"Gay Suicides" - Bronte, Fraser, and Josh (Brave New Voices 2011)

[@Nillowo]

I've literally watched this 15 times over in a row, from first click to right now when it's still running. It's amazing, amazing

[@Nillowo]

Still listened to it on repeat since I made this comment. Holy freaking cow they're amazing. Still have goosebumps

[@jashinajohnson4502]

Love this* tears*

[@lexitomlinson3464]

I am Christian, too. I wish all people would realize that homosexuality is love. How can we hate love?

[@briannam3295]

I listened to this over and over so many times when I was in middle school, I used to obsess over it because it was the only thing that brought me any peace to the point it was scribbled into my journal so many times to remind myself that I'm not supposed to give up so easily. I'm an adult now and a confident bisexual but my dad still has no idea and is the most likely to judge

[@aubryanapayne9136]

This performance brings awareness to the important issue of suicide within the gay community. The poets explain how society is the actual killer of these victims. A line in the poem read, “cause of death should not be labeled a suicide but yet a homicide.” Christians screaming abomination in one ear while homophobes are screaming horrible slurs I the other. Specifically focusing on religion, the poets reassure the audience that this higher being that seems to be prevalent in the law system of America focuses on love instead of hate.

[@TheMarty8907]

RIP Tanni I will always love you and fight against all who hate... I had a friend who choose to end her life... she is amazing and always will be. THank y'all for this poem!

[@silvercapricorn]

I Seriously Got Chills When I Watched This ! Intriguing .

[@amandaramirez7255]

Will you guys relax with the need to defend your faith for two seconds? Like we get it. God loves all but that’s not the point of the of this. This isn’t about that. That’s not the point of the poem. The point of the poem is that kids are killing thems because people are intolerant of their sexuality. People DIED because they were told they weren’t good enough to be alive.

[@kbaby283]

omggg this just gave me chills and made me cry.....snap snap snap.........

[@frosca1234]

The person on the far right looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo..

[@malapoetic]

Got chills through this whole piece

[@Mrtabomb3214]

is there anywere where we could get the words to this poem?

[@chrisbertha]

This is awesome guys! Well and powerfully done!

[@zachsucks7449]

i have goosebumps

[@Acetheauthor]

OMG,this is about the Septembers children...

[@khalidaalnour8108]

So relatable😭*cries*

[@candykisse1994]

wow.. this really hit home.. this was powerful ..

[@kelmars1738]

that one guy looks like shaggy from scooby doo...or nah?

[@chelsea4091]

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING lmao

[@zedge6462]

Me too

[@briethey-them9542]

Shaggy for gay rights 😂😂

[@MessagesOfTheSol]

this gave me chills, very moving.

[@SeizureGirl262]

If your god is as good as you claim him to be. He hates no one. Especially not for simply being who you were born to be.

[@octavius1192]

so powerful

[@Smokey0Smiley]

Powerful spoke to my heart

[@Mrtabomb3214]

I wish this could become as famous as it deserves to be...

[@japrece95]

omg i almost cried i love this

[@shorty4u262002]

Thank you...I'm speechless. My brother who is gone from gay suicide thanks you and I as his gay sister thank you for having the bravery to reach out and help us win this fight. Thank you

[@sarmadasco2100]

Great work, guys. Point received.

[@jessielxo12132]

I used to tell myself to not choke, the one time I didn't my dad came into my room in time and saved me. I honestly love this so much.

[@worldpeace4bugs]

Is there a transcript for this anywhere I could see?

[@MsGoodeGworl95]

This truly made me tear up because it's a shame that people get so harshly ridiculed for being different that they come to the conclusion that the only way of being happy is by ending the silence of not only harsh words but ending the soft normal beat of their heart. We should not be finding a way to divide ourselves we should be finding a way to come together as a whole because we are all brothers and sisters in God's eyes. I am not gay but I still support being who YOU WANT TO BE.

[@ratoon14]

WOW! this was awesome! but i couldn't stop thinking that the guy from the right was shaggy from scooby doo xD

[@briannahall4954]

I hear about all these straight parents kick out their kids for being gay or trans but never hear about how gay parents are kicking their kids out for being straight

[@briannahall4954]

kicking*

[@lunaloves5532]

Because that like never happens. how funny...

[@InkSplatter]

because that is almost unheard of we know how it feels to be unaccepted. we've lived that hell, and we don't want to put anyone else through it. sure, there are a few extremists, but it's very, very rare.

