Tag Archives: suicide

HomoQuotable – Charles Robbins

“I think that the fact that so many young people are so tormented—so ostracized by their family, peers, school, and society in general–that rather than engage and participate in life, they choose to end their life, says a lot about the Christian values that everywhere inform our culture. I think each and every one of us needs to look inside …

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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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Photo Of The Day – Apple Nets

Foxconn factories in China have installed nets to catch workers attempting to hurl themselves to their deaths. The company, which manufactures a large portion of Apple’s products (as well as items for other electronics firms), has suffered a rash of employee suicides this year. Check out the Boston Globe’s photo essay on life on China.

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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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Sean & David – It Gets Better

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SAN FRANCISCO: “It Gets Better” Flash Mob To Film In The Castro On Sunday

JMG reader Matt Baume writes us to announce an It Gets Better flash mob to be filmed in the Castro on Sunday. San Francisco will be jammed for Folsom Street Fair this weekend so if you’re attending the fair, please consider participating in the shoot first. Here’s the event’s Facebook page. NOTE: This Sunday there will also be a marriage …

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Dave Holmes – It Gets Better

Former MTV personality and JMG reader Dave Holmes responds to Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project, which aims to help ward off the suicidal thoughts of LGBT youth. Holmes currently co-hosts DVD On TV on FX.

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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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Australia Bans Pro-Euthanasia Ad

Australia’s advertising regulation agency has banned the below ad advocating for the legalization of assisted suicide or “voluntary euthanasia.” (Tipped by JMG reader Lynda)

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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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How People Kill Themselves In NYC

New York City has relatively few guns compared to other big cities, but its many skyscrapers provide an option. The most suicide prone group in the city is middle-aged white guys in Manhattan. Ruh-roh. In the rest of the country deaths by gun account for about 53% of all suicides. Here suicide by guns has ranked third or fourth over …

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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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NEW YORK: Conceptual Artist Tobias Wong Commits Suicide At Age 35

Openly gay conceptual artist and notorious art prankster Tobi Wong committed suicide on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 35. Mr. Wong first came to the attention of the design press in 2001 when he turned a Philippe Starck Bubble Club chair into a lamp, softly glowing from within. Adding spice to the stunt, “This Is a Lamp” was shown the …

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CHINA: Suicides Plague Apple Factory

Workers at a massive Apple factory in China are killing themselves at an alarming rate. Eight employees have offed themselves since the beginning of the year. With 400,000 workers, Foxconn makes the iPhone and iPod, as well as devices for other electronics companies. For those who believe the spate of suicides is statistically in line, given how many people work …

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Suicidal Statuary

The NYPD rushed to the Empire State Building yesterday after getting reports of a man about to jump off the 24th floor setback. The “man” was actually a statue that is part of the citywide “Event Horizon” installation by artist Antony Gormley, whose statues caused a similar suicide-y ruckus in London three years ago. None of the other ledges and …

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