A string of teen suicides — including one fourth grader — due to bullying of boys accused of being gay, has spurred openly gay Texan city council member, Joel Burns, to speak out against the psychological torment of America's children. He told teens struggling with their sexuality or with bullying or both that "it gets better."
This intolerance and hatred born out of fear, I believe, is due to the collective shame and rejection of the natural sexual orientation that occurs frequently in nature amongst dolphins, monkeys, birds, and other animal species but is categorically labelled as degenerate and reprobate by an ignorant and judgmental human race. (Read more about homosexual activity in nature here and here.)
Often times, bullies are merely repressed, closeted cowards, who lash out at those courageous enough to come out in the open, at a relatively young age during the turbulent high school years, for it brings to light what they wish to keep in the dark.
Joel Burns urges in this viral video not to end one's life over disapproval, taunting, ostracization, bullying, etc. because it is only temporary.
Joel Burns: "Yes, high school was difficult. Coming out was painful, but life got so much better for me. And I want to tell any teen who might see this, give yourself a chance to see just how much better life will get — and it will get better. You will get out of the household that doesn’t accept you. You will get out of that high school and you never have to deal with those jerks again if you don’t want to. You will find and you will make new friends who will understand you, and life will get so, so, so, much better.
I look back at my life as full of so many happy memories that I wish I could share with those whose photos were shown up above earlier and those who have taken their lives. Memories that I wish I could share with the 13-year-old version of me on that very unfortunate day..."
Full transcript can be read here (lots of typos and mistakes in that transcript but you get the idea).
It would be wise to view this trying time as the universe's way of tempering and fortifying the steel of your fortitude and integrity.
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
-Winston Churchill
P.S.: Thank you, Conor S., for sending this video to me.
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