Dan Savage knows how to get things going on the Internet. Most notoriously, the sex advice columnist and political activist puckishly made Google a Not Safe For Work place for former Republican Senator Rick Santorum.
This week however, Savage, editorial director of the Seattle weekly The Stranger and author of the syndicated column "Savage Love," announced the sobering It Gets Better project on YouTube. Prompted by the recent suicide of Billy Lucas, a 15-year-old who reportedly suffered homophobic harassment at Indiana's Greensburg High School, "It Gets Better" invites gay, bisexual and transgendered adults to show embattled teens a future beyond high school.
Nine out of 10 gay teenagers experience bullying and harassment, Savage pointed out in his Sept. 21 podcast. And gay teenagers are four times more likely to commit suicide. "Many LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) kids who kill themselves live in rural areas — or exurbs or suburban areas and places with really no gay organizations or services for queer kids or visible gay people at all," Savage said.
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Savage will do his part to help make behavioral problems become socially acceptable. Up is down, right is wrong, and war is actually peace - the new mantra of "anything goes in America" land of the immoral and degenerate.
Typical smallsbury.Judge much?
12:08 must be the epitome of a perfect person....not!
The gays have become so boisterous they now make it out like the regular people have a problem.
Get back in that closet where you belong! And stay away from our children!
Haha "stay away from our children". What do you think they are gonna infect your kid with their disease? Its scary that some people think that way.
America, you have children who are gay and screaming for compassion, all they get is bullying. They are choosing to kill themselves rather than hide in a closet. That's a shame.
like it or not, the majority of society is disgusted with homosexuality. gays and lesbians should get back in the closet. (unless the lesbians are really hot !)
Gay's are about destroying the institution of marriage.
3:01, are you so much in the dark ages that you graduated from high school with Jesus? Stay away from our children?! Incase you haven't checked, pedophiles are predominantly straight and many these days are women. By the way, there is no "recruiting drive" to convert anyone, nor do you win a toaster oven if you do. I'm sure you don't have the mentality or intelligence to get this.
6:16 Your pathetic attempt at making your perversion seem hip is just more evidence of your illness!
6:51 must be the same idiot commenter spouting crap on the "Marxist" post.
To the ultra conservatives: You can't say you are all for the constitution, then try to deny gays their rights just because you don't agree with their lifestyle. Not to mention, if you think seeing a gay man is going to turn you gay, well guess what. You are probably already a closet homosexual.
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