Sunday 25 December 2011

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my readers and thank you for reading my blog, if it wasn't for you there would be no point in me continuing with it.

So have a very merry christmas.

Tuesday 20 December 2011

Don't Stand for Homophobic Bullying

I was recently browsing forums on queerattitude, when I seen one about this video. It's an Irish video about standing up against homophobic bullying. It is a really good video that is very moving. In my opinion the more people that see this the better.  I love how at the end they all stand up at the end holding hands showing support for their LGBT classmates.







Saturday 17 December 2011

Gay Teens, What we go through...

I was just brwosing youtube as I regularly do and I came across this video, I watched it a couple of times and have to admit I was upset by it.  There are a lot of people on youtube commenting saying that it is a fake but I don't think it is.  However as a lot of people have said even if it is a fake then fair play to the boy for being so convincing and for the message that his video has put across.

This video got to me as everything that he is describing that he is going through was exactly what I went through when I was younger.  Now i'm out to a large majority of the people I know and I am much happier, I will admit there have been a few things getting to me recently but it's nothing compared to what I and millions of others went through and continue to go through as gay teens struggling to come to terms with there sexuality.

People going through this need someone to talk to so if you are going through this please speak to someone, if you don't want to speak to someone you know then speak to people on gay forums such as www.queerattitude.com or www.gayteenforum.org or you can always email me at gyd@live.co.uk

If you know someone who you think is going through this then please be there for them.

Thank You

Thursday 8 December 2011

Malawi to review anti-gay laws due to "Public Opinion"

The justice minister of Malawi has added the countries anti-gay laws to a list of legislation he wants reviewed because the rules may not reflect "Public Opinion".

He said "In view of the sentiments from the general public and in response to public opinion regarding certain laws, the government wishes to announce to the Malawi nation that it is submitting the relevant laws and provisions of laws to the Law Commission for review."

This decision to review the laws came after key aid announcements by the UK and the US.

The UK government announced last month that aid would be redirected away from countries who do not protect citizens human rights and the US said that they would start taking LGBT rights into account when making aid decisions.

This is the reason Malawi is to look into it's laws.

Let me know what you think about this either by email at GYD@live.co.uk or commenting here

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Homophobes

I was at work the other night behind the bar talking to another member of staff and all of a sudden I heard a guy shout "That's discusting" I looked around to see who was saying that and what he was speaking about.

I couldn't see anything so I asked the guy what was discusting as I thought there was something wrong in my pub that I would have to sort, but no it was nothing like that the guy just said "Those two guys just kissed" my immediate response was "Oh is that all" but then this guy just turned to me and said "Fucking poofs, I hate fucking poofs"

The other member of staff and I just looked at each other and grinned and then for some reason I just burst out laughing as I had no idea what else to do.  I then left that bar and headed to the other bar to get away from the guy.

What would you guys do in this situation, how would you have handled it?  let me know either by commenting or emailing me at GYD@live.co.uk