From first-year grad students Jessica Voors.
My friends and I were talking about these deaths yesterday, as a blog I follow, reported Tyler Clementi's death as the 5th suicide by young gay youth in September.
September 9th: Billy Lucas, 15, in Indiana, killled himself over anti-gay bullying.
September 13th: Cody Barker, 17, in Wisconsin, killed himself over anti-gay bullying.
September 18th: Seth Walsh, 13, in California, hanged himself over to anti-gay bullying, then spent ten days on life support before being pronounced dead on September 28th.
September 23rd: Asher Brown, 13, in Houston, TX, killed himself over to anti-gay bullying.
September 29th: Tyler Clementi, 18, of Ridgewood, NJ is dead after jumping from the George Washington Bridge after being humiliated online for his sexual orientation.
It is terrible and horrifying that this is happening! It is good to know that there are resources out there for lgbt folks on campus. You may know about this project already, but Dan Savage has launched a project in response to the death of Billy Lucas, called It Gets Better, which is a video project of gay adults talking to youth about the fact that it will get better and telling them that they need to live for it to do so. They tell stories about what it was like when they were growing up, and in general encouraging gay youth and letting them know that it is okay. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject
Dan Savage's personal video with his partner: http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject#p/f/0/7IcVyvg2Qlo
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