Goodbye Gay Soap Operas

Here's hoping to new ones and those still going strong like:

Christian and Oliver - German Soap

But I sure will miss my old favs:

As The World Turns - Luke and Noah

Greek - Calvin and Grant

One Life To Live - Kyle and Oliver

Ugly Betty

National Day of Silence April 16, 2010

Help take part in the the largest movement started by students to stop hate for those that identify as LGBT.  April 16 is your chance to in some way take some time to acknowledge the thousands of youth that come in contact with either verbal or physical harassment each day because of who they are.  It's meant for a day but even some time in the more social situations of your day can make an impact on those around you.  For more info please go to the site:  National Day of Silence.

Grand Rapids PSA

Lance Bass PSA 2008

Larry King PSA 2008

Tolerance PSA "Dear Parents

Glee: Sue Sylvester

Sue Sylvester from Glee

The Real World: So Real or So Not?

If you've ever seen the Real World you've probably just thought it's just another reality show or there is way too much drama to ever get into something like that. For me it's always been interesting to watch the show if there is a male out gay character on the show. Some seasons have had their "token gay" and others have not. More recently they've had a wider spectrum of sexual orientation including this season with two bisexuals one male and one female. Mike is the male bisexual that on the show eventually ends up madly in love with his ex-boyfriend. I don't know if anything outside the show became real or stayed as it was shown but I thought the story was really moving.

MTV's Real World DC ep. 13

One thing that is at least entertaining to watch is when they have real life GLBTQQ situations happening. For instance in this episode Mike finds that he is able to show the feeling of love with his ex. The major kind of situation afterwards is what I really like that MTV decided to show and that was how parents accept their children when they find out they are gay. It apparently took Mike's mom a while but Mike's boyfriend's parents didn't take it well at all. This is a frequent subject of film where LGBT youth are constantly terrified what their parents might think if they ever found them to be who they are. In some ways it comes out good and some ways it comes out bad. By putting this on TV it gives youth watching it an idea of what may come up to them when they have children some day.

A lot of negativity is usually shot at gays especially now with gay marriage debates happening all over America. In a way this isn't really about gay's adopting kids and having them turn gay. This is the possibility that straight parents will have gay kids and how it should be dealt with. LGBT or whatever your child is still your child. They might love someone of the same sex but it's nothing to be ashamed of.

There's lots of information to go find out if you think your son or daughter might be LGBT. Try finding information from organizations like GLSEN, PFLAG, or HRC. Information is out there on LGBT youth suicide where the rate is much higher than that of their straight counterparts. That's where the Trevor Project steps in. We are who we are and it's not a choice!