>> WE ARE BACK ON GMA WITH OUR PRIDE MONTH SERIES GMA OUT LOUD. PRIDE MONTH SERIES GMA OUT LOUD. THIS MORNING IS ALL ABOUT THIS MORNING IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY. FAMILY. KIT BE DIFFICULT AS A PARENT TO KIT BE DIFFICULT AS A PARENT TO LEARN ABOUT A CHILD'S QUEER OR LEARN ABOUT A CHILD'S QUEER OR TRANS IDENTITY AND KNOW THE TRANS IDENTITY AND KNOW THE RIGHT WAY TO BE SUPPORTIVE. RIGHT WAY TO BE SUPPORTIVE. OUR BECKY WORLEY TAKES A CLOSER OUR BECKY WORLEY TAKES A CLOSER LOOK. LOOK. >> Reporter: IF YOU'RE A PARENT >> Reporter: IF YOU'RE A PARENT WHOSE CHILD COMES OUT TO YOU, IT WHOSE CHILD COMES OUT TO YOU, IT CAN BE SCARY, BOTH FROM RECENT CAN BE SCARY, BOTH FROM RECENT CONTROVERSIES AND THE PARENTS CONTROVERSIES AND THE PARENTS OWN EXPERIENCE OF KIDS WHO ARE OWN EXPERIENCE OF KIDS WHO ARE GAY WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS. GAY WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS. WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, WHAT WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE A GAY KID? WAS IT LIKE TO BE A GAY KID? >> I ACTUALLY CAN THINK OF ONE >> I ACTUALLY CAN THINK OF ONE FRIEND OR ONE PERSON IN OUR FRIEND OR ONE PERSON IN OUR SCHOOL WHO WAS OPENLY GAY. SCHOOL WHO WAS OPENLY GAY. >> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT I >> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT I REMEMBER THAT WAS A CHILD, HIGH REMEMBER THAT WAS A CHILD, HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS HAZED. SCHOOL THAT WAS HAZED. >> I JUST FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD >> I JUST FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED OR FIT NEVER HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED OR FIT IN. IN. >> I THINK THAT'S THE FEAR FOR >> I THINK THAT'S THE FEAR FOR US AS PARENTS. US AS PARENTS. MY CHILD IS GOING TO BE ALONE. MY CHILD IS GOING TO BE ALONE. >> I WAS SCARED TO DEATH, QUITE >> I WAS SCARED TO DEATH, QUITE HONESTLY. HONESTLY. STILL SCARED. STILL SCARED. >> MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED FROM >> MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED FROM IRAN. IRAN. THEY WERE NOT OPEN AT ALL. THEY WERE NOT OPEN AT ALL. >> Reporter: THEIR KIDS AND A >> Reporter: THEIR KIDS AND A FEW OTHERS GATHERED INSIDE THE FEW OTHERS GATHERED INSIDE THE THEATER IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. THEATER IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. AS THEY TALKED, A DIFFERENT AS THEY TALKED, A DIFFERENT PICTURE STARTED TO EMERGE. PICTURE STARTED TO EMERGE. >> WITH THE AMOUNT OF ACCEPTANCE >> WITH THE AMOUNT OF ACCEPTANCE WE HAVE IN YOUNG PEOPLE, THERE'S WE HAVE IN YOUNG PEOPLE, THERE'S NOT REALLY AS MUCH OF A STIGMA NOT REALLY AS MUCH OF A STIGMA AROUND BEING QUEER AND OPEN AROUND BEING QUEER AND OPEN ABOUT IT. ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: IN MANY PARTS OF >> Reporter: IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S NOT AS HARD AS THE COUNTRY, IT'S NOT AS HARD AS IT USED TO BE FOR KIDS TO BE IT USED TO BE FOR KIDS TO BE DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT. >> I FIND MYSELF LOOKING FORWARD >> I FIND MYSELF LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO SCHOOL. TO GOING TO SCHOOL. THAT'S JUST PUTTING A PEP IN MY THAT'S JUST PUTTING A PEP IN MY STEP FOR GETTING TO THAT POINT STEP FOR GETTING TO THAT POINT IN MY LIFE. IN MY LIFE. >> IT'S JUST BECOME MUCH MORE >> IT'S JUST BECOME MUCH MORE NORMALIZED. NORMALIZED. >> Reporter: THIS HARVARD >> Reporter: THIS HARVARD PROFESSOR SAID THE LEGALIZATION PROFESSOR SAID THE