Tim Gunn 'Very Happy' Suicide Bid Failed

centered on crisis and suicide prevention efforts for gay, lesbian,

bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.

“As a 17-year-old youth who was in quite a bit of despair, I attempted

to kill myself and I'm very happy today that that attempt was unsuccessful,”

Gunn says. “But at the time, it's all that I could contemplate.”

“Reach out, get help, you're not alone, it will get better,” an emotional

Gunn says, then adds, “I promise.” (The video is embedded in the right

panel of this page.)

In an interview with People.com, the 57-year-old television personality

said that his parents disapproved of him being gay at an early age.

“In my parents' home, the term 'gay' wasn't even in our vocabulary,” Gunn

said. “If I tried to talk about anything remotely related they'd say

'We've never heard of this!'”

“But I think they knew that 'this' was what I was, and that's part of why

the sent me to shrinks constantly.”

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