[@lo373]

lmfao because it almost never happens. Specially on this century Plus if you were to hear about that it would be trough the news and it'd just raise homophobia and give homophobes one more excuse to hate on us

[@sarmadasco2100]

Perhaps you don'y hear about it because it rarely happens, if ever. What an absurd comment. You apparently do not get out that often or are familiar with the gay community. Most gay people have suffered in one way or another...or in many ways, for being gay. For being born gay. So, for a gay couple to turn around and condemn their child for being straight would be unknown to a gay couple. When a gay couple adopts or hires a surrogate or asks a friend to donate and carry their child for them, they are very aware that he child will come into this world as nature intended it to. Therefore, if their child is gay, straight, trans, bi...or has Downs, or some other genetic "defect", it is accepted. Period. I say this as a gay father of a straight son of 17. I would not be disappointed had he been born gay, but I am very happy he was born gay as no parent, at least we feel this way, would never want our child to go through what we went through when we were younger. Bullying, emotional bullying in my case. I may have survived it and overcome it but it has left its scars which shall remain forever. No loving parent would want their child to repeat the suffering he or she experienced. It might be better now then it was in the 80's, but the hate and cruelty still exist. Your comment is absurdly comic. Something I would see on Saturday Night Live.......as a joke. May I suggest your doing some reading about children of gay couples or on youtube, there are straight kids who discuss what it is like having gay parents. Your questions saddens me.

[@ariasinahi7451]

Thank you.

[@sammyt9532]

woooow!! just wow

[@swilliamsrivers]

made me cry, as a bi female this spoke volumes to me

[@sleepless-cc4mo]

omygod!!! man

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

Amazing! It speaks the truth! No one deserves to be treated like that! Gay or strait, it doesn't matter! Cause real murder has taken the place of words that splatter like blood on a wall. How many more will fall till we realize that this isn't a game? We're all the same. But if it takes suicide to tell us that,and even then we barely hear it, than God help us. Where are we headed?

[@SuperKonnie]

i cryed

[@paramore810]

Here here!

[@genevievestone8366]

Stop arguing about this. The point is it was an amazing poem and if your part of a religion that hates gays, then don't watch it

[@darkangel8259]

wow tht is awesome

[@IAmAnEnigma4]

This made me cry so hard :'( I'm a lesbian.

[@QDOMNESS_GAMING]

clap clap clap. Amazing.

[@chettaman990]

@JesseMismyman I'm sorry for never silencing those detestable (idk the next word) whispers

[@DMarie0824]

This made me cry. I love my gay brothers and sisters. I strongly dislike (hate is a strong word) my christian brothers and sisters for being intolerant and hateful towards those who are gay. The God I worship, the Jesus in my heart... doesn't hate gays.

[@Liketatortots]

Does anyone know where I can find the actual written words of this poem?

[@Everyday_Laudi]

I would really like to teach this to my Year 10 class for our 'Protest Poetry' unit. Is there any chance of accessing a written transcript??

[@arygasca9444]

No one is better than the other. Before you condemn others with bible quotes, remember what Jesus said in John 8:7, "He that is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone." "Love one another as I have loved you." Stop arguing the bible in terms of hate and learn to love one another. My God is love and through Him, we are to love one another. Do not condemn others, because there is only one perfect man to have walked this earth and even he forgave. He re-wrote the laws in terms of love. Sincerely, A devote Catholic

[@sarmadasco2100]

Why? Please expand. All she is doing is quoting the New Testament and condensing in brief what the Bible says, in general. Ms. Applegate, stop throwing stones as you sound not only juvenile but idiotic. BTW....who is your god, if you have one? Just wondering. Yes, I, too, threw stones, at you.....I sinned. I confess it. I don't think that He or She it It will be to upset with me.

