AWESOME Video put together for The Trevor Project and the It Gets Better Project. Thanks to all who made this video possible – you are amazing. Nuff said!
Please help share this video with as many people as you can! Help get this beautiful and powerful message out to our LGBTQ Youth! -Deb Adler
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GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has launched a “Wear Purple on October 20 for Spirit Day” Campaign on Facebook, Twitter and through its website:
http://www.glaad.org/spiritday
to ask people to honor the recent LGBTQ teens who committed suicide and to End Anti-Gay Bullying.
Here are some of the suggested additional activities:
“ On Wednesday, post this tweet: I’m wearing purple to end anti-LGBT bullying – make your profile pic purple today #SpiritDay http://glaad.org/spiritday”
“On Wednesday, post this Facebook status: I’m wearing purple today to support LGBT youth – make your profile pic purple today for Spirit Day at http://glaad.org/spiritday”
Please visit http://www.glaad.org/spiritday and support providing safe schools free from bullying for LGBTQ and all Youth!
Thanks! -MsQueer
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This is re-published from YouTube channel SeanChapin1 | October 10, 2010
“Video montage of the “Stand Up To Youth Suicide” rally and candle light march in San Francisco on October 8, 2010, organized by Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons. Featuring speakers from The Trevor Project, GSA Network, Soulforce and more (including myself singing my original song “It Gets Better” as an homage to Dan Savage’s project).
“If you are an LGBT student and in need of help, the following organizations and projects are here to support you (if I am missing any, please contact me):”
It Gets Better Project – http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com
Make It Better Project – http://www.makeitbetterproject.org
The Trevor Project – http://www.thetrevorproject.org
GSA Network – http://www.gsanetwork.org
GLSEN – http://www.glsen.org
Soulforce – http://www.soulforce.org
COLAGE – http://www.colage.org
The Safe Schools Coalition – http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/
Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons – http://www.affirmation.org/
The following teens committed suicide during the month of September due to bullying:
Billy Lucas (15) September 9, 2010. Indiana
Cody J. Barker (17) September 13, 2010. Wisconsin
Seth Walsh (13) September 19, 2010. California
Tyler Clementi (18) September 22, 2010. New Jersey
Asher Brown (13) September 23, 2010. Texas
Harrison Chase Brown (15) September, 25 2010. Colorado
Raymond Chase (19) September 29, 2010. Rhode Island
Felix Sacco (17) September 29, 2010. Massachusetts
Caleb Nolt (14) September 30, 2010. Indiana
It’s time for us to come together now in a united front to support safe schools and provide a loving and nurturing environment for ALL youth. These tragic deaths must end now. -Deb Adler
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