Parents of the year. Joan and Craig Wilson from Washington posted an ad in the Houston Chronicle on Sunday, January 17, congratulating their gay son on coming out.
“The parents of Drake are pleased to announce that their son has come out. Drake is currently a senior in high school where he is captain of the tennis team, ASB Vice President, and NHS member. He is a church deacon and enjoys film making and baking,” the ad reads. “And yes, he adores Barbra Streisand.”
The announcement also featured a sweet photo of the 17-year-old smiling.
Mom's Ad in @HoustonChron Celebrates #Gay Son After #HERO Defeat https://t.co/0TzUhtNZog #txlege @DrakeyWilson pic.twitter.com/BPNDcdlHV5
— John Wright (@lsqnews) January 19, 2016
According to the Observer, the Wilsons placed the ad in the Houston Chronicle in response to the defeat of Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance this past November. HERO would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity but was rejected by voters.
“I couldn’t think of a better place than Houston, out of the entire country, where they needed to hear my message of pride,” Joan told the Observer. “My announcement was my way of humanizing the issue.”
Drake first came out in a YouTube video when he was 16. "I would just like to say a big thank you to my whole family for being an example of how all families should be," he gushed in the 2014 clip.
