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“It’s not about your parents accepting you. Always know that," she shared on X, previously known as Twitter, in October 2018. The ‘Hell Together’ singer revealed that his mother cared about what their Catholic community thought, which made it hard for her to accept. “My mom couldn’t accept my sexuality,” he revealed. "I threw it away, I burned it," she said.
As a Catholic boy with traditional parents, he maintained his good boy image for the longest time and at the cost of his identity. "I've been open to myself and my close family for some years now that I am not sure about my own sexuality."
"I came out in 2014 as gay to my family. “I realized that just because you fall in love with someone of the same sex doesn’t mean you’re suddenly some disgusting, evil, vile creature,” he told the outlet.
After turning 30, Archuleta decided to come out as gay, which was hard to accept for people around him, including his mother.
‘American Idol’ contestant reveals heartbreaking truth about coming out as gay: ‘My mom couldn't...’
‘American Idol’ contestant David Archuleta had a difficult journey to fully embracing his queer identity. I'm ready to go on tour. It was almost like a sacrifice in order to get what I wanted career-wise," she said.
I adapted a lot of my behavior and how I acted to be the good boy my mom wanted me to be,” he added. "I've found that it's been very enlightening and has made me probably the happiest I've ever been in my adult life," she said.
Before coming out as transgender, Delano had defined her gender identity in different terms.
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However, as time went by, he couldn’t hide his true feelings, and that prompted a shift of perspective. It's like 'oh yea, & then there's them as well!'" she tweeted. I would think, 'Oh, my gosh, I don't want to be of the devil. Why would you do that?' And it's like, well, I tried everything not to be queer," Archuleta said.The "Crush" singer shared that he is in a much better place in his life now and that is ready to have a discussion about certain events in his life no matter how controversial they may be.
"I feel like it's an important message.
You are important & alive. Even if it's some risky stuff to talk about, I think we need to talk about certain things. “When I said I was going to start dating guys, suddenly, all the Mormons were like ‘Why don’t you just keep that to yourself?’” he added. He recalled that during his time on the singing competition, the producers pushed him to create an image for his fan base.
"I am non-binary & completely valid. “They wanted me to be the teenage heartthrob,” he told the outlet.
Archuleta admitted that he never wanted that title but tried his best to play pretend.