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"Daniel Pierce,19, whose coming out video went viral under the headline &amp;quot;How not to react when your child tells you that he&amp;#039;s gay,&amp;quot; has now received over $90,000 in donations from Internet strangers [via The Daily Dot].  In the disturbing video, Pierce&amp;#039;s family tells him being gay is a choice, disowns him, and finally ends the confrontation with his stepmother punching him in the head while his grandmother cheers. &amp;quot;I am still in complete shock and disbelief,&amp;quot; said Pierce.  Pierce set up a GoFundMe page so he could get help paying for basic things like a bed, food, and college textbooks (which his parents confiscated). But now that the donations have far exceeded his expectations, Pierce has announced that any other funds sent his way will go to Lost-n-Found Youth, an organization dedicated to helping LGBTQ teens who are homeless.  &amp;quot;Thank you to everyone from around America and all over the world for your support in the past several days,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;This has been a rough time for me and I never imagined that so many people would show such overwhelming compassion and generosity.&amp;quot;  UPDATE: Lost-n-Found is reporting they&amp;#039;ve already received $10,000 in donations thanks to Pierce. The organization is hoping to have a local building, donated by an Atlanta-area church, converted into a shelter by spring of 2015.  Follow Frank on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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