September 2011
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Sabbatical From Social Media
So…I’m going to be taking a little break for a while. Before doing so, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the kind and supportive messages I’ve received lately, especially regarding the anniversary of Tyler Clementi’s death. They all mean a lot to me and have helped me immensely in making it this far.
You see, in all my efforts to raise awareness of these...
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September 29, 2010
In playing around with the new Facebook ‘Timeline’, I’ve been going through some of my milestone moments of the past few years. Of course, the one date that I really went searching for was September 29, 2010 — the day that I saw Tyler Clementi’s body. I’d like to share a post from that morning because I think it helps give some perspective to what was going...
Anonymous asked: My Jim...what was it like for you @school? I don't think I had any real idea b/c we didn't talk about things like that w/our family, on tv, in school, etc. In our world of football and Texas and 'good southern community' we just did not have any education. Heck...I dated Doug S so tells you what I knew :) I always thought so much of you, your talents, and always enjoyed seeing...
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Another Godless Goddess: matthewcarroll said: Why... →
helvetebrann:
matthewcarroll said: Why does this piss you off so much? The guy is obviously an idiot and the kids are bored to tears. How does this rate “most furious of your life” status?
Indoctrination isn’t funny. I don’t care if the kids are bored. It is sick and wrong on so many…
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Gay Mormon Excommunicated From His Church, Commits... →
“And the church will not just kick someone out for admitting they are gay. They have to be practicing it as well. And don’t blame the church fir (sic) this, he could of looked for help.”
I think this comment on the article exemplifies the type of rationalization a lot of religious people use to disregard LGBT people. In their minds, living openly & honestly in our lives is a...
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How to Talk About LGBT Suicide in the Media →
“It’s natural to want to bring awareness to a tragedy like this, and to use this young person’s death as a way to create change for future youth. But there is a responsible way to do this.
As much as I love Lady Gaga, I’m going to use her as an example of what NOT to do.
After the announcement of the most recent youth suicide Gaga made a few mistakes. She used the persons name, age,...
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I usually don't do this, but...
abaldwin360:
If you agree with the petition to remove tax exemption from churches and allow them to apply like a non-profit organization, please re-blog it.
This is something I am very passionate about and even if it can’t get passed, I’d love it to come to the public eye more so than it is presently.
I also have a thread on reddit about it, it you’re a redditor, please give it an upvote.
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I think if you read the lyrics of this song...
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Tyler Clementi One Year Later: An Interview with... →
“All I knew was that he was an insightful and thoughtful voice on Twitter. He tweeted me once asking me to check out his guest post on Bilerico. This was the beginning of a new friendship for us. I asked Jim if he would be willing to contribute a piece for Swish Voices, an online campaign section that we have on the site to highlight different voices in the community. He agreed and...
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“I dunno. Fairies are for girls.”
lgbtlaughs:
I work at a bookstore, and in the children’s section we sell pink fairy wings. Yesterday a little boy picked up the wings and said to his dad, “I wish there was a boy version of fairies.”
His dad just said, “I dunno. Fairies are for girls.”
To which the little boy responded, “I can be whatever I want to be, and I want to be a boy fairy.”
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REQUIEM: TYLER CLEMENTI by Roberto Christiano
“Jumping off the gw bridge sorry.” I am writing to you, David, as you bend over the slain Jonathan and cry out, “I have lost my one delight.” I am writing to you, Saint Bacchus of Rome, as you appear in a dream to your Sergius on the eve of his execution and tell him of the promised heaven. I am writing to you, you men who burn as the disordered infidels in the market place of the auto-da-fé. I am...
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A Year After Tyler Clementi’s Suicide, Is It... →
“However, the fight to protect teens from dangerous bullying is far from over. The New York Civil Liberties Union’s 2011 “Bullying in New York City Schools” report showed that 66.4 percent of city teachers responding to a survey said they had witnessed biased-based harassment at their schools. And the recent apparent suicide of Rodemeyer — who had uploaded an It Gets Better video of his...
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Tyler and Me: A Day I Will Never Forget | GET DOWN... →
This stigma of homosexuals as being different or being strange is something that needs to go away. They’re people like you and me, no different than someone who is straight. Bullies like to target LGBTQ youth only because they themselves don’t know tolerance towards others. Just like when people are being tested for HIV and STD’s. The results from HIV and STD testing can change the life of...
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“We will have a lot of work to do to get past 11:08PM EST. Although at times it...”
– Russell Simmons
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barefootbotanicals asked: I saw a few of your posts about Tyler Clementi and I just want to thank you for fighting for awareness with us :) Tyler and I had gone to school together since Kindergarten and it is very nice to see that other people didn't want to stand for the injustice, and wanted to support him and his family as well. Have a great day :)
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Anonymous asked: I came across your site today, I'm the same age and from the same community as Tyler Clementi - although I never met him, I have friends who went to school and played music with him, I heard bits and pieces about him over the years. A few of my closest friends were horribly affected by his death, but knowing that someone as kind and caring as you was there to recover him really comforts me...
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Atheist Bible Study: To add to the verse I just... →
atheistbiblestudy:
There are many many (too many for me to count) Biblical endorsements of the death penalty. These are literal endorsements. God told his people to kill as punishment. And this punishment was prescribed to things which we would never kill someone for nowadays (like working on the Sabbath). When we…
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“I have written about this elsewhere, but feel compelled to join the...”
– Former Buffalo resident, Nicholas Hirsch, writing in the comments section of the Buffalo News’ article about Jamey Rodemeyer’s death
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Jamey Rodemeyer, 14, Dies in Suicide | The... →
I found this comment made on the article’s post on The Advocate’s website most thought-provoking:
Where the hell are the teachers and school administrators? It seems that every time something like this happens the adults are clueless—either by choice or through sincere ignorance. They are partially responsible for this. All schools should create a climate of tolerance so that...
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STOP TRYING TO MAKE ADELE REMIXES HAPPEN.
What he said.
No, really. Stop it.
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Important Numbers for Help & Support
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000
Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253
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Statistically, You Have a Better Chance of Being...
goforthandagitate:
For TX residents, the odds are: plane crash 5.85*10^-5%, Perry execution: 8.33*10^-5%.
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Brian
My middle name is a weird thing. See, the majority of my family actually calls me by my middle name, Brian, still to this day. That’s because I had this asstastic nickname as a kid that was passed down from my dad to me throughout my family and, by the time I was 13, I couldn’t take it anymore and begged my Mom to do something to make the nickname go away.
That’s when I found...
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Video: Brandon McInerney Jurors Speak | The... →
I find this whole thing even more appalling now, after hearing these two jurors. They obviously had no clue what they were supposed to be doing, as they seem to have thought they were there to decide whether Brandon McInerney was to be tried as an adult, doesn’t it? I served as first alternate on a murder/gang assault/kidnapping case a few years back and can totally identify with how tough...
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Why the Oxford comma matters
toddx:
Thanks to my friend Kevin for sharing this. And for proving, once and for all, that Stalin is one hot piece of beefcake.
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Perfection!
Anonymous asked: Where did you find this image of the Louboutin ziggy? I cannot find this bootie in any of the mainstream retailers. :/
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“Old people are worse; their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never...”
– George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
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“It’s not ‘sass’. This is how it is.
Lions don’t eat...”
– Loved this line from the new TV show, Free Agents.
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