- Her daughter confessed to him that she was interested in girls
- He wanted his daughter to be true to herself.
When Ian Veneracion’s only daughter Dids came out as a lesbian, he fully supported her.
On Wednesday, March 4, in an interview with Magandang Buhay, Veneracion together with his daughter recalled the moment when Dids confessed to him that she was interested in girls. She was 16 years old at the time.
“Kinukulit ko ‘yung mga motor ko, dumating siya, medyo teary eyed. Sabi niya, ‘Daddy, I have to tell you something.’ Sabi ko, ‘What? Sit down.’ Sabi niya, ‘I like girls.’ Tapos sabi ko sa kanya, ‘Me also I like girls.’ So parang nagtataka siya, sabi niya, ‘It’s okay?’ Sabi ko, ‘Yes. Just don’t be ever apologetic about it, not even to me.’ Sabi ko, ‘You can be whoever you want to be and I have full support,'” Veneracion said.
He had noticed his daughter acting masculine at a young age.
“Natawa siya. Sabi niya, ‘You know?’ Sabi ko, ‘Oo naman, bata ka pa ang macho mo na.’ So alam ko na dati,” he added.
Veneracion doesn’t want his daughter to live a life feeling apologetical because of her sexuality. He wanted his daughter to be true to herself.
“Nakakapanghinayang lang isa lang ang buhay natin. Tapos kapag nabuhay ka parang apologetic ka pa na nahihiya ka sa sarili mo, hindi mo mailabas ang pagkatao mo. Parang what a waste of life.”
His wife also supports their daughter’s sexuality because she also wants her daughter to be happy for who she is.
“Eventually sinabi ko sa kanya (sa asawa ko). Sabi ko sa kanya, ‘Paano kapag nagka-boyfriend si Dids, okay lang?’ ‘Okay lang.’ ‘Paano kung magka-girlfriend si Dids, okay lang?’ Sabi niya, ‘Kung saan siya masaya, masaya ako.’ So she has the full support of the whole family,” he added.
