person? Not only are her remarks homophobic, they're ungrammatical. She
obviously does not know the difference between "... your so gay" and "Your
such a faggot" and the correct "... *you're* so gay" and "*You're* such a
faggot." Homophobia, lack of education and ignorance go hand in hand!
Moderator: well i feel the real question is why Willow's mother is not commenting and allowing this mess to continue for such a long time - while we have a rash of gay teen suicides. .....jake
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> *More support available for teens with sexuality questions*
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> *By MARY SHEDDEN | The Tampa Tribune; November 18, 2010*
> **
> *The hyper-emotional, sexually-charged world teenagers navigate can be a
> lonely place.*
>
> *Embarrassment, ignorance and unrealistic expectations can keep any teen
> from asking questions and getting healthy, direct answers from parents or
> other adults.*
>
> *It's a confusing time for anyone discovering his or her sexual identity.
> However, teens who think they might be gay or bisexual do it within a
> society full of people unfamiliar with or hateful toward homosexual,
> bisexual or transgendered identities.*
>
> *"Having the sex talk -- or the same-sex talk -- is difficult," says
> Andrew Schmidt, director of behavioral health at Metro Wellness and
> Community Centers. "It's hard to navigate and awkward" for the parent. But
> imagine what it's like for that teen."*
>
> *The bullying and rejection some feel is profound and devastating: An
> estimated 30 percent of teens who commit suicide are gay, lesbian or
> bi-sexual, says Schmidt, whose center offers free counseling to teens with
> sexual identity questions.*
>
> *The suicide rate is closer to 50 percent for teens who are transgendered
> or identify strongly with another gender.*
>
> *Teen suicide is no small issue: 4,599 young people (ages 10 to 24) took
> their lives nationwide in 2004, says the Centers for Disease Control and
> Prevention. That was an 8 percent jump from the previous year.*
>
> *Suicide prevention has long been a mission within the gay mental health
> community, but the issue recently went mainstream after several high-profile
> teen suicides and with the viral "It Gets Better" phenomenon created by the
> gay suicide prevention group called The Trevor Project.*
>
> *In just a few months, more than 5,000 video messages, sometimes
> profoundly personal, have been posted on YouTube telling gay teens there's
> so much more to life than the bullies dominating their lives now. The voices
> include gay and lesbian adults from across the country, including
> celebrities and even an openly gay city councilman in western Texas.
> Heterosexuals also have voiced their support, including President Barack
> Obama.*
>
> *Schmidt says the videos, many of which include long-term partners and gay
> parents and their children, offers teens healthy role models.*
>
> *These unique and incredibly positive messages, however, aren't meant to
> take the place of the support from friends, teachers, school administrators
> and especially parents, Schmidt says.*
>
> *"It's very important for parents to say that their child is accepted, no
> matter what," says Schmidt a licensed mental health counselor. "Parents show
> their disapproval all the time, and they don't realize it."*
>
> *Metro Centers, with offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg, recently started
> offering up to six free counseling sessions to teens struggling with issues
> related to their sexuality. He emphasizes that the counseling isn't about
> "making" someone gay. It's about listening to a teen's questions.*
>
> *"It's about having an open dialogue. It's not forcing someone to choose
> one or the other," he says. "It's not about picking a team."*
>
> *The organization is trying to spread the word about the free counseling
> by contacting local gay-friendly churches, high school gay-straight
> alliances, and it recently made a presentation at Pasco-Hernando Community
> College. Information is available at **www.metrotampabay.org*<http://www.metrotampabay.org>
> *.*
>
> *Schmidt stresses that it isn't just gay teens who are being bullied or
> may have questions. Kids who don't fit into traditional roles -- girls who
> love sports, or boys who want to perform musical theater -- may be subjected
> to taunts or worse.*
>
> *"It's about discovering yourself … it's to process what they are going
> through," he says.*
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> Willow Palin's Homophobic Slurs Reflect On Sarah Palin, Joy Behar Suggests
>
> By On Top Magazine Staff / November 20, 2010
>
> Willow Palin's homophobic slurs reflect on Sarah Palin's parenting -- or
> lack thereof -- talk show host Joy Behar has suggested.
>
> Willow, the 16-year-old daughter of the former Alaska governor, attacked a
> former classmate, named Tre, on Sunday.
>
> "Sarah Palin's Alaska, is failing so hard right now," Tre wrote on
> Facebook during the premiere of the reality series.
>
> Which prompted Willow to respond "Haha your so gay" and "Your such a
> faggot."
>
> Willow and her sister, Bristol, offered a halfhearted apology, saying that
> they shouldn't have reacted to negative comments.
>
> Behar criticized the incident with openly gay comedian Judy Gold, legendary
> talk show host Dick Cavett and In Touch Weekly Senior Editor Erika Vetrini
> on HLN's the Joy Behar Show.
>
> "Their camp is saying she [Willow] doesn't use this language, this is new.
> I don't believe that, she's 16-years-old. This is the way she speaks,"
> Vetrini said. "And when you hear that your child is speaking this way, it's
> your responsibility as a parent to inform that's not the proper way to
> talk."
>
> Behar agreed, adding that her the use of the word faggot was "beneath
> contempt." (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
>
> Gay GOP group GOProud saw things differently, saying that such words are
> only homophobic "when it comes from the daughter of a conservative leader."
>
> "Make no mistake; this is about destroying Sarah Palin by any means
> necessary," the group said in a statement.
>
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