LEGALIZATION OF GAY MARRIAGE AND THE CREATION OF GAY MARRIAGE AND THE CREATION OF ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR THE OF ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR THE LBGQT + COMMUNITY IS THERE. LBGQT + COMMUNITY IS THERE. >> THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF >> THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPACES IN WHICH KIDS DIFFERENT SPACES IN WHICH KIDS ARE AFFIRMED. ARE AFFIRMED. THIS IDEA OF SEXUALITY IS FLUID THIS IDEA OF SEXUALITY IS FLUID IS MORE NORMALIZED AND REALLY A IS MORE NORMALIZED AND REALLY A PART OF SORT OF THE SOCIAL PART OF SORT OF THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE THAT KIDS ARE LANDSCAPE THAT KIDS ARE NAVIGATING WHERE KIDS CAN NAVIGATING WHERE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY SEEK OUT AND FIND ACTUALLY SEEK OUT AND FIND ACCEPTANCE IN DIFFERENT ACCEPTANCE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES. >> Reporter: THAT MIXED BAG >> Reporter: THAT MIXED BAG MIRRORS WHAT THE KIDS SAID. MIRRORS WHAT THE KIDS SAID. >> IT'S ABOUT PROGRESS. >> IT'S ABOUT PROGRESS. WE'RE GETTING RECOGNIZED MORE. WE'RE GETTING RECOGNIZED MORE. WE'RE ALSO GETTING PERSECUTED WE'RE ALSO GETTING PERSECUTED MORE. MORE. >> Reporter: LIKE IN RYAN'S >> Reporter: LIKE IN RYAN'S SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY HAD A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY HAD A PRIDE PROM, WHERE QUEER KIDS PRIDE PROM, WHERE QUEER KIDS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS GATHERED FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS GATHERED FOR THEIR OWN DANCE. FOR THEIR OWN DANCE. >> IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS >> IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS OF MY LIFE WHEN I WENT. OF MY LIFE WHEN I WENT. >> Reporter: FOR THESE PARENTS >> Reporter: FOR THESE PARENTS WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE JOURNEY WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE JOURNEY WITH THEIR KIDS, IT'S NOT AS WITH THEIR KIDS, IT'S NOT AS SCARY AS IT WAS WHEN THEY SCARY AS IT WAS WHEN THEY STARTED OUT. STARTED OUT. >> I GET EDUCATED MORE AND MORE >> I GET EDUCATED MORE AND MORE ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY FROM MY ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY FROM MY KID AND IT'S AMAZING. KID AND IT'S AMAZING. >> Reporter: I THINK THE BIGGEST >> Reporter: I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT I HAVE REALIZED IN THING THAT I HAVE REALIZED IN THIS JOURNEY IS THAT MY CHILD IS THIS JOURNEY IS THAT MY CHILD IS STILL MY CHILD. STILL MY CHILD. HIS CHARACTER HAS NOT CHANGED. HIS CHARACTER HAS NOT CHANGED. >> NOW I KIND OF CHANGED MY WAYS >> NOW I KIND OF CHANGED MY WAYS OF SEEING OUR KIDS. OF SEEING OUR KIDS. AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY, WE'RE AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY, WE'RE HAPPY. HAPPY. >> ONE THING I KNOW FROM TALKING >> ONE THING I KNOW FROM TALKING TO YOUR PARENTS ALL OF THEM TO YOUR PARENTS ALL OF THEM EXPRESSED THEIR LOVE AND EXPRESSED THEIR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE OF YOU. ACCEPTANCE OF YOU. SO I HOPE YOU FEEL THAT. SO I HOPE YOU FEEL THAT. FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA, BECKY FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA, BECKY WORLEY. WORLEY. >> REALLY PROFOUND TO HEAR THE >> REALLY PROFOUND TO HEAR THE KIDS SAYING THEY LOOK FORWARD TO KIDS SAYING THEY LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO SCHOOL AND NOT BEING GOING TO SCHOOL AND NOT BEING BULLIED. BULLIED. IF YOU NEED