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Reach Out and Touch Someone- She Did

November 18, 2011

A young girl took the time to comment on one of the pages here and her comment touched me in a way few have. I have decided that that comment get it’s own page of honor here on my blog. Thank you April. Continue reading →

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True Coming Out Stories

My Favourite “It Gets Better” Video With Ryan Kwanten From True Blood

August 17, 2011

True Blood doesn’t just provide us with hotties to drool over every week, it also provides us with voices of wonderful men like Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse) and Chris Bauer (Andy Bellefleur). Voices who are speaking out in support of boy, girls, men and women who feel like they don’t fit in and who fear life will never get better. Continue reading →

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Tracey Morgan Would Kill His Son for Being Gay

June 10, 2011

I call for a BAN on 30 Rock until he is FIRED! You have probably heard about Tracey Morgan. He is trending all over the internet today because of some deplorable comments he made during a stand up routine in Tennessee. Here are some of the winning comments he made, people were so impressed that they stood up and walked out of his performance: “Gay is a choice, God don’t make mistakes” “There is no way a woman could love … Continue reading →

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Minneapolis Schools Hard Line on Gay Bullying, LGBT Curriculum

January 13, 2011

In a unanimous vote by outgoing board members Tuesday evening, the Minneapolis School Board passed a resolution that significantly beefs up its LGBT curriculum and anti-bullying efforts. The resolution directs the school district to enhance its tracking of anti-LGBT bullying incidents as well as include LGBT themes in school curriculum. The resolution directs the district to include educational materials about the safety of LGBT students and to offer yearly trainings for all district staff from administrators to bus drivers. It … Continue reading →

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Jane Lynch on Gay Teen Suicides, Glee and SNL

October 6, 2010

Jane Lynch is one of the most popular lesbians on television these days and I am so glad because she is AWESOME! She is a fantastic actress and an even more marvellous human being. Today she spoke to the Today Show about hosting Saturday Night Live, the new season of GLEE (best show ever!) and of course about the recent rash of gay teen suicides. Jane Lynch is one of my favorite-ist heroes in the whole wide world and I … Continue reading →

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Gay Youth – Neil Patrick Harris On The Suffering

October 5, 2010

Stand UP to Hate! MTV Shows Neil Patrick Harris is a GOD no? Yes, yes he is. G-O-D. In this video contribution to the It Get’s Better Campaign for gay youth he says don’t harm yourself, instead act with courage, act with strength and act with class and to stand tall and be PROUD of who you are. There is one thing he left out that I would like to add and that is I would like gay youth to … Continue reading →

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Another Teen Suicides After Gay Bullying

October 1, 2010

In the last three weeks 6 boys that we know of have become part of the growing statistic of gay teen suicides and gay bullying. Why are their perpetrators not being charged with hate crimes? THAT is the question we all need to be looking to our leaders to find out. All of these boys succumbed to the unbearable torture of being picked on by their peers: Caleb Nolt Billy Lucas Asher Brown Seth Walsh Tyler Clementi Raymond Chase The … Continue reading →

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Judy Shepard Responds to Latest Rash of Gay Suicides

October 1, 2010

Article as read on Change.org Judy Shepard, the mother of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in a hate crime nearly 12 years ago, appeared on the CBS Early Show this morning to address the recent wave of news coverage surrounding the issue of LGBT bullying, and particularly bullying that leads to young LGBT people committing suicide. Make no mistake, this is not a new phenomenon. For years we’ve known that LGBT youth are up to … Continue reading →

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Rants and Raves

9 Out of 10 LGBT Students Harassed at School

September 15, 2010

GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today marks the culmination of 10 years of pioneering research documenting the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students with the release of The 2009 National School Climate Survey. The 2009 survey of 7,261 middle and high school students found that at school nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students experienced harassment at school in the past year and nearly two-thirds felt unsafe because of their sexual orientation. Nearly a third … Continue reading →

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Gay Teens in School: Trouble abounds

July 31, 2010

(CNN) — For gay teens Constance McMillen and Ceara Sturgis, high school has ended, but acceptance of their sexuality in each of their Mississippi towns is just beginning, they say. Constance McMillen made headlines in the spring when she asked to attend her prom wearing a tuxedo and escorting a girl. Her school district in Itawamba County canceled the prom entirely. (On Tuesday, McMillen is in the spotlight again as she travels to the White House to meet President Obama … Continue reading →

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