Just when you think people are starting to get the idea that there are all kinds of people in this world and all of us are really just the same in different packages... well, I keep hoping that the younger generations growing up now will somehow get the message and look at all of their peers with the same open minds and hearts. I went to school with kids who were gay and out - a unique situation in the south for sure - but if not for those friends, I might have turned out to be clueless, too.
Wow NEWYORK! I would thought it'll been the most accepting place in the U.S. This really sadness me, Becuase im 15 and Black that lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Trust me not the nicest place to live for a gay teen. Everyday and i mean EVERDAY i get called faggot, sissy and treated of my life and Family and when i did a complaint with my parents to the police station, the officer told me he dosent like sissy in this town so get lost and he threw the report in the Garbage. I pray for the victims !
@darell205 I want to save you! And I see you as a strong young person... I am a 21yr old Native two-spirit (lesbian) and I FEAR the south. So you are more brave than I am. Of course you being 15.. you probably don't have much of a choice where you live? Mad love to you babe and stay strong there!
A way to get this recognized is to make a video of how you were treated at the police dept& name names, it might spread like wild fire like the American soldier throwing the live puppy off the cliff.The military was inundated with so many calls they had hired an answering service to process them.The military insisted youtube delete each video but the masses were so outraged they kept posting them, accounts were deleted but the people kept making new accounts. They could not be stopped
As much as the South hates to be told what to do they still have to answer to the Federal government, if nobody ever stood up then black people would still be in shackles there. The Feds can get that officer in hot water for him not processing a report and this incident should get National attention, I would like the story in video & I would post it on my channel, I know people who will spread this video & it will go viral (it will spread).
Thank you for that very moving slip. I was heterosexually married twice before I could accept who I was. Living the super ego lie through years of intolerant upbringing!
Now I'm with the man of my dreams and love him with ALL my heart.
We alas live with intolerant hatred in West Berkshire England UK . A conservative traditional village where we are treated as outcasts and live as if at siege.
But when the local Member of Parliament Voted strongly against Gay Equality that says it all! So SAD!
As a black muslim straight male in the United States of Hate (sorry, it feels like that sometimes), one must constantly support the push for human rights for ALL. For every Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Whitney Young; there was a James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin. If you are for black rights, latino rights, asian rights, and women's rights; how can you turn your back on the gay and lesbian folks in your own community? Stay strong, it may not mean much but I got your back. Salaam.
This was so sad and disturbing that people would be so cruel to another human being...its just sick. Furthurmore im also a religious person and i personally dont agree with homosexuality but who are any of us to put down or make someone feel like a bad person?!? God does not hate "homosexuals" he hates "homosexuality" God loves his people and so should we, and never EVER bring physical or mental harm to another person. What a terrible society we live in...
Nurture or Nature? What does it really matter? Science may never know exactly why our sexuality becomes what it is. So why make it an issue?
Gay people are deserving of the same considerations, rights and privileges, love and affection as every other man and woman on the face of this Earth.
Gay people are very much a part of this wonderful world and will always be. If you are gay or straight, gender changed or bisexual, why not love one an other.
It makes a huge difference to the heterosexual world because the heterosexuals think homosexuals are mentally ill but bring in a science that proves it is a genetic predisposition completely changes the entire perspective of the thought process of the intelligent heterosexual to realize most are genetically born that way& not simply a choice of perversion. That was my evolution of thought as is many others. To prove in a court these findings has great significance in the law
So sad that hate rules on this world...I only love could win for only a single day there'll be no turn-back because all the ignorance will disappear at the same time of the hate...
Hate the hate, love the love and never tolerate the intolerance!
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All I can think about is The Laramie Project's scene with Zubaida Ula discussing how at Matthew Shepard's candle vigil, someone was speaking of how Laramie, Wyoming isn't the kind of town where things like this happen. As a child, I grew up believing that this was a country where this kind of hatred, this kind of intolerance didn't exist; that Americans believe in freedom and happiness for everyone. And then you wake up and realize, "We are like this. We ARE likes this. WE are LIKE this."
You can't protect him 24hrs a day, he has to go to school, take the bus home, walk home, go to the mall & he will insist on being as independent as possible. The more you smother him the more he will push away for more independence. That is normal child behaviour gay or not. Often times no child feels like they can discuss their feelings with their parents, they usually prefer to talk on a personal level with peers of their same age & parents are the last to know anything.
