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TODAY…Wednesday, October 20th 2010 is SPIRIT DAY. Wear PURPLE to honor the LGBT TEENS we have recently lost to suicide because of bullying…We ALL need to do whatever we can to REACH OUT to LGBT TEENS who are struggling, as we all did, with the pressures of growing up in a prejudiced and vindictive society…WE […]
Bill O’Reilly made a fool of himself for the millionth time today on ABC’s The View when he declared that the Mosque in NY should not be built because Americans disapprove. He went on to state that Muslims attacked us on 9/11 and when Whoopi Goldberg tried to correct him, tempers flared and Whoopi and
Courtesy Campus Pride… Campus Pride Calls on Rutgers University to Immediately Expel Dharun Ravi & Molly Wei for Egregious Invasion of Privacy that led to the Suicide of Tyler Clementi “Now is the time to act decisively and send a clear message at Rutgers and at colleges across the country that LGBT harassment and hate
John Shore blogs for Huffington Post and just posted an interview with the Executive Director and CEO of The Trevor Project. Within the interview are some basic suicide facts… In the United States, more than 34,000 people die by suicide each year (2007 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]). Of all American teens who
Cyndi Lauper has started a new campaign and website called We Give A Damn.org. Check out their Issues Page As the website states…"The Give a Damn Campaign is for everybody who cares about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. But, it’s especially for all you straight people out there! Whether you’re already an active supporter,
From thenewcivilrightsmovement.com In the month of September, 2010, at least nine teens committed suicide, literally bullied to death. At least eight were victims of anti-gay bullying. On Sunday, October 3, thousands converged in New York City’s Washington Square Park, on the campus of New York University (NYU) despite the rain, to show their support, and
Pastor Eddie Long, the Georgia Pastor who’s been accused of sexual misconduct with several young men, has made his first statement in the matter, however vague it may have been. "I have never portrayed myself as a perfect man," he told the massive congregation that turned out to support him over the weekend. He did
