Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Dan Savage: “Tony Perkins Sits On A Pile Of Gay Kids Everyday”
Buzzfeed reports:
Sex columnist Dan Savage — who also founded the Obama-endorsed It Gets Better project for LGBT youth — spoke this past week about “queer kids” killing themselves and said that “every dead gay kid is a victory for the Family Research Council.”
Savage made the comments at a speech at Winona State University,caught on tape and publishedby CampusReform.org, a group aimed at helping conservative activists in “the struggle against leftist bias and abuse on college campuses.”
Savage was explaining why he believes the Family Research Council is labeled as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here’s what Savage said:
Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council — First of all, they tell, Tony Perkins tells parents whose kids come out to reject them. Tony Perkins tells the parents of queer kids to do what Tony Perkins damn well knows drives those kids to suicide — doubles their already quadruple rate of suicide. Why would someone who calls themselves a Christian do that? Because every dead gay kid is a victory for the Family Research Council. They argue that the gay lifestyle is sick and sinful and dangerous and they point to the suicide rate, and then they turn around and do everything in their power to make sure that suicide rate does not come down and to drive it up. Tony Perkins sits on a pile of dead gay kids every day when he goes to work — and he calls himself a Christian. I don’t understand how real Christians let that little fucker get away with that.
Perkins wasn’t the only target of Savage’s vitriol. Later on the video, he said:
We will always have ignorant dicks like Michele Bachmann and her fag husband.
In response to CampusReform.org’s article, Savage — unsurprisingly — did not back down:
I’m Dan Savage and I approved — and stand by — this message:bit.ly/SuUvWT
I just love Dan. He tells shit like it is. Straight forward. Love him.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Jordan Addison, Bullied Gay Student, Reunites With Auto Shop Benefactor “Quality Auto Paint & Body”
Monday, August 27, 2012
San Francisco 49ers: It Gets Better
They are the first NFL team to join the project.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Facebook Fights Cyberbullying
Joe.My.God. reports:
Today Facebook launched a new button to report cyberbullying.
The first change is specifically for 13- and 14-year-olds (you have to be at least 13 to sign up for a Facebook account). If a boy in that age range wants to report a mean or threatening post or image a schoolmate has put on Facebook, he can click “This post is a problem” (a new phrase chosen to replace the stiff “Report”) and go through a series of casually worded questions to determine what kind of issue he’s having and how serious it is. There’s even a grid for ranking his emotions.
Once he finishes the questions, a list of suggested actions is generated based on how pressing his complaint is. If the boy is more annoyed than than fearful, he might choose to send a pre-written message to the other person saying that the post makes him uncomfortable. If he is afraid, he will be prompted to get help from a trusted friend or adult. There are links to catch anyone who may be feeling suicidal and direct them to professionals and Facebook’s own suicide chat hotline.The change comes after Facebook collaborated with psychologists at Yale, Berkeley, and Columbia.
Friday, June 29, 2012
MSNBC: Tyler Clementi’s Parents Speak Out
The Clementi’s started a foundation in Tyler’s memory.
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