Please people your better off to ignore these homophobes. Are they really worth arguing with? Its obvious people are just trying to start shit and get people all wound up. Its just how youtube is... almost every video i see someone has to bash it. Expecially when i see a metal video and people start bringing up Justin Bieber or something which has no relation or relevance to the video. Its plain and simple if you dont like something then dont look it up just to be an idiot, its low and immature!
As a person that is a practicing Christian and is going to school to become a pastor, I must say that these deaths are discouraging. To kill another for any means is a sin. That is clear. Jesus died for our sin because we are all sinners. That is Christian fact. To say that a person is less loved by God because of who or what he or she is is totally false. I know this truth. I know God's love is uncnditional. I know that I am preparing to do what I am called to do. I come as I am...a gay man.
@WJDII Oh, really? I wish you all the best, but if you come out to main-stream christians as a gay man, you are going to be in for a horrible surprise. I wonder how many representatives of the loving Christ are going to tell you (gleefully) that you are going to hell. I guess if you are Unitarian you might have some kind of decent life, but if you're Baptist, Church of Christ, Catholic, Methodist, Penticostal, Seventh-Day, LDS, etc etc, you will be... dare I say it?... crucified. Luck to you.
this makes me wanna hack every person committing any hate crime i can say deep down in side i am extremely angered and wish to seek a painful and gruesome revenge on any persons who killed helpless and peaceful couples or individuals...
Sadly things like homophobia does not shock me anymore.Will there be a day people will stop hurting people over what is not affecting them ? Who knows
Many of the most influential people of all time were Gay. It is just sad that so many people in America are brainwashed and ignorant that they don't even know this.
Oh thank God! I have been searching for a video paying tribute to victims that doesn't have hateful pictures or audio blasting all through it. AWESOME! You rock. What you're doing is really amazing. ....Thank you.
@TheCorkeh Thanks very much for the kind words. (I'm working on an updated version -- sadly, it _has_ to be done -- but it will be a while; it's pretty emotionally draining to pull it together.)
I started crying right around the part that mentioned a man beating his own 3 year old son to death, out of the fear that he could have become gay. Makes me feel nauseous that people can be so cold blooded.
My KJV God says {he HATES HOMOSEXUALS} They are NOT men in his eyes.. Its a Womans place NOT mans! He is VERY clear- Not to STEAL, and to HATE what is Evil..NOT to Love what is evil.. MANY are calling Good Evil and Evil Good! STOP being so DILUTED! He clearly states HELL is the place for them if they DONT repent!
@lavenderliberal :-) it really is that simple :-) Mind you, I have a feeling that people with that much real or imaginary hate and discomfort are not operating with the lights on.
@laverderliberal Thank you so very much for making this vid. You have created an exceptionally thoughtful reminder of the lives that we have lost due to the unwarranted pathologies that their attackers had.
Is this a world of civilized people? Because I was on a journey to one but I surely must have got lost somewhere back there. I think I understand why God has abandoned this world and I honestly don't blame Him. Those religious nuts will truly go to hell for this. They incite murder and are thus no worse than the Nazis or even Hitler himself. Gays and lesbians should never let people oppress their real selves.
Is this a world of civilized people? Because I was on a journey to one but I surely must have got lost somewhere back there. I think I understand why God has abandoned this world and I honestly don't blame Him. Those religious nuts will truly go to hell for this. They incite murder and are thus no worse than the Nazis or even Hitler himself. Gays and lesbians should never let people oppress their real selves.
I'm a lesbian, and feel the same outrage in our society over what is happening all over the world concerning homosexuals, but...after reading through many of the comments I'm appalled at the anger lavender has behind all of his comments. Although I wholeheartedly agree that hate crimes are going unnoticed and are continuing, some of these comments are overwrought with so much malicious comments from gay supporters that it almost seems pointless to pick a side...
@Ktbug14 "Her," not "his." And what are you talking about? I only slap back at the gay-haters who post filth like "All faggots must die!" Either you've confused me with someone else, or you don't really feel any true "outrage." (Perhaps you've never known a LGBT who was bashed. Or maybe you're just trolling.) Frankly, no LGBT post has come anywhere near the malice of the wannabe gay-killers. We are angry and scared -- *they* are potential murderers. Big difference.
