Wednesday, September 28, 2011

When will it end?

 Hello and welcome to my blog! This is the first posting on Somewhere Under the Rainbow and I would like to make it a tribute to all the gay youth who have been literally bullied to death, I would especially like to honor this young man who is pictured below:
His name is Jamey Rodemeyer and he was only 14 years old. On September 19th this young man was bullied to death. Everyday he endured bullying for struggling with his sexual orientation. I was outraged when I heard what this poor young man endured in the months before his death. On his formspring, an anonymous forum that allows users to ask questions or make posts to a person anonymously, he was told "JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY, FAT AND UGLY. HE MUST DIE!" And also "I wouldn't care if you died. No one would. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier." When I first read these comments I was sickened. Sickened by the fact the anyone would say that to another human being and sickened by the fact that this young man was tormented in such a manner.
No one, and I mean NO ONE deserves to to be told they should die and that no one cares! Its disgusting! These people are disgusting! How could you tell anyone to kill themselves?! It is outrageous! How many more gay teens have to be bullied to death before something is done? How many more people who are questioning their sexuality or gender or anything else have to live in fear before America realizes that there is a problem?! What kind of messages are we as a country delivering to our children that leads them to believe encouraging someone to kill themselves and then making their life hell until they do, is acceptable behavior? How can we as a country just stand around and watch as more and more kids are bullied to their grave because they are different and their peers don't understand them?
So I ask you, when will it end? For any other confused teens who like Jamey feel that there is no other way out I want to say that there is. Watch videos from the it gets better project, talk to your school adviser, seek out help online or elsewhere, there is help everywhere. Jamey I'm sorry no one listened before but we are now, we all are now, like Lady Gaga said in her dedication of Hair to him "Jamey you are a lesson to us all."

Watch this video from Lady Gaga as she tributes Hair to Jamey: