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In the wake of Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, social media accounts are buzzing with a two-month old video of gay SeaWorld employee Kyle Kittleson announcing he has “come out” as a supporter of the candidate.

In his YouTube video, “I Have a Confession…”, which he posted in October, Kittleson explains that he is a Trump supporter and gives three reasons why he thinks Trump is the best presidential candidate.

“After much debate I’ve decided I need to come clean about something,” Kittleson says. “I’m tired of living a lie, so here it is: I’m gay… and I support Trump. And not in an ironic way either. Like, I really support him.”

Kittleson’s reasons for supporting Trump include Trump’s stance on infrastructure, his views on immigration and and his thoughts on LGBT equality.

“Long before Hillary Clinton supported equal marriage and gay rights, Donald Trump supported equal rights for everybody. Granted he didn’t want it to be called marriage, but he did advocate for unions with legal equal rights,” Kittleson says.

Trump has stated he supports protecting gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination by adding sexual orientation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet Trump is also opposed to same-sex marriage.

Kittleson continues in the video that he has many gay friends who are Trump supporters but are too afraid to say so publicly.

“They’re literally afraid that they will lose their clients, their friends and their gay card,” Kittleson says.

He urges other gay Trump supporters to “come out” about their Trump support.

“So I’m hoping that this video encourages other Trump supporters whether they be straight, gay, bisexual, transgender or even questioning to come out of the closest so to speak,” Kittleson says.

The October video pre-dates many of Trump’s controversial remarks over the course of his campaign and his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Kittleson hasn’t responded to the Washington Blade’s request for comment on whether he continues to support Trump in the aftermath of the comments.