@RAMBOdontlikeFILTH Funny how gay-hating assholes have to go all the way back to 1999, and all they can ever come up with is "Jesse Dirkhising! Jesse Dirkhising!" like retarded parrots on meth. I'll see your Jesse Dirkhising and raise you every LGBT slaughtered by your type before and since this video, and all the multiple attacks that never get recorded by the cops every fucking day. So take your hate-the-gays YouTube channel and shove it up your ass, hater. Oh, and you're blocked.
Can you not discern the difference between crimes committed by a person from one group against a person in another, and crimes committed *because* the victim belongs to a particular group? Are you as dense as you are hateful? Can you do nothing but regurgitate the same BS crap your RRRW overlords spoon-feed you?
If you're really a lesbian and you're NOT pissed over all of the hate crimes against LGBT people (as well as the douchebags who try to justify them and keep us from getting the protections they take for granted) you have a serious problem.
If you're posing as a lesbian, which I think you are, you're just another concern troll asshole, which is the last thing we need.
I may not agree with the act of Homosexuality,but your murderous Homophobes arent right either.Plain and Simple.
If you want to save them,save them the right way.You have no right to kill them.You are no better than they are.Murder never fixes anything whatsoever anyway.The powers of defiance from gays and homosexuals just become stronger and stronger.You want to fix them,Homophobes?
@liw213. Nobody really cares whether your morals allow you to "agree" with the act of homosexuality. I disagree with YOU shoving your dopey religion down peoples faces, inciting them to "pray away the gay". It's YOUR bible that is responsible for vast majority of homophobia, justified by references to cherry-picked crap from Leviticus and Romans, while conveniently disregarding most of the other equally nonsensical moral judgements. People don't WANT your prayers.. they want to live in peace!
1)I am a Christian,I read the Bible,and I am not Homophobic
2)Not every Homophobic is influenced by God
3)"Living in Peace is pretty wishful thinking
and 4)My post was directed more at the Homophobes than it was at the Gay and Lesbian Community.I am so freaking sick to death of how they are brutally murdered,and I thought I could present them with the correct way of handling Gay's and Lesbians when they come across them rather than being scumbag murderers because I cared for Gay and Lez
@MrJoepeiper Well, I feel pity for you, Mister Gay-Basher, as it is obvious you are a victim of extreme insecurity about your own sexuality (or is it your mere two inches that makes you so insane?). Oh, that, and because you're banned, you sickening waste of carbon.
@MrJoepeiper Wow, you're just full of Christ's love, aren't you? Or are you just pissed off because every girl you've ever asked out claimed to be a lesbian just to avoid you?
Why do gay people need pity? People who are murdered, tortured and hated need pity, regardless of their sexuality. This is about being treated equally. Tell me, HONESTLY, how does a gay person affect YOU directly? Are they raping you daily? Stealing your milk money? Drag your worthless ass into the 21c you pusillanimous, vile cretin or go back to the bottom of the pond you crawled out of.
His anger is not at gays but himself for not being able to control his own sexuality. It's an old story.
Self-loathing, closet gays go through the same remorse about their sexuality. Some accept and "come out" while others try to live a lie, becoming religious republicans with wives and families.
Pity him. All his anger and vile hate is really at himself. He's gay, and hates the fact.
What is most disturbing is that even if you are dumb enough to consider being gay a 'sin' or 'wrong', it isn't like murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping. IT AFFECTS NO-ONE who doesn't want to be a part of gay culture. Gay people aren't in the habit of abducting straight people and forcing them to fall in love, yet it's still ok to shove moral superiority into the minds of anyone who'll listen. Most of these idiots wouldn't know a true set of morals if they jumped up and bit them on the arse!
The number of people who use god as their argument are usually the worst. I noted in the sidebar you mention Fred Phelps, one of the most vile creatures on the planet. I detest HIM, but I equally detest the people who claim not to be homophobic, yet 'disapprove of' or dislike the gay 'lifestyle'. As for the 'It's a choice' argument.. that makes my blood boil. Like anyone would CHOOSE to be vilified, hated, sneered at, beaten up, driven to the brink for not conforming to other peoples 'morals'.
I find abhorrent that comments need to be filtered in the 21st Century, although sadly understand why. Don't these idiots realise that their dopey comments are the kind of bullying that contribute to young gay people committing suicide, suffering from depression, and yet still they persist. In an ideal world, there might be one or two stupid comments, but not the hundreds I see from on videos like this. I believe in free speech, but I also believe if you have nothing worth saying, say nothing.
