Tag Archives: gay youth

PhoboQuotable – Theodore Beale

“The body count of the gay rights movement grows by one. Despite literal decades of preaching about the morality of homosexuality, despite the pansexual propaganda of the public and private schools, the knowledge that what he was doing was shameful and wrong still managed to penetrate Mr. [Tyler] Clementi’s mind. A normal man being forced to confront his immorality in …

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Naomi – It Gets Better

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Ellen DeGeneres On Gay Teen Suicides

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Anderson Cooper On Tyler Clementi

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Michael Urie – It Gets Better

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“Jumping Off The GW Bridge. Sorry.”

The New York Times reports more details about the suicide of 18 year-old Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, who jumped off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate streamed live video of Clementi having sex with a man. Clementi’s final Facebook update: “Jumping off the gw bridge. sorry.” It started with a Twitter message on Sept. 19: “Roommate asked for the …

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Open Thread Thursday

When Dan Savage emailed me a couple of weeks ago to float the concept of his “It Gets Better” project, I almost fell out of my chair at the idea’s brilliance and, perhaps as importantly, its simplicity. What an easy to execute, yet incredibly powerful way to reach LGBT youth at risk! But a moment later, I also felt a …

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Quote Of The Day – Wayne Besen

“We blame the anti-gay industry for fighting measures to end bullying in schools, and school officials who turn a blind eye to brutality. We are fed up with what amounts to anti-gay schoolyard muggings that are foolishly dismissed as ‘boys being boys’. In reality, it is ‘boys beating boys’, and these bullies receive tacit approval for their violent, homophobic behavior …

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CALIFORNIA: Bullied Gay Teen Seth Walsh Dies Nine Days After Hanging Himself

After nine days on life support, 13 year-old Seth Walsh has died. Seth hung himself from a tree in his back yard after enduring years of anti-gay bullying from his classmates. Tehachapi police investigators interviewed some of the young people who taunted Seth the day he hanged himself and determined despite the tragic outcome of their ridicule, their actions do …

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San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Responds To The “It Gets Better Project”

At the end of this clip the chorus sings The Irish Blessing “in honor and memory of those who left us far too soon.” This should wash away the bile of the Lot Project clip posted earlier.

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Christianists Discover “It Gets Better”

Calling it “inevitable,” Dan Savage points out that the Christianists are beginning to find the It Gets Better Project on YouTube and posting their own vile responses. The below douchenozzle has gone as far as launching a website called The Lot Project. Here’s a partial transcript from his clip, in which he says that recent teen suicide victim Billy Lucas …

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San Francisco Says “It Gets Better”

With filmmaker Matt Baume, San Franciscans respond to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project. Get a tissue. UPDATE: Dan Savage writes us: “I’m issuing a challenge here—to see similar videos from New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Provincetown, Minneapolis, Madison, Atlanta, Houston, and on and on. There are lots of large, vibrant, powerful gay communities out there, in lots of …

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Travis Richey – It Gets Better

Popular YouTube vlogger Travis Richey records a letter to his 15 year-old self as part of Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project. This clip may get more views than any in the series so far. (I think JMG reader Dave Holmes has that record at the moment, thanks to Andrew Sullivan.)

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CHICAGO: “It Gets Better” Video Shoot To Take Place This Sunday

JMG reader and fellow blogger Jake Stigers is helping to organize an “It Gets Better” video shoot to take place this Sunday at Chicago’s LGBT center. Details: Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010Time: 15-minute sessions between 1:00 and 7:00 pmLocation: Center on Halsted, 3656 N. HalstedRoom: Polk Brothers Foundation Youth Space, Second Floor Here’s all you have to do: 1. Forward …

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TEXAS: 13 Year-Old Boy Commits Suicide After Years Of Anti-Gay Bullying

Eighth grader Asher Brown put a bullet in his brain this week after enduring years of anti-gay taunting and bullying at his Texas middle school. His parents say they complained to the school repeatedly. The school, of course, claims no knowledge of such complaints. Cy Fair ISD officials said Monday that they never received any complaints from Brown’s parents before …

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Dan Savage Launches YouTube Channel Devoted To Helping LGBT Youth

Stunned by the rash of LGBT youth suicides, Dan Savage has launched a YouTube channel called the It Gets Better Project in which adult LGBT folks can send the message to gay youth that while times may be tough right now, they will eventually see the light at the end of the bigoted tunnel. In a blog posting yesterday, Savage …

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INDIANA: 15 Year-Old Boy Commits Suicide Over Anti-Gay Bullying

Another dead victim of anti-gay bullying, this time in Indiana. He was a teenager who didn’t quite fit in. His classmates said Billy Lucas was bullied for being different. The 15-year-old never told anyone he was gay but students at Greensburg High School thought he was and so they picked on him. “People would call him ‘fag’ and stuff like …

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Today Is Trevor Project Day In NYC

As proclaimed by Gov. David Paterson in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week. Suicide is one of the top three causes of death among young people (15 to 24-year-olds). Only accidents and homicides occur more frequently as causes of death among young people. LGBTQ youth are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers. LGBTQ …

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NEW YORK: Gov. David Paterson Signs Comprehensive Anti-Bullying Bill

New York Gov. David Paterson today signed the Dignity For All Students Act (DASA), a sweeping anti-bullying education reform bill that grants explicit protections to students based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. It is the first law in New York state to include gender identity and expression as protected classes. The signing of this historic bill took place at …

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MINNESOTA: Anti-Gay Group Fights Bullying Efforts After Teen Suicides

After the suicides of three gay teens in just one year, a Minnesota school district has rebuffed offers from LGBT groups to help with anti-bullying education, citing a 2009 edict that “sexual orientation is not to be taught in the district.” This, despite charges that one of the teens killed himself last year after being harassed by two of his …

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