This Marine’s Heartwarming Letter to His Bisexual Daughter Will Leave You Speechless

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 | December 28, 2016 | By Brian Delpozo

Retired Marine Ron Whitcomb gave his bisexual daughter Dakotah a Christmas gift she’ll never forget.

The seeds were planted months ago, when Whitcomb’s sexuality was inadvertently revealed to her father. During a family dinner, her father noted that their waitress was seemingly hitting on Dakotah. After her brother — who was in on her secret — made a comment that she’d like that, Dakotah let the cat out of the bag completely.

“Yeah, I like girls too,” she said.

“That’s so cool,” her father responded.

Emboldened by her father’s response, she decided to ask her parents for a rainbow/gay pride flag for Christmas. Not only did her parents give her one — but the present also included a heartwarming letter from her father.

The letter read:

When I saw that a gay pride flag was on your list, at first I thought it was an odd request.

But after thinking about it, I think I know why.

I reckon that you feel that everyone else in the family, except grandma, has a flag that represents something we were/are a part of. I have the Marine Corps, Grandpa and Mom have the Navy, and Darr has the Army. So it makes sense that you would want a flag to represent something you are a part of.

I present you with this flag, to display how you would like. In the spring, when I hang the flags up, I would be proud to hang yours up.