It was a black, stretch-velvet dress that outed Shawn Fowler at the age of 14.

Hours earlier, the sexy number had been tucked secretly away in his bedroom -- along with a wig, lipstick and mascara. Yet there was his sister, sashaying through his grandparents' house, only she was donning the frock.

"That was the catalyst that started me talking to my family about being gay," Fowler, now 29, recalled.

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