“If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul - - - - - - - - - - - “if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.” - John F. Kennedy - - - - - - - - - - - - “Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn’t marry. And you couldn’t have that special day the way your friends do – you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person’s shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach …. When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, ‘ALL LOVE is equal,’ a lot of people mocked me – they said, ‘What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!’ And I said, ‘Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.’ The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, ‘Dude, everyone lay off.’ Can’t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats?” - Pop star Miley Cyrus on her marriage equality tattoo - - - - - - - - - - -
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Gay Ads That Matter - Issue No. 004 - Stand Up PSA from Ireland

It's been exactly two months since I posted any "Gay Ads That Matter," the last one was on February 8.  It's not very often I come across an advertisement that will bring me to tears, but this one does it.  Maybe it only brings gay people to tears, I don't know.  All I know is... it is one of the most powerful messages I have ever seen.

It was "Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week" in Ireland last week, and in preparation for this event, Stand Up! released the following public service announcement.  Their purpose?  To "provide an annual focus for promoting positive awareness of LGBT young people, tackling homophobia and homophobic bullying, and building allies among young people and youth workers."

This Post Written By Blade7184 aka Unknown on 4/09/2011
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1 comment:

Ryan said...

I posted this one on Facebook last week. It made me cry so much. One of the hardest things a person can do is stand up and speak out when something just isn't right, especially when everybody else thinks it's okay or won't say anything at all. I even find it hard to do it myself at times, which is shameful considering that I wish that more people stood up for me back in school when I was picked on. One girl did at one time back when a whole crowd of people just wouldn't leave me alone back in school. I couldn't do anything but cry during the harassment, but she spoke up and put an end to it. I don't even remember her name, Ashley maybe, but if she is out there somewhere reading this right now; all I can say is Thank You. Hopefully ads like this will inspire more kids and adults to be just like you.

April 10, 2011 at 1:14 PM

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