Tag Archives: gay courage

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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Weapon of Choice

Posted on January 17, 2010 by TT Thomas

One writer gets to the very essence of the ‘top-down’ damage being done to the GLBT community on a daily basis by institutions (government, schools, political and religious ‘leaders’) and the legal oppression and persecution that permits such a culture … Continue reading →

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