It Gets Better Project
hab heute von diesem projekt erfahren und wollte es mit euch teilen:
http://www.youtube.com/us [...] rproject
... ein filmprojekt für queere jugendliche in der high school, denen es dort aufgrund von mobbing etc. hundsmiserabel geht... die idee: ältere queers berichten aus ihrem leben, dass diese jugendlichen jemanden vor sich sehen können, der ihnen glaubhaft machen kann, dass es wirklich irgendwann besser wird und es sich nicht lohnt sich umzubringen...
zitat von der youtube seite:
"Billy Lucas was just 15 when he hanged himself in a barn on his grandmother's property. He reportedly endured intense bullying at the hands of his classmates—classmates who called him a fag and told him to kill himself. His mother found his body.... I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better.
But gay adults aren't allowed to talk to these kids. Schools and churches don't bring us in to talk to teenagers who are being bullied. Many of these kids have homophobic parents who believe that they can prevent their gay children from growing up to be gay—or from ever coming out—by depriving them of information, resources, and positive role models.
Why are we waiting for permission to talk to these kids? We have the ability to talk directly to them right now. We don't have to wait for permission to let them know that it gets better. We can reach these kids."
gibt auch nen link für facebook etc. dort.
initiator: Dan Savage
http://www.youtube.com/us [...] rproject
... ein filmprojekt für queere jugendliche in der high school, denen es dort aufgrund von mobbing etc. hundsmiserabel geht... die idee: ältere queers berichten aus ihrem leben, dass diese jugendlichen jemanden vor sich sehen können, der ihnen glaubhaft machen kann, dass es wirklich irgendwann besser wird und es sich nicht lohnt sich umzubringen...
zitat von der youtube seite:
"Billy Lucas was just 15 when he hanged himself in a barn on his grandmother's property. He reportedly endured intense bullying at the hands of his classmates—classmates who called him a fag and told him to kill himself. His mother found his body.... I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better.
But gay adults aren't allowed to talk to these kids. Schools and churches don't bring us in to talk to teenagers who are being bullied. Many of these kids have homophobic parents who believe that they can prevent their gay children from growing up to be gay—or from ever coming out—by depriving them of information, resources, and positive role models.
Why are we waiting for permission to talk to these kids? We have the ability to talk directly to them right now. We don't have to wait for permission to let them know that it gets better. We can reach these kids."
gibt auch nen link für facebook etc. dort.
initiator: Dan Savage