--- description: The former Secretary of State issued some words of encouragement title: Hillary Clinton Commented on a 'Humans of New York' Post image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Comments On Viral 'Humans of New York' Photo  by [Dan Stewart](/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:18 PM CUTPublished: Jul 4, 2015 5:29 PM CUT  by [Dan Stewart](/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:18 PM CUTPublished: Jul 4, 2015 5:29 PM CUT Street photographer Brandon Stanton — better known as the [creator of Humans of New York](http://ideas.time.com/2013/12/16/30-under-30-meet-brandon-stanton-the-photographer-behind-humans-of-new-york/ "undefined") — posted a picture Friday of a tearful boy with the caption, “I’m homosexual and I’m afraid about what my future will be and that people won’t like me.” The post garnered 498,000 ‘Likes’, about standard for a HONY post, but what Stanton may not have expected was a comment from Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. [Clinton wrote](https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/1010497585691008/?type=1&comment%5Fid=1010973338976766&offset=0&total%5Fcomments=44631&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D "undefined"), “Prediction from a grown-up: Your future is going to be amazing. You will surprise yourself with what you’re capable of and the incredible things you go on to do. Find the people who love and believe in you – there will be lots of them.” The photo initially became the subject of controversy when Stanton [claimed](http://roygbiv.jezebel.com/facebook-removes-humans-of-new-yorks-picture-of-gay-tee-1715644762 "undefined") Facebook had removed it from the site. But a Facebook spokesperson said Saturday the photo had not been intentionally deleted, but had been temporarily unavailable due to a bug. The photo is now available to be seen online, along [with Clinton’s comment](https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos/a.102107073196735.4429.102099916530784/1010497585691008/?type=1&comment%5Fid=1010973338976766&offset=0&total%5Fcomments=44631&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D "undefined") signed with her distinctive “-H.” Humans of New York features photographs of ordinary people on the street along with quotes from the subjects, who typically do not identify themselves. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945811/hillary-clinton-humans-of-new-york-gay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945811/hillary-clinton-humans-of-new-york-gay/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Comments On Viral 'Humans of New York' Photo","datePublished":"2015-07-04T17:29:20.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:18:26.000Z","description":"The former Secretary of State tells gay child: \"Your future is going to be amazing\"","url":"https://time.com/3945811/hillary-clinton-humans-of-new-york-gay/","keywords":["Living","LGBT"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Stewart","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-stewart/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945811/hillary-clinton-humans-of-new-york-gay/","name":"Hillary Clinton Comments On Viral 'Humans of New York' Photo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"30 Under 30: Brandon Stanton, Creator of 'Humans of New York'","description":"Brandon Stanton is the street photographer turned culture spotter behind the blog \"Humans of New York.\" His photos have been called capsules of a moment in time, and are being imitated all over the world.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zT7Xss3H/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-12-12T18:54:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zT7Xss3H.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945811/hillary-clinton-humans-of-new-york-gay/","duration":"PT5M10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945811/hillary-clinton-humans-of-new-york-gay/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```