend asks, "Why did you wait so long?"

He also interviews with people involved in the New York City pride parade and a professor from a community college in Seattle he previously attended.

At the end of the trailer, Peters sheepishly asks his father how he would feel if he introduced him to "someone," avoiding eye contact the whole time.

"To who?" ask his father.

"Like if I had someone to introduce you to?" Peters repeats the question, too nervous to use the word boyfriend.

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"What, like a guy?" his dad says knowingly.

Peters nods.

"Do you?" asks his father.

And then the trailer ends.

While Peters's documentary is certainly a unique way to come out, there have been other touching stories reported on in the past year.

In April, a 21-year-old university student came out on Facebook to his friends, but hid it from his religious father who was not tolerant of gays. Later when his father accidentally saw his son's Facebook status update, he said, "I will always love you, no matter what."

And in January, a 15-year-old girl came out to her parents with a cake that said, "I'm gay" accompanied with a written note.