only escape. next. on larry king live. good evening. wanda sykes is an openly gay comedienne. she performs october 15th and 16th at planet hollywood in las vegas. kathy griffin is a gay activist, comedienne and actress, the star of bravo s my life on the d-list. tim gunn stars in project runway. tim is gay, and he attempted suicide at age 17. and lance bass, openly gay, performer, former performer with n sync. he says, get this, that in high school he made fun of gay kids to hide his own secret. lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual parents their peers, rather. and the trevor project staffs a national 24-hour toll-free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. just remember this. 866-4u-trevor. 866-4u-trevor. why why are they bullied? why are gay people bullied? for what purpose? for the purpose? larry: i mean, why would someone bully someone because they re gay? i think
one of them considered as his only escape. next. on larry king live. good evening. wanda sykes is an openly gay comedienne. she performs october 15th and 16th at planet hollywood in las vegas. kathy griffin is a gay activist, comedienne and actress, the star of bravo s my life on the d-list. tim gunn stars in project runway. tim is gay, and he attempted suicide at age 17. and lance bass, openly gay, performer, former performer with n sync. he says, get this, that in high school he made fun of gay kids to hide his own secret. lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual parents their peers, rather. and the trevor project staffs a national 24-hour toll-free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. just remember this. 866-4u-trevor. 866-4u-trevor. why why are they bullied? why are gay people bullied? for what purpose? for the purpose? larry: i mean, why would someone bully someone
bank of america. the company s ceo says they intend to higher about 1,000 small business bankers nationwide. the new employees will work out of dallas, l.a., baltimore and washington, d.c. get the resumés out and get them out early. thanks so much, alison. sure. well, tyler clementi. you remember him. and seth walsh. how about billy lucas and asher brown? these are all teens who were gay, or thought to be gay, they were all harassed, tor meanted a tormented and bullied to the breaking point. these kids didn t think life would ever get better. now a gay city councilman in ft. worth, texas, has put his political life on the line to tell other kids it does. that was joel burns speakg from
some more of the reactions, including reactions from our viewers who can weigh in right now. thanks, josh. you got it, sure. a recent suicides of students who were gay or perceived as gay has started a national conversation on bullies and how to stop them. bullying and harassment have had fatal consequences in several cases just within the last month. one example, 19-year-old tyler clementi, the rutgers freshman who jumped off a bridge after two students allegedly posted a sex video of him with another man. seth walsh of california was just 13 years old and hanged himself from a tree after years of harassment. friends say bullies targeted him because he was gay. billy lucas of indiana was 15 when he took his own life last month. friends say that bullies picked on billy for years.
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