@ollie501 I used to filter out extreme homophobic garbage; now, I allow it as proof of the human debris among us (if something is deleted, we can never prove how hateful the 'phobes really are)... but not until after I've already banned the basher. And yes, these idiots *do* realize they are contributing to the off-the-scale suicide rate among our youth -- they just want us all dead. My thanks for your comments. Your passion comes through loud and clear, & I'm grateful for it, and for you.
Ironic. The Prop 8 trial puts the astounding bigotry of the homophobes on display for the entire nation. So what do the homophobes do in response? They go around leaving rabidly hateful comments on YouTube videos, gay blogs and other such places. What strange creatures they are.
@BetterABleedingHeart: Not so strange. Bullies are cowards -- and their white hoods of assumed anonymity are their security bwankies. Oh, a few turn into bashers and murders, but the vast majority would wet their tiny panties if they were ever confronted IRL. In the end, they will die alone and unloved, least of all by themselves. (Mind you, my pity for them is far surpassed by my disgust for them. They are the greatest waste of food, oxygen, and carbon on the planet.)
i see som ppl saying that everyone deserves to live w/e happened to natural selection the strong live the weak die? every1 here eats animals is ur life more important then the animal that had to die so that you could live their are no governing rules of right and wrong only what you beleive them to be. So when they get killed its no more a tragedy then a person who gets killed for cash or for fun.if u beleive in god u got ur right and wrong if u dont then u should agree... life is a free for all
fucking faggots yall need to get in a big fucking gay bash orgy stick dynamite dildo rods in ur ass and star fucking litghitng shit off in ur asses fucking dickaholics
I live my live without thinking how much people can hate me just for being gay. Watching this video reminded how the world is a dangerous place for people like us. Sadly, I lost the hope that it will change one day.
The struggle against bigots will be endless; whether the bigots pick on us gays, the jews, the blacks, the poor, etc The same bigots picked on old women in the Witchcraft Craze of the 14th century......Bigotry and particularly religious bigotry starts with belieninmg you are right and everyone else is wrong...that's why they yell us we are going to hell, the bigots believe they speak fo god. Even |\ratizinger, an ex Nazi, criticises us for being in live with anothefr guy
Ya your right... and the sad thing is jesus said ye who be without sin cast the first stone. And that's all they do is cast stones at others. God is the judge of all things, and God loves everybody. We are all equal. so sad that everyone just can't love one another like were supposed to . I hope in the future this will change, peace.
We think we have come so far until another hate crime happens and/or we see the comments of the homophobic and then we realize we have so much farther to go.
No One at ANY Time should have to Fear because they are DIFFERENT...PERIOD.
This year, why not start a new tradition in the spirit of goodwill? Say a prayer For the Victims of Hate Crimes.
In the Middle East gay men are legally killed daily by Islamic Fundamentalist who HATE gays.
In Hitler's time, Nazi imprisoned and tortured and then ultimately killed gays legally.
In the Deep South and Midwest, gays are harassed, tortured, and when given the chance, killed as well.
Republicans = Osama Bin Laden = Hitler (ALL HATE GAYS AND WOMEN IN POWER). and ALL claim to speak to represent god and have a direct 24/7 open line of communication with god himself/herself.
In the Middle East Matthew Sheppard would have been hung as well legally as a gay man by Muslim Fanatics.
In Hitler's Time, gay Matthew would have been forced to wear a pink uniform and ultimately killed by Nazi fanatic soldiers.
In the Midwest and Deep South, he met the same thing.
Christian religious fanatics = Hitler = Osama Bin Laden (ALL SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY HATE GAYS AND WOMEN in power). And all claims to represent god and have an open 24/y7 channel with god directly
Thanks for posting this video. What most people know & understand is that Matthew was was tortured & killed just for being gay. Have you ever heard of a case where a gay person sought out a homophobe to torture and kill? Joyce, you certainly have the right to remove homophobic hate comments, but I believe people need to see the hatred, see the bigotry, and see the dangers that gay people face. If "straight" people do not see a problem, they will not see a need to help with a solution.
iseegayguys: I almost always approve anti-gay comments, for the very reason you mention -- our non-LGBT friends need to see the hatred we have to put up with every day. I usually block the offending commenter because I see no point in rewarding such 'phobes with the attention they so desperately desire (or letting them take over the comments section completely, which most of them would if they could). Long reply short: You're right, and I agree. :)
knowatimean: Well, I am going to do something -- block your hateful idiocy from polluting this corner of YouTube. P.S. If you're really from Italy, I have two things to say to you: 1) Stay there. 2. Vaffanculo.
