Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Purple is the color of compassion today...



for this post i pick up a subject that has been in the media a lot lately...teenager suicides...gay teenager that is in this case...i guess its hard to be a gay teenager..i guess its hard to be a teenager anyway...its such a sensitive and vulnerable time...and getting bullied by your fellow students dosent make it easier...


now after several teenagers killed themselfes because they were bullied for their sexuality there is a lot going on...for a much better written explanation pleaso go and visit the all time amazing janine ashbless at : http://janineashbless.blogspot.com

they do say it gets better...and the truth is..no matter what it is that you carry arround..if its your own sexuality like in this case...if it is fear, low selfesteem, eating disorders, drugs or any other things that make you feel like you cant go on...it all gets better...you just really have to sit through it..which of course is hard..but possible...sit trough it..grow stronger...dont let them bring you down today..because it will be better ..maybe not tomorrow..but soon


here are some helpfull links for gay or lesbian teenager in the states:
http://www.homelessyouthservices.org/sylviasplace.html
http://www.hmi.org/Page.aspx?pid=214

9 comments:

Jo said...

Nice.

We need to fix this, now, don't we? It's 2010. For god's sake. No more.

Ms. Moon said...

I will wear my purple dress when I go out tonight. Love you, Danielle.

Petit fleur said...

Good post Danielle. You have a big beautiful purple heart.

It's criminal the way that some children and learning to treat each other... and in many cases getting away with it without so much as a therapy session. sigh.

I recently read about a 15 yr old girl from Croatia that killed herself over constant bullying, which the school and her parents were aware of. As far as I know the only "reason" revealed for the bullying is because she was different ans had an accent. It happened in Ohio I believe. Can you even imagine going to a foreign country against your will, being homesick and this is how you are treated? I feel for all of them too. It just hurts to even think about. But we all need to.
xo

Janine Ashbless said...

We all need to do what we can to make this better. Thanks Danielle.

Danielle said...

@ jo

of course we have to..i mean..someone has to..so why not us?

Danielle said...

@ ms moon
love you too..especially in purple:-)

Danielle said...

@ petit fleur

thank you:-)

well..i totally can imagine how that is..foreign country..language thing and all...

this all really has to stop

Danielle said...

yes janine...we all have to do what we can..and sometimes maybe even a little more...

Anonymous said...

I definitely want to read a bit more on this blog soon. BTW, rather good design you have at that site, but how about changing it every few months?