come out publically as gay. In a post on Twitter, Higginbotham wrote, “I’m gay. I’ve wanted to tell you this for many years, but I couldn’t be public like I wanted because there were still a few people in my family who didn’t know yet—now they do.
So now I’m telling you, too.”In the accompanying video, Higginbothman explained that he decided to come out after a discussion with his family. “We made a decision as a family to be more open about it and make it public, because there's nothing wrong with it,” he said. “I'm not ashamed of it.
I'm not embarrassed by it, part of who I am. And I wanted to share this part about me with you.”Higginbotham was first elected to West Virginia Legislature in 2016 at age 19, which made him the body's.