Tag Archives: LGBT youth

Pride In Utah reports that activists from a new group calling themselves Justice Vanguard interrupted last night’s gubernatorial debate to demand candidates address the bullying and suicides of LGBT youth.

“LGBT teens were roughly four times as likely as other students to attempt suicide in the last year. They’re also about twice as likely to report being in a physical fight at school, three times more likely to say they were injured by a weapon and almost four times as likely to say they missed school because they felt physically …

I haven’t shaved in ten days, hence the cropping, but at least I remembered to wear purple for GLAAD’s Spirit Day. Hopefully the folks at Chirpin’ Chicken will find this meaningful when I leave the apartment for lunch.

Debuting on iTunes tomorrow to benefit the Trevor Project.

GLAAD wants to turn the world purple on October 20th. The idea behind Spirit Day, first created by teenager Brittany McMillan earlier this month, is a simple one, not dissimilar to the idea of “Spirit Week” held in many high schools, and can be summed up in three words: Everyone Rally Together. Spirit Day honors the teenagers who had taken …

This could totally be a chart hit single. SRSLY.

The virulently anti-gay Townhall published a column yesterday by University of North Carolina-Wilmington professor Mike Adams in which he claims to tick off eight examples of Christians who have killed themselves due to bullying by LGBT activists. All of the cited examples involve well-known cases in which Christianists have faced repercussions for anti-gay speech. An example: Julia was a student …

JMG reader Jake Stigers sends us this original(ish) song from the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus. Other clips from Chicagoans can be found on Jake’s YouTube channel.

Bryan Fischer’s national show is heard daily on the almost 200 stations in the American Family Radio network. (Via – Right Wing Watch)

Three Long Island high school students have been arrested for stomping and kicking a 14 year-old boy while screaming anti-gay epithets at him. Nassau County Police say on Tuesday at 2:15 p.m., 18-year-old David Spencer of North Valley Stream; 16-year-old Chase Morrison of Lakeview; and 14-year-old Roy Wilson of Baldwin assaulted their 14-year-old classmate on a bus leaving the Nassau …

Producers and cast members of several major Broadway shows have joined to create their own website for the It Gets Better Project. Many individual clips and joint cast messages are at the link. Here’s the message from the cast of Chicago.

Perez Hilton appears on today’s episode of Ellen to apologize for his own bullying in the past and to promise to stop outing gay celebrities. Hilton adds that he’s tired of being called a hypocrite and being “an embarrassment to my own community.” Ellen tells him that she believes in second chances.

Openly gay Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns broke down in tears last night as he related his own bullying at the hands of anti-gay teens while in high school. Watch this. But grab a tissue first. (Tipped by JMG reader SharonTX)

In response to widespread criticism for publishing an anti-gay editorial from Family Research Council head Tony Perkins, the Washington Post has posted a response from the mother of 11 year-old Carl Walker-Hoover, who took his life last year after relentless homophobic bullying. An excerpt: I am a single mother and a devout Christian who had never been involved in advocacy …

GLAAD reports today that Facebook has been working with them to remove homophobic comments and photos posted to a page memorializing LGBT teens who committed suicide. Hateful comments posted to the page included “god hates f*gs theyre b*tches i hope they all die” and “f*ggots deserve a good old lynching.” Over 1,800 emails were sent to GLAAD calling for Facebook …