Against homophobic bullying.

In April the Get Real video against homophobic bullying went viral. This is the follow-up video.

“The video was a letter to their past selves, urging them not to partake in the homophobic bullying that they now as adults regretted.”

Tackling Online Bullying.

The New York state assembly has passed legislation that provides a solid system to deal with cyberbullying.

“The experience of cyberbullying for LGBT youth is, according to the Human Rights Campaign, far higher than the average. The effectiveness of this legislation is something to watch out for.”

Getting REAL

An interview with the students from Western University, Ontario who run the remarkable GetREAL project.

” If we could go back, for those of us that did the bullying, we would never have done that.”

Challenging homophobia in new ways

Get REAL is a university student-driven initiative aimed at eliminating homophobia in creative and dynamic ways.

“As Edward Everett the 20th US Secretary of State once astutely noted, “Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army”.”

The aftermath of yesterday’s ‘Villains’ article.

The case of Sophie Miriam Herold has taken on a life of its own and raises important questions about how homophobia on the internet can be dealt with.

“The anonymity afforded by the internet makes this situation really difficult to assess and to monitor. Is this one person? Is it an actual 21-year-old woman, as she claims?”

“Peaceful blogger” calls for an end to the 10%

A very angry young woman has been waging a campaign against LGBT people and in her desperation invokes the final solution. Does anyone have a strait-jacket handy?

“I do not like to throw around words like sociopath but it seems that this disturbed young woman is exactly that.”

Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying.

On the Irish anti homophobic bullying advertisement, created as part of BeLonG To Youth Services annual Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Weeks.