Friday, October 28, 2011

RE: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Model Wars-Oct 28, 2011-Trump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army



I agree. Absolutely inexcusable! If I was one of that kids classmates I would have totally helped him.

Being bullied for any reason is not acceptable. It is coming in out in the USA and Canada that most bullied teens are gay. "Survey says" likely true..for what 8% of the 10% that are more open.

They should be allowed to be open! I was never bullied. I wasn't out until I was 18 right at the end of high school because honesty was required to spare a girls feelings.

I was blond hair, blue eyes, muscular from genetics, camping, hiking, biking. I was not a jock nor was I in their clique. As a matter of fact we had an odd stand along clique my friends and I in high school.

I in fact we invited into our group and buffered the skinny more fem guys and others that were targets of bullies, likely because they were so cute ;) but also because it was the right thing to do.

We had 1 suicide during my time in high school, not from bullying because as I said my group of peers stood up against it, but because the young gay male ventured out to find like friends "downtown", got involved in the wrong circle, drugs, booze etc, and it ended badly.

We didn't realize soon enough.  

However any bullying of skinny, geeky, overweight, UN-co-ordinated (non sporty) kids, you name it unacceptable on any level.

Under privileged kids from lower income homes, slower learners... where does it stop. The suicides, depression, diminished learning and restricted personalities that should be free to blossom are being lost.

Like AIDS unless we act we are loosing too many wonderful individuals. Young people that should be allowed to grow up free. Future artists, poets, writers, and maybe even the future person who cures cancer.

Lets see if the masses who think bullying a kid is acceptable can swallow that possibility.

Friday venting over. Cheers guys!

I really wish more people would spill their opinions here.

Politically Jake's groups are excellent and a lot of work for him.

The least people could do is vent/express (like me) their opinions. Only through communication can we truly get to know, understand and respect each other.

If that doesn't do it for you... you never know you may meet your future partner on here! ;)

Single, Toronto, impress me if you dare!

Jim
 

To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
From: smooth_op_85@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:15:22 -0700
Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Model Wars-Oct 28, 2011-Trump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army

 

Saw this and was appalled, the guy should be sentenced to jail time for his hate crime. The video and the fb reply is definitely the nail in the coffin for this monster

From: Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com>
To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:43 PM
Subject: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Model Wars-Oct 28, 2011-Trump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army

 
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CDC: Unprotected Sex in 25 Percent of Gay Urban Men

By Trevor Stokes - Oct 27, 2011 - International Business Times

A quarter of gay urban men have unprotected sex with casual partners, despite millions of dollars spent on HIV/ AIDS prevention strategies, according to new research published Thursday.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed residents of 21 cities in 2008 who were high risk for contracting the human immunodeficiency virus: men who have sex with men, injection-drug users and increased-risk heterosexual adults.
 
The group, led by Teresa Finlayson, estimated that 1.1 million U.S. residents live with HIV, a number consistent with other reports.
 
The epidemiologists also found that despite the possibility of contracting HIV, first identified in five gay men in 1981, over half of the gay men surveyed (54 percent) had had unprotected anal sex in 2008.
 
Thirty seven percent reported unprotected anal sex with a single male partner, which significantly lowers risk of HIV transmission when both men are HIV negative and monogamous.

However, 25 percent of gay men had unprotected anal sex with someone with no feelings of commitment, didn't know well or exchanged for money or drugs.
 
"It's really sad when you see these numbers, unfortunately it's not surprising from people who work in the HIV/ AIDS community," said Vignetta Charles, senior vice president for AIDS United, a group that advocated HIV prevention. "This is just an indication of resource allocation disparities that we've seen for years."
 
For example, young black men who have sex with men, one of the highest risk groups, have disparate information on prevention and social barriers to seeking help, Charles said.
 
Young urbanites may have a level of disinhibition as HIV becomes considered a chronic disease or gay men perceive their activities as low risk.
 