@MultiplyingBunnies Beats me, too. I got your message, loud and clear, and this haole would rather rather have my mahu sisters at my back than just about anybody. Aloha nui loa mahu, mau mau loa! :)
@lavenderliberal Have you seen the westboro baptist church videos? I wonder where they would go if they came and protested here, theres nowhere to run when you're on an island. Hows these anti gay lolos aa' ? Mahalo for your comment, and Aloha nui loa to you also. You have my deepest pomaikai. We love you Matt!
@MultiplyingBunnies I have seen Freddie and his gang, and I know those cowards are nothing to be feared -- which is why they don't come to the islands -- they would have to swim for their pathetic lives. LOL!. You have my deepest pomaikai too, my moloi'eheme... my ohana.
@MultiplyingBunnies Brah, would that I were an islander -- I am only a mainlander who has spent so much time on the islands, I have the greatest respect and reverence for Hawai'i and her people -- and if it were in my power, I would return the kingdom to her sovereignty this minute. That you would think I might be Hawai'ian is the greatest honor I can imagine. Mahalo nui loa.
The homophobes think we're all a stereotype. That we're fem, weak, vain, go to pride parades in ridiculous clothes, and engage in unhealthy sex acts when actually most of us don't and aren't like that. Every group, including Christians has low-lives but most I'm sure aren't. We're just an easy target for these egotists because of certain types that are on tv and are disgraceful. Judge the individuals.
All Gay propaganda. Gays are obsessive, compulsive and addictive. Scientists have recently proven that compulsive liars have brain abnormalities. Keep pushing the homo agenda and keep causing innocent people to believe homosexuality is good, and these people will continue killing themselves because of being gay. There are far more suicides with Heteros for real emotional disorders. We straights are fed up with your gay fascist agent, no more slack. Gays R responsible 4 w/ they do, not straights.
No, people will not continue to kill themselves for being Gay, they will continue to do it because of people like you, so its on you haters, if pople like you did not exist they would stop killing themselves.
And whats with the brain abnormalities, where all the people involved in the studies Gay?
you're responsible for being who YOU are. maybe you should think that through a little bit...are you happy with who you are as a person? I dont see how you can be satisfied with yourself after writing that comment. I hope your children are all gay and none of them reproduce so you have no grandchildren. I hope you get snowed the fuck in over there on the mainland.
Don't forget Alan Turning who led the team that cracked the German Enigma code. I've read that he was hounded into killing himself because of his sexual orientation (it was literally a crime to be gay in the UK until the latter 60s).
Thank you for posting this. I watched this the day after President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill. It was important for me to remember those who died so that this bill would come to pass. They are our fallen soldiers, whom we must honor!
Oh my god, As a christian (well going to be Taoist) I always thought that Homosexuality is an abomination. Butr after seeing this clip. It's too horrific that why people will slaughter these people just because they're gay. It's not even right or justify at all. Gay people have every right and they're no different than straight. GAY PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE TO BE MURDER! THEY DESERVE TO LIVE AND BE TREATED EQUALLY!
Oh my god! As a christian (Actually soon-to-be a taoist) I always thought that homosexuals was an abomination against god. But after watching this clip, gay people at no different than straight. They don't deserve death and murder. They have every right to live. GAY PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO LIVE!
I don't believe this. As a christian (actually becoming a taoist.) I always thought that homosexual are an abomination against god. But after seeing this clip. Oh my god, I see the real light now. They don't deserve to die. Gay people are no different than straight. And they deserve better than this. GAY PEOPLE DESEVRE TO LIVE IN THIS PLANET! I'm definately adding to my favorite!
This vvas vvell-done, thankx liberall. I'm heartsick. VVhat a vvaste of life. God creates us as vve are.
