In the eve of the tragic events that have come to pass in this last month sex advice columnist Dan Savage has started a project titled It Gets Better and so far from personal experience it really does.
The tragedies of Seth Walsh & Tyler Clementi are truly heartbreaking and alarming. Their stories are sadly not that rare. Marcus Wayman committed suicide after cops threaten to out him to his family called him a “fag” and quoted homophobic bible passages at him. This is Marcus Story’s it is quite heartbreaking too.
The worse is that the abuse come from all sides, but the best is that high school is not the real world. Just a brief moment of life.
Things got a lot better for me right after high school in college. I got my first boyfriend and it was great, romantic, unexpected. I met a lot of decent friends and my classmates where totally supportive or at least not homophobic. In government the cutest guy, who was straight, was a strong advocate of gay rights and so was my teacher. I could walk down the hall without fear of open discrimination or any bullying. It was what I always wanted school to be. The best is now I have no shame and no guilt. I understand what homosexuality really is, not what some pastor thinks it is, and in many cases closeted and ashamed gay pastors or priests.
If you are a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual who is struggling with depression or has suicidal thoughts or know someone who might, please contact the Trevor Project or call:
1-866-488-7386
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