newsweek:

nprfreshair:

“I got picked on. I got mocked. I got a little scar on my chin when a bully turned my desk over in study hall, with me in it, and my face hit the floor. That was seventh grade. But you know what? It gets better.”

via NPR Arts Editor Trey Graham.

The latest genius of Dan Savage, editor of our little hometown alt-weekly, The Stranger. (We only learned recently what “the stranger” stands for. Sick.)

14 years of hard labor (if they live that long in prison). This is so horrible.

seaneldridge:

Where is the outrage? Where is actual political pressure from the international community, not just empty words? Where are the sanctions?  Across Africa, 37 countries ban homosexuality outright.  And this couple will now endure 14 years of hard labor because they are gay - and no one has come to their defense. We cannot stand idly by…we must remind our elected officials that basic human rights are always in America’s interest.

Besides thinking Obama is a racist, illegal alien, terrorist & should be immediately impeached, they have some pretty disturbing opinions of gay people.

8: Only 7 percent support same-sex marriage. Not surprising, but still disappointing.

7: Sixty-eight percent don’t think gay couples should receive any state or federal benefits, while 21 percent are not sure. This is more surprising — it’s not even marriage, just benefits. And not even every benefit, necessarily, just some.

1: An astounding 73 percent believe that openly gay men or women should be prohibited from teaching in public schools, and 19 percent aren’t sure. That puts them at odds with Ronald Reagan, who openly opposed a measure trying to do just that. Over 30 years ago.