“I am going around British secondary schools, as a gay man talking about my life, and encouraging schools to get rid of homophobic bullying and to care for their gay members of staff and their gay students.” MenCareSchoolTalkingStudentsGayMembersBritishBullyingStaffGay MenHomophobicSecondary School Author:Ian Mckellen
“I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people, if they are feeling like they are confused, need to know that there are people to talk to and that there are places they can go and not feel alone. But I feel that they have just as many rights as I do to not be bullied.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsFeelingsYoungTermRightsGaySuicideTeenagerConfusedBullyingBulliedCommitting Suicide Author:Kevin Spacey
“Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons. I am not a fan of discrimination and bullying of anybody on the basis of race, on the basis of religion, on the basis of sexual orientation or gender. This is actually part and parcel of the agenda that's also going to be front and centre, and that is how are we treating women and girls.” PersonsStatesEyeLawGirlRaceFansFrontsGayEqualDeserveFairsBasesGenderDiscriminationTreatmentAgendasBullyingCentreTransgenderOrientationParcelEqual Treatment Author:Barack Obama
“I think bullying of anybody, whether they're gay or straight or anything in high school is unbearable.” ThinkingSchoolGayHigh SchoolBullyingUnbearable Author:Chelsea Handler
“There was no way to have a decent life and to be gay. So I was terrified that I was going to be caught, and I had already experienced quite a bit of bullying. And, you know, I just thought that only misery lay ahead, and that if I - when I got caught that would be the solution. I wish I could say that was a thing of the past. But, you know, it's not.” IfsKnowsWayWould BePastWishBitsGaySolutionsLaysMiseryCaughtDecentBullyingTerrifiedDecent Life Author:Cleve Jones
“All leftists are constantly scared because they know that the victories they have are really not solid, their victories are the result of authoritarianism and bulliness. They're not the result of a majority of people agreeing with them. They know that a majority of this country is not for gay marriage. They know they've succeeded in bullying the country into it.” PeopleCountryVictoryGayScaredBullyingGay Marriage Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If the president of the country is not actually saying something, allowing equality to happen, how could you expect to counsel kids not to bully other kids? If they're not seeing that their society sees gay people as equals, how could you tell them what they're doing is wrong? With all this stuff going on, with the "Don't ask, don't tell" and things like that, we are second-class citizens, definitely. It just seems to me that it's hypocritical for us as a culture to say, "Bullying is a terrible thing," when really, they are just reflecting what the society is doing.” PeopleCountryKidsCulturePresidentTerribleGayBullyingBullyGay PeopleHypocritical Author:Alan Cumming
“Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.” NeedsFeelsMadeKidsGayKillingBullyingWorthlessRelentlessAnti Bullying Author:Zachary Quinto
“The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as that people of all races and creeds have equal rights, that women should be free from all forms of coercion, that children should never, ever be spanked, that students should be protected from bullying, and that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. I don’t find it at all implausible that these are gifts, in part, of a refined and widening application of reason.” PeopleShouldHumansChildrenReasonTodayFormGivenRaceRightsStudentsRevolutionGayEqualIdealsEducatedGrantedBullyingApplicationProtectedCreedsWomens RightsHuman HistoryEqual RightsCoercionRefinedUnprecedentedBeing Gay Author:Steven Pinker
“The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded to derogatory remarks accompanied with a stated intent to kill him by asking, "Would you like to make an appointment?"” NumbersGayAskingPhonesBullyingBowsRemarksAppointmentsCrispsQuentinHomophobicDerogatory Author:Quentin Crisp
“Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms Black's boyfriend, Billy Returning after having gone out by himself: collapsed by the bed and burst into floods of tears, his face bruised and splattered with blood. ... " I'm Gay," Billy said, "and I've just been beaten up and robbed by a guy who picked me up in a bar and took me back to his place."” SaidFacesGuyBlackRoomsGoneBloodChildhoodTearsGayBedDearSingersBarsBullyingFloodBeatenIntroductionBruisedHomophobicChildhood Friend Author:Cilla Black