that's so gay.

an 11 year old boy in atlantakilled himself last week because of endless taunting from his peers at school. they kept calling him gay. he hung himself.

the same thing happened in massachusetts earlier this month. anti-gay slurs, a hanging, a life cut short too soon.


what kind of world is this? i deal with this shit every year at summer camp, and i scream at these kids until my face turns red and i have to walk away in anger. and these bullies, their parents don't reprimand them, and the authority figures at school (or at camp. the supervisor of our camp doesn't care. and will often call kids gay behind their backs. and why??) don't think it's a big deal.

but it is. where do they learn this? not always from their parents. children are actually more influenced by their peers than by their family.

does it matter where it starts, or that it isn't stopped?

and anyway, why is being called gay the ultimate insult?
society.
and all those crazy fucking "gathering storm" commercials aren't helping.
they also don't make sense:
1- who invented that metaphor? 'the storm is coming'??? what does a storm have to do with marriage? or gays? the rainbow is coming, maybe. rain of glitter.... but a real storm? too dramatic.
2- most of the things the people say don't make sense. how will letting other people be happy and get married affect your life personally? ?????????????
3- i feel like using the term 'rainbow coalition' at the end is confusing and invalid. it makes me think that the whole thing is a spoof. which it isn't. but it's perplexing. just like the rest of the video.

how did that get produced? did nobody say "this doesn't make sense?"

and anyway, i just don't understand why it matters.
because it doesn't.