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(Via Towleroad)

Playbill reports: A Better Holiday Concert, a benefit for the It Gets Better Project, which was “created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach,” will be presented Dec. 16 from 7-10 PM at XL Nightclub. The evening will raise funds for the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest organization working on …

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Comedian John Fugelsang says we should stop using the word “bullying” and he has some suggested replacements to get people to take it more seriously.

“Kids may learn that saying phrases like ‘that’s so gay’ or other slurs about homosexuality are wrong—and they are—but here’s the problem, there’s no allowance in these lessons that I’ve ever seen for kids to believe that homosexuality as a behavior is still wrong even if they don’t use insulting phrases to convey this. Our kids should learn to respect …

“Let’s take the example of a twelve year-old boy who was once molested, the reality is there are way too many such boys out there and most of the time he will not report this but will instead internalize the hurt and confusion. On top of this, gay agenda activists want to add harmful ideas in this boy’s life at …

He’s the gay uncle on Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

As I’ve done for the last two years, today I’m wearing my only purple shirt in recognition of GLAAD’s anti-bullying Spirit Day. Hopefully the folks at Chirpin’ Chicken will find this meaningful when I leave the apartment for lunch.

Two weeks ago I told you that the American Family Association is calling for parents to keep their children out of school during the SPLC’s annual Mix It Up Day, which for ten years has encouraged students to sit at lunch with kids outside of their social circles.  According to the AFA, Mix It Up Day is a secret plan …

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“The problem with the ‘It Gets Better’ campaign is that it, again, is special rights — singling out a particular group that is no more harmed than any other groups, and really singling them out for special attention and special rights, special things that should also be shared with lots of other people that are being bullied. It really is, …

Via press release from JMG reader Sean Chapin: The San Francisco 49ers have become the first NFL team to join the It Gets Better Project, an online video project where thousands of videos condemning anti-gay bullying are curated. The 49ers’ video comes after a successful petition drive, led by fan Sean Chapin, who rallied more than 16,000 people to sign …

You may recall that over $700,000 flooded into an internet account set up as a “vacation fund” for New York bus monitor Karen Klein after she was seen being brutally bullied by students on a viral cell video. This is what she’s doing with some of the money: My story inspired more than 32,000 people to engage in their own …

He’s the 18 year-old son of Arnold and his ex-wife Maria Shriver. Patrick sure looks like a Kennedy, doesn’t he? You may recall that last year he changed his Twitter name to Shriver following the revelation that he had a half-brother due to his father’s affair with the family housekeeper.(Via Boy Culture)

Probably to no one’s surprise, newly-hired NOM staffer Kirk Cameron has rejected the request of a meeting by a group of bullied New Jersey kids. Cameron’s spokesman sent the group an email: I promise you his goal is not one of trying to hurt people in any way, in fact it is just the opposite. He has a concern for …

This weekend newly-hired NOM employee and faded sitcom actor Kirk Cameron will give a speech in New Jersey. And local victims of anti-gay bullying want to have a talk with him. “In a kind, respectful and constructive way, we’d like to talk to you about the pain your words about being LGBT have personally caused me and other LGBT youth,” …