Earlier the month, Reddit users took a stand for LGBT equality, overwhelming supporting a dad who wanted his teenage son to openly live his truth.

Reddit user HeMeYou posted about the best way to support his gay son, who had yet to come out to him.

The user wrote:

“I'm 38, and a single dad to my 13 year old son, 14 in four months. The other day I asked my son if I could borrow his iPad and he gave it to me. After my first attempt at Google searching something I noticed that he forgot to delete his history as a lot of the search terms were along the lines of "I'm gay what now?" etc... I love him regardless of which gender he loves, in fact when I was slightly older than him I had a few flings with guys, which he doesn't know about, so I am 100% supportive. He has seemed slightly down recently, as in, he isn't as cheerful as he once was, and I desperately want to tell him that I love him regardless of which sexuality he is. What are my options? Should I wait for him to tell me? Or should I make a few hints at it? I'm worried that if I don't hint at it, that he will be worried about something that he really doesn't have to be worried about... if that makes sense.”

Coming out -- whether it is as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or allied -- is a deeply personal journey. Fortunately, Reddit users came together to support the father and his son on this journey.

The post received over 300 comments, swelling in support for the father and his son. Along with words of support, users shared their own personal experiences and parenting advice.

Top comments include, “Google ‘how to tell my son I will love and support him no matter what’ and leave it in his search history. ” and “This. Talk about how it takes balls to do that (coming out), that you respect anyone who can accept and love themselves like that- that you could imagine (but not know!) that it can't be easy, but that he's a stand-up guy for being so public and proud. Then relate that respect and admiration to gay friends in your life. Let him know he's in a safe place.”

A few days later, the father posted an update to his original post. After taking some advice from fellow Reddit users, his son shared his truth and came out to him.

“At the dinner table the same day, while we were eating we had a couple minutes of silence, not much was heard apart from the cutlery and my son finally said ‘I actually wanted to tell you something in the car, but I was afraid you’d get in an accident..’ I looked up from my plate and looked at him straight in the eyes… I could see he was thinking about something and all I could think of was ‘OMG this is it…’ He said ‘Dad..’ with a couple seconds of silence ‘..I’m gay’. I looked at him and couldn’t help myself from smiling, and I told him ‘____, you know I love you so much… right?’ and I got up and gave him a huge hug. He even started to cry on my shoulder and because of that I couldn’t help myself but shed a couple tears.”

Throughout the process of coming out and living your truth, it is always important to think about how, where, when and with whom you choose to be open. The experience of coming out and living openly covers the full spectrum of human emotion – from fear to euphoria.

Coming out -- whether it's for the first time ever or the first time today—can be an arduous journey. For more resources on coming out, visit HRC’s Coming Out Center.

For more information, explore HRC’s guide to coming out, transgender visibility guide, and a variety of other resources.