Diana Nyad
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
When I first told her, I was at college.
I came home to Fort Lauderdale, Florida during Christmas break.
And I said, Mom, I'm gay.
And my girlfriend is visiting.
She's in another part of town.
But tomorrow night we're going to go out to dinner.
Do you want to go?
And my mother was very, you know, she was raised in France.
And she had a very open, you know, like, oh, come on.
You know, I'm gay.
All the great artists of life have been gay, and it's not a problem.
The next night, my girlfriend came over to the front door, and I was brushing my teeth in the back bathroom, and I heard this screaming.
I came.
My girlfriend was running down the street.
She left the car.
She was running down the street.
I said, Mom, what did you say?
She said, It's not right.
I want you to have children.
I want you to have a good life.