Category Archives: Homophobia

Keeping This Site Alive As An Archive

Posted on December 26, 2017 by TT Thomas

Although I am not actively posting on this site, I am keeping it live because of the many letters I have received about The Gay in Gaza posts and the various posts related to the bullying and subsequent suicides of … Continue reading →

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But who gets to say when an “‘Eich-like’ person (as opposed to the person Brendan Eich) becomes an ‘Eichmann-like’ person? (Do you think I exaggerate—then please read on to the World War II historical part of this post.) Continue reading →

Posted on April 25, 2014 by TT Thomas | Leave a comment

They are Gone: Brandon Bitner, 14

Posted on November 8, 2010 by TT Thomas

(Continued from Original Post) Another bullied teenager committed suicide early Friday morning, 5 November 2010. Brandon Bitner, a 14 year old boy from Mount Pleasant Mills, PA, walked several miles from his home around 2 a.m. to a busy intersection, … Continue reading →

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Surviving Bullies: Peterr and the Flirtations Speak

Posted on October 23, 2010 by TT Thomas

This video (soundtrack, really–listen to the lyrics of the entire song) goes with a FABULOUS post by Peterr over at Firedoglake. His post is as moving as the song sung by the all-gay a cappella group The Flirtations. Recalling a … Continue reading →

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Surviving Bullies: Jon Speaks

Posted on October 22, 2010 by TT Thomas
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Surviving Bullies: President Barack Obama Speaks

Posted on October 21, 2010 by TT Thomas
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SURVIVING BULLIES: Dan Speaks

Posted on October 15, 2010 by TT Thomas

The kids of people who see gay people as sinful or damaged or disordered and unworthy of full civil equality—even if those people strive to express their bigotry in the politest possible way (at least when they happen to be addressing a gay person)—learn to see gay people as sinful, damaged, disordered, and unworthy. Continue reading →

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Surviving Bullies: Joel Speaks

Posted on October 13, 2010 by TT Thomas
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They Are Gone; We Must Not Be Silent

Posted on October 4, 2010 by TT Thomas

Everyone is at extreme risk when bullies take actions that evoke shame, humiliation, ridicule and torment…and GLBT teens are at the most extreme risk of dying. Continue reading →

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Target: Between Hard Rock Gospel and a Bad Place

Posted on August 6, 2010 by TT Thomas

Is That A Rainbow I See Dripping All Over Your Target Audience? Today, Tom Emmer, a vociferous anti-Gay policitan and recipient of Target Corp. political monies, who is running in the Minnesota gubernatorial Republican primary, has announced he is re-oganizing … Continue reading →

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