[@Nillowo]

Ary Gasca if only the church of Latter Day Saints was so open minded... I liked a guy who was Mormon and he admited to me he was bi. I later found out that he didn't admit that to anyone else, and in my friends words not mine said "he must have really liked you." But you know, some things aren't meant to be. It's just been crushing my soul for the past year and half to been denied our love because of his church. But it's understandable. With his family being non accepting towards queer people, him going to byu and all the years of what these poets said, bible bashing, I understand why things like this happen. But the funny thing is they don't know the countless hours I spent awake, the hours of therapy sessions I've gone through, the dozens of pills I've tried to work around what was brought to light ; depression, anxiety, ocd... he stopped all of that, he calmed my mind in a way that nothing else could. But now all I've fanticised of for months and months is killing myself. Pills? I could try. Hanging? I was found out having one on my person, and it's hard to find a spot in my house with one. The most promising way, via firearm? In my dreams. As soon as my noose was found, I've been kept an eye on for handling guns. And for good reason. I know if I ever were at a shooting range or just handled a loaded gun, I wouldn't hesitate to reunite myself with darkness, a life much better than this, awaiting a different plane of existence where my love and I could finally be together. Funny how such a traumatic experience could change me from a narrow minded, atheistic point of view to one of just wishing there really is a life after death, maybe even the one described in the Book of Mormon, because I know that my death approaches, and I welcome it with open arms.

[@thegay_churro4043]

Oof, I'm Catholic too, but I'm gay too.

[@hufdsnhf]

This is a very sad, and unfortunately very true poem. We people of the LGBT community are forced to develop a thicker skin than everybody else, simply because the amount of crap we take for simply being ourselves will pull us under if we can't learn to handle it. I'm unbelievably thankful to the amazing people I've met in my life, who have supported me through all I've been through... If not for them, I would've taken my own life by now - which is something no 14-year-old should be able to say.

[@pearlythobz]

thats powerful

[@LucysAwesumerester]

1 2 3 4 5 we're not playing Russian Roulette, we're counting how many gay suicides there were in the past week. TOUCHING.

[@AngllWingz08]

Mmm! Amen!!

[@TheVoiceofLyndra]

thats deep and sadly so true.

[@soccersinger101]

I agree with that. if you are meaning in Christianity. I am a Christian but i believe that God made us all who we are and he accepts anyone no matter gay, bisexual, or lesbian.

[@shoggy1713]

God does not hate

[@himrqwerty]

Does anyone have the words to this?

[@Tobashii]

i want to share this with my friend, but i'm worried he might take it the wrong way :/

[@QDOMNESS_GAMING]

I can clap, snap, yay or nay. I do not have to do the normal. It's called being different.

[@busterking23]

What were the names of the 5 people i'm going to write a paper about them plz massage me

[@bryantmoss8688]

God loves all and wants His people to come back to their first love. Love, Forgiveness, and acceptance is what will bring people back to God. Christians if it wasn't for grace where would we be?

[@annikalilian]

did the guy on the right have a scooby doo convention after this?

[@chloeharvey22]

Really good, but all I could think of was that the guy on the right looks like Shaggy

[@TheBlupickles]

From Sunday school coming up, they tell us "We are all God's children"; "God don't make junk". Now i hear them talk and they say a person who is gay is wrong, against nature, that they are damned... that i am damned by association. Now maybe i'm just slow, but i thought God made us exactly how He wanted us to be, i thought He didn't make mistakes. I thought God don't make junk.

[@loveMEbugzy]

I had to take a moment of silence for all those who committed suicide..

[@iGotPryde]

I see shaggy :)

[@CRAZY4FROGS97]

God doesn't hate. He doesn't pass judgement. AND he DOES love all his children equally. Sure, the bible says homosexuality is a sin. But it also says lying is. That doesn't mean he hates everyone. Because everyone lies. There is no unforgivable sin.

[@ckd4me]

I was the judge in this bout

[@KBlocker29]

@Jhovanne13 I hope you were kidding. What's it matter if they clap their hands, snap, stomp their feet, jump up and down? Good poetry is good poetry and an expression of ones emotions and there are no rules to how one should express themselves when words touch their souls.

[@gipsontvp1]

..."for harvey milking the words..."

[@sinsumeria]

The world is wrong, the world is tough, people are cruel, people are ignorant. you are you and thats who you'll ever be, no one can change you. your not confused, you don't need help, your you. What is thought is not the path worth taking but pain is pain and life is life. We do what we can and we survive, we live and thrive later, We are who we are and no one will change that. I'm a victim of so much and one is being pan.

[@Mrtabomb3214]

anywhere*

[@kiajustcare]

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[@shoggy1713]

I am a very strong Pentecostal Christian and my sister is a lesbian. Why i love her? Because Christians need to love people. That's what we should be doing best. Yes i believe it is a sin but i also believe love is equal. And that sin can be forgiven. God loves EVERYBODY. God may have made my sister gay. It's the people's fault for the hate. Not God's.

