here's our own robin roberts. >> my name is zeke thomas. i am a survivor. >> 28-year-old dj, music producer, zeke thomas appearing in the new psa for sexual assault awareness month. >> the path isn't always a straight line. you don't need to go it alone. >> share something deeply personal. publicly, for the very first time. how is it for a young man to have to stand up and say, you know what, i was raped. >> being gay, being african-american, it's definitely something that -- that i never imagined would happen to me. >> when was the first time you >> the first time i was a victim when i was 12 years old. then it happened again, last year, last february. when it happened again, i was terrified. i really felt that -- that my manhood had been taken from me. >> you did not press charges? >> in pressing charges the first thing that came through my mind was being labeled a victim. being put on the public record, the public stage. i wasn't ready. i just wasn't ready. >> sadly zeke's trauma is not uncommon. newly released data from the cdc estimate

zeke thomas is a deejay. a music producer. the son of basketball great isiah thomas.self in hopes that his story will help others. >> my name is zeke thomas. and i am a survivor. >> reporter: this morning, 28-year-old deejay and music producer zeke thomas is appearing in this new psa for sexual assault awareness month. >> the path is not always a straight line. and you don't need to do it alone. >> reporter: and sharing something deeply personal. publicly. for the very first time. how is it for a young man to have to stand up and say, you know what? i was raped. >> being gay. being african-american. it's definitely something that -- i never imagined would happen to me. >> reporter: when was the first time you were avictim? >> the first time that i was a victim was when i was 1 years old. and then it happened again. last year. last february. when it happened again, i was terrified. i really felt that my manhood had been taken from me. >> you did not press charges. >> in pressing charges, the first thing that came to my mind was being labeled. a victim. being put on the