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I was reading the advisor listserve for GLSEN and came across this:

Like i bought some books from barnes and nobles and they just happened to be
gay in nature. So i was going to the mail everyday looking for them. One day
i get home, check the mail, and find that there is no mail. So i go inside
and i hear the dreaded words " We need to talk". At that point i was just
scared beyond reason. I mean i just was in denial at that point as to why
they wanted to talk. It wasn't like i had never had any other part in gay
culture. Just some backround, when i was in 8 grade i was just exploring my
sexuality when i went online and just was browsing. i found myself in
gallery with guys kissing, nothign overtly sexual. I found myself liking it
without any realization of what it meant. Well my parents had a talk to me
and they just told me it was phase. Well, back to the story...... We began
to talk and they told me that i was wrong and an awfull person. That being
gay is a terrible choice and that i was a dirty faggot.. It hurt. I told
them they were....well let me keep this clean.:). So i was kicked out of my
house... thats it


This literally breaks my heart to read. Here it is 2008 and this kid gets thrown to the street. When I get asked why I decided to be advisor for my GSA this is why. He deserved so much better. We all do.