"Another reason we're seeing stark behavioral data: all prevention is not the same," Charles said. HIV prevention strategies for young black gay men differs strategies for middle-aged white women, for example.
 
Of the survey participants, which included injection drug users and high-risk heterosexual people, 90 percent had been tested for HIV during their lifetime, 62 percent had been tested during the past 12 months and 18 percent had participated in an individual- or group-level HIV behavioral intervention.
 
The stigma of sex, compounded by gay sex and anal sex, has produced a barrier for conversations about HIV prevention.
 
"What stigma does is make it difficult for people to talk about protection, prevention and disclosure," John Guidry, director of community health and research for Gay Men's Health Crisis said. "That would be one of the biggest things driving this."
 
The organization in 2010 rolled out its "I Love My Boo" campaign throughout New York City, which showed posters of men of color being affectionate.
 
"It provoked a real conversation in New York," Guidry said. However, he added, "Reducing stigma is nothing you can do with a silver bullet."
 
In 2010, the Obama administration unveiled a 5-year $30 million strategy to lower the rate of annual infections by 25 percent, a rate that has stubbornly remained stable for the past decade.
 
"Now, I know that this strategy comes at a difficult time for Americans living with HIV/AIDS, because we've got cash-strapped states who are being forced to cut back on essentials, including assistance for AIDS drugs," U.S. President Barack Obama said during the unveiling ceremony. "I know the need is great."
 
The Gay Men's Health Crisis's future efforts to reduce stigma includes a mix of "resiliency-based campaigns" that empowers people at risk instead of keeping them quiet.
 
That work includes marriage social media, community health fairs, presenting both male and female condoms in a way that isn't heavy handed. Further, the group is also supportive of pre-exposure prophylaxis; anti-retroviral drugs that evidence suggests can stave off HIV before it infects an exposed person.
 
"We have to present the whole array because some things will work for some people better," Guidry said.
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Bully's Brutal Assault of Gay Ohio High School Student Caught on Camera: VIDEO
Towerland - Oct 27, 2011

A student at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio was brutally beaten this week by another student for being gay. Class members watched as the bully waited for the student to arrive in the classroom, grabbed him, pushed him to the ground and punched him in the face several times.

Another student recorded the assault on his cell phone. The video was posted to Facebook.
 
The bully had harassed the gay student (who has not been identified) on Facebook a few days earlier, writing, as the comment on a photo of him: "You fag. Check out the definition of a fag."

According to an email received by Towleroad from Equality Ohio, "The victim has suffered a possible concussion and dental damage. The attacker was suspended from school for just three days. "
 
Equality Ohio adds:

"Union-Scioto has no policy in place that specifically protects students from being bullied or attacked based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The Union-Scioto Local School District does have a policy that prohibits harassment based on sex, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, among oth"ers, but it does not specifically protect against harassment based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Equality Ohio Executive Director, Ed Mullen, explains that the incident serves as a reminder that Ohio's anti-bullying law must be strengthened and specific protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth be included. Mullen says:  "All students, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, have the right to a safe school and education.  Students should not fear verbal harassment, cyber-bullying, or physical assault in our public schools."

An anti-bullying bill is pending in Ohio's legislature. Ohio House Bill 208 would add sexual orientation, gender identity, and other enumerated protections to Ohio's anti-bullying law without changing the general prohibition against any bullying or harassment. Proponents of the bill are seeking testimony in the House Education Committee, according to Equality Ohio, but the bill has not been a priority of the committee.
 
Watch the video and hear the gay student's mother narrate the events:
http://youtu.be/gPyyqISm8eg

Following contact information has been supplied by Dan Savage:

Union-Scioto Local Schools District Administration:
Superintendent: Dwight Garrett dgarrett@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us
High School Principal: James Osborne josborne@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us
Unioto High School Asst. Principal: Wilma Gillott wgillott@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us

Union-Scioto
Administration Office
1565 Egypt Pike
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
740-773-4102
 
Unioto High School
14193 Pleasant Valley Road
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
740-773-4105

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