National Coming Out Day

[commonpeople1]

I saw this video at jupiterjuniper and just had to share. The couple in it have been together for 16 years. wink_martindale and I will celebrate 12 years next week. Their first meeting involved a cheesy pick up line; Wink and I went to Bride of Chucky on our first date. They have an adopted son; I have a nephew I'm looking forward to spoiling rotten. I'm sensing a trend. ;-)

Everything they say is true (though our experience was different from theirs - we weren't bullied in high school). It DOES get better!

Comments

[olamina.livejournal.com]

wow, this is a message for the masses! my life got better the moment i got to college. high school was hell. if i have kids i really don't know if i would make them go there. maybe home school them or send them to some sort of fun hippy school. someone needs to send messages to the parents of all the bullies. honestly!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I was thinking along those lines this morning - wondering if the bullies who pushed those boys to kill themselves felt any remorse. High schools in Britain have severe cases of bullying but also very strong commitment to fighting it (well, not all...) I know a large nearby school that has a great program that snips any shit like that going on - including homophobia. I'd like to think we are moving in the right direction. I like, for example, how it's easier now in some cases to be gay in high school because of more visibility in mainstream culture whereas there was none of that when I was a teenager (no role models, nothing to find some support in.)

[olamina.livejournal.com]

absolutely! i think the whole world is getting better in many regards! the teenage years are always going to be a fragile time in life and the more that the world is aware of that and sensitive to it, suicides like the recent ones will become rarer....at least i hope!