Married Father Comes Out As Gay In A Video

In this inspiring video, 25-year-old Ben Hobson shares the story about his journey to living as his authentic realized self as a gay man — and a married father.

Hobson tells the viewer that his mother died nearly six years ago, and shortly thereafter he married his wife and the pair had two children. However, despite having what he considered to be the “perfect family,” the father of two developed a heavy drinking problem.

After getting sober, he realized the root of his unhappiness: he is, in fact, a gay man.

Check out the video below to witness Hobson’s heartwarming story firsthand.

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  1. Caligula
    May 28, 07:38 Reply

    Why didn’t he start this journey before he got married?

    • pinkpanthertb
      May 28, 07:58 Reply

      There’s no knowing what circumstances led to him getting married.

      • Caligula
        May 28, 09:45 Reply

        I guess. But we know the circumstances his wife and kids are in right now thanks to his thoughtlessness/selfishness.

          • Lol. This is the best reply ever!!! It bites in the right places Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: kitodiariesSent: Wednesday, 28 May 2014 3:51 PMTo: martinchinagorom@yahoo.comReply To: kitodiariesSubject: [New comment] Married Father Comes Out As Gay In A Video

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            pinkpanthertb commented: “Thoughtlessness? Selfishness? I’m sorry, are you gay?”

  2. Marthy
    May 28, 13:27 Reply

    If anything they should love him more for telling them the truth, there are many who live and die with this big lie.

    • CeeCee
      May 28, 13:37 Reply

      He should go on his knees everyday and thank God for the country he was born in, if he was born in Nigeria imagine how different his story would have turned out to be.

    • pinkpanthertb
      May 28, 19:53 Reply

      Exactly. Is it preferred for him to to keep his homosexuality a secret and hurt his family more by sneaking around?

      • That would never have been a good choice. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: kitodiariesSent: Wednesday, 28 May 2014 3:53 PMTo: martinchinagorom@yahoo.comReply To: kitodiariesSubject: [New comment] Married Father Comes Out As Gay In A Video

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        pinkpanthertb commented: “Exactly. Is it preferred for him to to keep his homosexuality a secret and hurt his family more by sneaking around?”

      • Caligula
        May 28, 22:45 Reply

        Pink Panther I applaud him and all for coming out but my issue is with the fact that his wife wasted her youth on this knob and brought 2 lives into the world based on a lie. I’m pretty sure he didn’t live twenty something years of his life as a heterosexual and suddenly wake up gay. And it’s a video he could just have fucking talked.

        • pinkpanthertb
          May 29, 00:59 Reply

          I know what you’re saying about the wife, but you sound very insensitive to whatever pressure or circumstance the man may have been going through, considering you don’t even know what led him to living a lie. That’s what galls me. In empathizing with the wife, you end up acting judgmental of the man.

    • Caligula
      May 28, 22:31 Reply

      Did you read this comment before you posted it? I’m pretty sure learning that the past 5 years of your life were based on a lie isn’t something anyone’s going to be happy about.

    • Caligula
      May 28, 23:01 Reply

      Errrr Martinwhatever@yahoo.com, really don’t see any teeth in Pink Panthers reply. And yes Pink Panther I’m gay and Nigerian. Note that I wasn’t against his coming out. I was against his getting married in the first place. I don’t see anything inspiring in this story all I see is how 1 Narcissistic Ahole ruined 3 lives. Wonder how many guys he fucked on his marital bed when his wife wasn’t home. Danke 🙂

      • Now that’s the shit I hate: when idiots call out my name. It makes my brain spiral to a shutdown, almost. That said, were your eyes too blinded to see the part where he wrote about drinking to numb his feelings? ‎Unu anukwa m eshishi biko!!! What part of says to you, “in the meantime I was bringing men home to fuck on the bed I fuck my wife”? Da hell!!! The things I have to endure on spaces like this. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: kitodiariesSent: Wednesday, 28 May 2014 10:44 PMTo: martinchinagorom@yahoo.comReply To: kitodiariesSubject: [New comment] Married Father Comes Out As Gay In A Video

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        Caligula commented: “Errrr Martinwhatever@yahoo.com, really don’t see any teeth in Pink Panthers reply. And yes Pink Panther I’m gay and Nigerian. Note that I wasn’t against his coming out. I was against his getting married in the first place. I don’t see anything inspiring i”

      • Marthy
        May 29, 14:35 Reply

        And next time, before you come bitching grammar to me, you might want to take a dictionary. It is a book where you can look up the word ‘too’, its meaning and usage. Pleb again!!!

      • CeeCee
        May 29, 20:50 Reply

        Umm… he may have come from an ultra conservative/religious family where he (like most of us here) felt pressured to marry… he saw no other choice but to give in to the pressure … with disastrous consequences as we can see …

  3. kendigin
    May 29, 00:54 Reply

    I hope none of you castigating him intends to ever get married. Cos you will be nothing but hypocrites!
    I think most of us find it so easy to point a finger, forgetting the 3 are pointing right back at us

    • pinkpanthertb
      May 29, 01:02 Reply

      Thank you very much, Ken. It’s easy to pompously declare the man selfish and thoughtless for getting married when he must have known he was gay. Very easy. So easy you forget what situations apply to our sexualities and the society.

  4. Chizzie
    May 29, 07:26 Reply

    You know. .I completely agree with you, Caligula. I don’t know how someone can suddenly have an epiphany of being gay, 2 kids and a marriage after . Didn’t he have the slightest inclination dt he might like boys before he rushed into marriage? I can’t stand impulsive people. and this guy. ..who ever he is, is impulsive. 5years down the line he might have a sudden epiphany yet again that he is into animals. .

    And he made a video again. .I mean. .girl just sit down pls.

    • Caligula
      May 29, 10:10 Reply

      Thanks Chizzie. I actually sent this post to a few NIGERIAN GAY friends and they were really puzzled by the comments.
      Pink Panther I personally don’t see myself getting married and I know several gay guys who either at the age of 40 are still not married and don’t plan on giving in to societal pressure or told their wives from the beginning. Not everyone is weak willed and considers the opinions of others or society in general important.

      • Caligula
        May 29, 10:26 Reply

        And Martingollum@yahoo.com , 1) who put sand in your vagina? =)) 2) please try to take English lessons eh? Pretty sure “too blinded” isn’t a thing. 3) Pretty sure you don’t have to “endure” anything on this space; Either ignore the comment or don’t open the page 🙂

        • Sorry I don’t have a vagina. I have a dick, you know, the type you see and start thinking from your anus, the type you’re so very annoyed that the man wasted on a woman instead of on your wart-ridden, shit-filled asshole. Pleb! 🙂 Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: kitodiariesSent: Thursday, 29 May 2014 6:26 AMTo: martinchinagorom@yahoo.comReply To: kitodiariesSubject: [New comment] Married Father Comes Out As Gay In A Video

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          Caligula commented: “And Martingollum@yahoo.com , 1) who put sand in your vagina? =)) 2) please try to take English lessons eh? Pretty sure “too blinded” isn’t a thing. 3) Pretty sure you don’t have to “endure” anything on this space; Either ignore the comment or don’t open t”

      • CeeCee
        May 29, 20:56 Reply

        Hmm Caligula, I guess ur still 18 or 19 or perhaps dont live in Nigeria,thats why you can say that, wait till your in your late 30s or 40s, all your contemporaries have kids and wives, all your colleagues are married. You face ridicule and discrimination from family, friends and society then you will understand the powerful sway thay society has on us all …for now, keep ranting

  5. Deola
    June 11, 22:46 Reply

    All of y’all busy arguing, I am just admiring the dude. He is sooooo cute.

    On a serious note though, I get his story, we all have various paths and journeys to take to become okay with who we are. His took him a long while and a detour but he got there. Am happy for him and hope his wife moves on and finds someone who can truly care for her the way it seems she deserves to be.

  6. Benjamin Hobson
    July 01, 00:55 Reply

    I love all the criticism about my life! Thanks for all the feedback. I actually have a past history of impulse problems when I was in my teenage years. The night before I told my wife, I told my best bi-friend and best gay friend that I thought I might be gay and I wanted to tell my wife. They told me to stay in the closet and think about it some more. I told them I had been thinking about it really hard for the past two months and I wanted to just come out already. Ask my ex-wife if she thinks I should’ve stayed in the closet…

    • sensuousensei
      July 01, 06:13 Reply

      I am in LOVE with this dude!
      He is OVERFLOWING with maturity. See how he thanked us for the criticisms; see how he owned up about impulsiveness; observe that he asks YOU to ask his wife if he should not have come out (showing that they were understanding of each other, meaning she wants the best for him meaning he probably treated her right while they were married), see that he’s a man of great courage and honesty (he is probably bisexual and could have lived in pretence BUT NO!; observe his economy of words after all the harsh criticisms!

      @Bitches, LOOK AND LEARN!
      @Ben: If this is really you, THANK YOU!

    • Chizzie
      July 01, 07:57 Reply

      I still don’t get why the need to make a video . Why do White ppl feel the need to sensationalise and make videos of everything

      • keredim69
        July 01, 08:34 Reply

        Lol!!! Love the “white people” comment

      • Williams
        July 01, 22:02 Reply

        You know better than being a racist!Get over yourself

    • JustJames
      July 01, 19:10 Reply

      Please could I have the name of the song that plated in your video

  7. luke
    July 01, 08:28 Reply

    We are our own problem, see how you all attacked someone for sharing his experiences with the world, some judged, other brought stupid opinion, we ask the world not to judge us, but can even stand our own story shared by a brother, learn from it and move the fuck on without attacking him.
    The brave man here is the man who shared his story, most of (us) have love and accept our selves first before others can accept and love u for who and what you are.the young man saying the guy ruined 3 lifes, have you met his family? Have they told you they hate him.take your brain out of your ass. Thanks for sharing again ben

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