[@ascotter]

This is a very convoluted statement. You call it a sin but say God made her do it. So basically, your sister is gay and that's totally fine. No sin bullshit. Because that's what it is.

[@ckd4me]

I don't remember but I feel like I would. Ha

[@Brennetta18]

A devious person , a liar is also an abomination to God if you read it in the book of Proverbs. So quit just trying to throw one thing out there. All sin is equal sin is sin baby. And who are we to judge, all we can do is show our love and support for each other instead of running them away and causing them to hurt theirselves because they feel that they are bringing shame to their families. If their going to change than let them change on their own term and continue to pray for them.

[@kurtbusch2]

@xXMusicSpeaksXx They're not bashing bashers. They're inspiring people to do something about it. You've got the message all wrong.

[@NicoleFishiee]

next word is locker room :)

[@aj_san3788]

Really, so am I but I grew up in church. Going to church three four times a week and I can site passage after passage about how God loves ALL of his children, sure he calls LGBT's abominations but where does it say he hates them. What book? What chapter? Although I don't know why I am sticking up for the walking hypocrisy

[@chettaman990]

@JesseMismyman had a lotta hits but still don't know what freedom songs sound like

[@ithinkimkari]

bahahahaa :)

[@rayannachristian3844]

I love this comment! Where exactly does the bible say "God loves all... except if you happen to think another boy is cute."

[@InsanityAndFlowers]

@brooktini9131 I agree. It's like sitting her and going "I really think it's awesome how supportive the straight community is sometimes... But I'm not straight." it's just unnecessary.

[@kelsieearls]

Don't Hate Me Because I Sin Differently

[@FrankieGurl2010]

@IAmAnEnigma4 ikr! Im bi.

[@carrotandpeas]

One page of the bible isnt worth a life.

[@dinamincspere783]

This poem is so sad

[@feeDLIO]

I'm not a Christian or anything but from my admittedly limited understanding, Jesus seemed much more concerned with love than hate. Perhaps you should try reading Jesus's words as living philosophy rather than dead dogma, before you go and tell other people that they are the ones who have misunderstood the Bible.

[@true2dance]

@DeepSetEyesDance im a christian and i dont believe homosexuality is holy but in reality everyone has the RIGHT to live however they want to. They can love whoever they want to. There is no reason for u to make ignorant uneducated comments. If u dont hav anything nice to say dont say it at all. Also if ur that homophobic why wud u listen to a poem called "gay suicide"? Bcuz ik u didnt think it wud say that they love gay suicide. Suicide is real and ur snide little comments are the ones that jus

[@soccersinger101]

xD

[@pharastar1]

ugh I am a atheist you sure this was suppose to go to me? I was explaining what the bible says so when people say he hates gays they are not lying its in the bible so get ur facts straight!

[@xXMusicSpeaksXx]

@TheBestVloggerEver Alright, that was wrong. You want to stop homophobes? You want to save lives? you don't to it by bashing the bashers. You don't stop bullying and the hurt by taking the words and pain and shoving it in the faces of bullys. And the fact that you use the request of suicide to retaliate against someone's opinion makes you no better than them. Everyone has the right to their lives, but no one has the right to speak about the life of someone else. for any reason.

[@OneVeganHippy]

John 3:16 clearly states "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that WHO SHALL EVER BELIEVES IN HIM shall not perish but have everlasting life." WHO SO EVER! God loves all people.

[@AurielleMarieX]

did you give us a ten? lol jk jk

[@DiioreMonroe14]

My friend almost killed himself bcuz he was gay but I got there b4 he cud

[@TheBestVloggerEver]

@chris03101991 But it may be for you if you are one of these people who dare call yourself a human being who regards others as less then them by their sexuality.

[@suwakee]

Until America realizes muffin top hats were never really in style? Someone please explain

[@toocool4u2424]

of course but god does pass judgement yes you will be forgiven but if you dont come out of that sin then he will forgive you in vein but anyway

[@ascotter]

It's not a FUCKING sin

[@brooktini9131]

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a straight person who can stand up for the gay community. But just ONCE I want to hear a straight person defend a gay one without ending with 'but I'm not gay' as if it's THAT bad that a stranger on the Internet might mistake you for homosexual.

[@Juicedude502]

your god there is no your god there is jus God there is to much evidence that he exist to even say other whys

[@BreezySwaq]

@iGotPryde bruh yu iz lame