What "Special Report: LGBT SUPPORT" taught me.
Want to know something new? Something you probably didn't realize unless you are one of two things: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender(LBGT) or the one who's making fun of who these "types of people" have made their choice to be. There are are people everywhere just like them, but they don't know this, because there are so many others who have scared them silly and made them hide who they truly are. Hiding who you are isn't a fun thing, but to LGBT students sometimes hiding is easier than revealing who they are.
Teens all over the world are humiliated every day just because people THINK they're, for higher meaning of the word, "different" some just take it and don't care to give it any mind at all, but others take it personal. Suicide stories started appearing in the news: fifteen-year-old Indiana freshman Billy Lucas; Asher Brown, thirteen, from Texas; Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, eighteen, in New Jersey; and many others(Whitney Joiner). People don’t realize the things they say can have such an impact on someones heart to where they find themselves thinking they are useless and unwanted. The horrible thing is that in this generation with all the technology we have the comments and names and ridicule don’t end at school. It all keeps going. Places like Facebook and MySpace and other chatting or status setting and commenting websites allow the bullying to keep going or keep the pace going faster, because “no one can stop me now”. Schools are starting groups like Gay-Straight Alliance(GSA). This makes LGBT students feel more comfortable and safe, because they have somewhere to go and talk.
If it were up to me, there would be no need for a GSA all students , all people would be accepted for who they are. There would be no rude comments and bullying. Everyone would feel safe and everyone could…just be themselves.
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