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(1) & #39;& #39;Almost every day I see a boy, some fantastic-looking guy that makes my pulse quicken but also makes me want to cry, and it makes me feel sad. There& #39;s nothing in the whole world that caused me more hurt than this. Nothing.& #39;& #39;. Fifteen years ago a 17 year old boy threw himself
(2) off the roof of a hotel, killing himself instantly from the height of the fall. His name was Campbell Bolton and he was a year behind me at school. The words above are from his suicide note. He couldn& #39;t imagine himself having a normal future, partners, marriage, maybe kids.
(3) Thank goodness that we& #39;ve evolved so quickly in 15 years. How extraordinary and rapid that progress has been. So when I see Poland proposing "LGBT-free zones", even when I see thoughtless people say, "That& #39;s gay"... you& #39;re not just being thoughtless or prejudiced. Your words
(4) affect the way young people see their future, and the possibilities in their life. Your words can take a young person balancing on a knife-edge, and tip them over. Your words can kill. And when it& #39;s actions, like Polish and American conservatives, like thugs in this country
(5) who force two lesbian women to kiss on the bus for their amusement (before beating them up)... this isn& #39;t banter and it isn& #39;t rough-housing, it& #39;s sinister and it& #39;s murderous. So please be thoughtful, support LGBT people in your life with understanding and empathy, not
(6) stereotypes and crude jokes. Your words and actions matter. I& #39;m old enough to remember that a single song like this was enough to make me feel okay, to feel normal. We did progress past those times, but we can never be complacent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAfyFTzZDMM">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
@bollman_thomas @OliverMField (You& #39;re a bit young to remember this period Olly, nonetheless still relevant it seems given what& #39;s happening in Poland)
