tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post3710415872574237109..comments2024-02-24T15:33:47.064-05:00Comments on Sooo-this-is-me: Our LossSooo-this-is-mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-65933461348748826002008-12-18T07:04:00.000-05:002008-12-18T07:04:00.000-05:00I've lost 2 friends to suicide. It's a terrible il...I've lost 2 friends to suicide. It's a terrible illness.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308447697581920397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-79440841263439336182008-12-16T20:32:00.000-05:002008-12-16T20:32:00.000-05:00A tragic loss, indeed. But I think you hit the nai...A tragic loss, indeed. But I think you hit the nail on the head. This was a person who had EVERYTHING going for him and EVERYONE looked up to him. How could he come out in a small town and expect to be welcomed and loved? :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-9550403169522776742008-12-16T19:34:00.000-05:002008-12-16T19:34:00.000-05:00This is one of the ways in which the general hatef...This is one of the ways in which the general hateful attitude toward gays affects everyone, not only gay people. Of course I have no way to know if his death was accidental or not, but there are plenty of examples of gay men (and maybe women, I'm not sure) who end their own lives. These are valuable, creative, often very loving and sensitive people who have so much good to give to the world. They are taken from us because of the hate so prevalent in this culture. It's just WRONG and it makes me angry. Frustrated. grrrrJavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377033663576614925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-38998112665786788622008-12-16T09:27:00.000-05:002008-12-16T09:27:00.000-05:00John, yes that is how I feel and it bothers me tha...John, yes that is how I feel and it bothers me that this could be the case.<BR/><BR/>Don, you would then understand being from a small town yourself. Yes so true, back even seven years ago in a small town, dead could seem better than gay to a confused man. You also would understand my attention being drawn to the fact of him having no girlfriend or wife, since in small towns there is more pressure to marry and good single men often have a line-up out side their door.Sooo-this-is-mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-90183394372381205592008-12-16T01:31:00.000-05:002008-12-16T01:31:00.000-05:00Life in rural towns can be so harsh. I remember o...Life in rural towns can be so harsh. I remember one guy that I started to hang out with in my neighbourhood when I was around 12. I was fascinated by him because he just seemed so different than all the other boys. One day my mom told me that I was not allowed to play with that guy anymore, saying that she heard talk that he was no good. He killed himself by hanging himself in his parent's garage while they were at work. Word on the street was that he was a fag. That was my first gay role model and his actions convinced me to shut that closet door very tight(at least until I moved to the city).donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879147983682175313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-86349143634767849362008-12-16T01:00:00.000-05:002008-12-16T01:00:00.000-05:00The death of anyone is tragic...but to think that ...The death of anyone is tragic...but to think that it may have been on purpose is more so. To think that someone may have thought there was no other way is even more tragic.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755439918003129391noreply@blogger.com