“What are you doing?” the father asked him. Lemus was wearing acrylic nails and expertly doing a full face when his dad walked in.ĭaniel’s dad, Luis Lemus, wanted to know what was going on. The exchange happened in English and Spanish. So you can only imagine how Daniel felt when, at 18 years old, he was caught off guard by his dad during a vulnerable moment: putting on makeup in his bedroom. No matter how much progress is made, members of the LGBTQIA+ community never know how their families will react when they come out or express themselves.Īccording to a 2018 Human Rights Campaign survey of over 12,000 LGBTQIA+ teens, 77% felt depressed, 70% felt worthless and hopeless and 77% said they heard family members say negative things about LGBTQIA+ people. The video was first uploaded by makeup guru Daniel Lemus on July 12, 2020, but is going viral over a year later thanks to a Reddit post. A father’s reaction to catching his son putting on makeup is so emotional.