Tag Archives: suicide

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)

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 …

“Some homosexuals may recognize intuitively that their same-sex attractions are abnormal–yet they have been told by the homosexual movement, and their allies in the media and the educational establishment, that they are ‘born gay’ and can never change. This and not society’s disapproval may create a sense of despair that can lead to suicide. “The most important thing that Christians …

“Fuck you, you pack of co-opting cowards. Seriously. You can do a more than offer hope. You have the power to make it better. Right now. Suspend enforcement of DADT. Don’t appeal the decision by a federal judge that declared DADT unconstitutional. Stop defending DOMA in court. Keep your promises. Make it better. And if you’re not going to keep …

Video by talented filmmaker Sean Chapin. Get a tissue.

At the Ali Forney Center’s annual fundraising dinner on Thursday, executive director Carl Siciliano spoke passionately about the recent rash of LGBT youth suicides and the mission of his organization to create safe spaces for queer kids attempting to escape hopeless (and often brutal) home situations. Watch this. After his speech, Carl dropped a bit of a bombshell. Last year …

Paul Schindler reports at Gay City News: Several hundred LGBT New Yorkers gathered at Grand Central Terminal during evening rush hour on Friday, October 8 to conduct what organizers called a “Flash Mob: Homophobia Kills Die-In” in the center of the main concourse of the nation’s busiest transit hub. Several minutes after 6, activist Alan Bounville brought his fingers to …

“I dream of a day where every gay youth in our country will have access to safe spaces, where no gay kid will live more than 100 miles from a space where LGBT youth can go to find community and support. But the creation of these life-saving spaces will require the passionate commitment and attention of the adult LGBT community. …