▁encourag ement . ▁ ▁The ▁motiv ation ▁behind ▁his ▁social ▁media ▁campaign ▁ ▁was ▁to ▁build ▁support ▁to ▁help ▁in ▁his ▁coming ▁out , ▁he ▁himself ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁" self ish ". ▁Another ▁motiv ation ▁was ▁to ▁share ▁his ▁experience ▁so ▁that ▁other ▁clos et ed ▁hom osex uals ▁could ▁learn ▁from ▁it . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁YouTube ▁and ▁Twitter ▁post ings , ▁he ▁revealed ▁only ▁general ▁details ▁about ▁his ▁identity ▁and ▁fil med ▁himself ▁so ▁that ▁only ▁his ▁head less ▁tor so ▁could ▁be ▁seen . ▁He ▁gave ▁varying ▁estimates ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁thought ▁it ▁would ▁take ▁to ▁complete ▁his ▁dis closure ▁process , ▁at ▁one ▁point ▁announ cing ▁his ▁determ ination ▁to ▁come ▁out ▁to ▁his ▁family ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁South west ▁Asia ▁post ings ▁In ▁his ▁initial ▁video ▁posted ▁from ▁an ▁und is closed ▁location ▁in ▁South west ▁Asia ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 8 , ▁he ▁said ▁it ▁" may ▁take ▁a ▁year ▁or ▁so ▁for ▁this ▁to ▁finally ▁get ▁over ▁with ", ▁described ▁himself ▁as ▁" one ▁hundred ▁percent ▁clos et ed " ▁and ▁said : ▁" The ▁whole ▁point ▁of ▁this ▁video ▁is ▁to ▁come ▁out . ▁That ' s ▁even ▁hard ▁to ▁say ." ▁Though ▁always ▁saying ▁he ▁knew ▁he ▁was ▁" d ifferent " ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁in ▁elementary ▁school , ▁" re ally ▁young ," ▁he ▁described ▁his ▁long - h eld ▁belief ▁that ▁his ▁hom osex ual ▁incl in ations ▁represented ▁a ▁phase