New Jersey teen Jacob Rudolph took a stand for an entire community in front of his entire school. The musically gifted teen from Parsippany,NJ stood up for a speech and “came out” in front of his classmates and revealed his true sexual orientation. He said he is LGBT and he decided to take this stand for everyone that considers themselves from this community. He was brave enough to provoke criticism, but also to deaden rumors. Go Jacob! Hit the jump to see how he stood up for LGBT.

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