The horrible thing is-this happens everyday novv in Iran. Please everyone, pray if you believe in it for the youth of Iran. This is intorerable. peace, xxo
Gay means happy, Quit denying freedom of speech to people who say "thats so gay". Homosexuals are facist perverts that do not deserve any more respect than a child molester. Homosexuals that use the word gay use it as slang for faggot and homo. Why do blacks call other blacks the NI&&ER word still, the same reason street faggots still call each other faggot. You "GLSEN" are going to push us Hetero's too far and we will make being homo against the law and get rid of you all by force of law. TSG
God preaches love not hate. It's funny how some people pick which parts of the bible they want to follow. The bible also says disobeidiant children should be stoned to death. Some people should be utterly ashamed of the hate they spread and have no place on this planet.
god i could barely watch this video without vomiting. im fucking crying right now, this is horrible. like i have no faith left in the world. wtf did all these amazing people do to deserve this?!! IT IS NOT WRONG TO BE GAY!!!!! when are people gunna get it????
I dont understand this hate....really I dont, Im a straight female....& I'll be honest & say, I dont understand being attracted to the same sex...but so what, no one is forcing me or anyone else to be homosexual...you cant catch it! FTW!?! Its NO ONE BUSINESS, who loves who...or having sex with.....This just makes no sense, I alot of beautiful people, were cut down & for what??? How did their sexuality hurt YOU?!? I am a christian, & it pisses me off to here "christians" hate for gays....cont.
u are amazing matthew . life is so short why all the evil and hurt i will never understand . to mattews family im thinking if u . from a guy in ireland
Gosh that was almost too hard to watch. So many of them so young and what good came from their deaths? Nothing that's what. This is Hate and Homophobia & what it causes - no good can come from that.
beersoffire: Banned. Aw, gee, I hope your tiny member doesn't fall off now that you have one less outlet for your inferiority-inspired tantrums. May Jesus wave and laugh as he sends you straight to Hell.
"May Jesus wave and laugh as he sends you straight to Hell."
Love it!!
Thanks for this memorial video. All of these stories are so tragic. I just finished watching the Matthew Shepard story for the first time in a few years. It's so sad to think of someone so young and full of life being struck down, but he was too good for the world he lived in.
I guess their terrible deaths vvere not enough for the stupid people. These nuts should be afraid --persecution can happen to ANYBODY vvho is even LABELED 'gay',moron! Homophobia is bad nevvs for ALL of us.
i don't understand how christians can be so rude to gay people. Yes, they say its against the bible and what god says, but wouldn't you think that god would want them to be treated the same? not be taunted and tortured until they get killed or kill themselves? stuff like this really disapoints me.
I'm a victim of gay bashing myself who is going into surgery again tomorrow cuz of the damage I received in my body....I wish this world would stop being so hateful...
People are so stupid. You say that these people are horrible for loving someone just because its not how you love. You say that they deserve to die and burn in hell well where do you think you will end up? I mean you are saying that you are glad a human being was murdered and tourtured. We are supposed to be taught to treat everyone the way we want to be treated so does that mean you want to be beaten and murdered and your family destroyed just because you are in love?
What a touching tribute to all the victims (past, current, & future) of hate crimes. This was painful to watch. So many lives lost for no good reason. I hope someday soon we can become a planet full of patience and tolerance for others, no matter what their beliefs.
thank you for making this heartbreaking tribute. x
zebras54 3 months ago
ça fait froid dans le dos ... et ça continue encore et tjs.
kirgalouane 3 months ago
it's a shame that the names go by so fast you have to keep stopping to read them...
Sullyshalo1 3 months ago
omg... this is sad!
nevermanda 3 months ago
Just when you think people are starting to get the idea that there are all kinds of people in this world and all of us are really just the same in different packages... well, I keep hoping that the younger generations growing up now will somehow get the message and look at all of their peers with the same open minds and hearts. I went to school with kids who were gay and out - a unique situation in the south for sure - but if not for those friends, I might have turned out to be clueless, too.
TrixieinDixie 4 months ago
Wow NEWYORK! I would thought it'll been the most accepting place in the U.S. This really sadness me, Becuase im 15 and Black that lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Trust me not the nicest place to live for a gay teen. Everyday and i mean EVERDAY i get called faggot, sissy and treated of my life and Family and when i did a complaint with my parents to the police station, the officer told me he dosent like sissy in this town so get lost and he threw the report in the Garbage. I pray for the victims !
darell205 6 months ago
@darell205 I want to save you! And I see you as a strong young person... I am a 21yr old Native two-spirit (lesbian) and I FEAR the south. So you are more brave than I am. Of course you being 15.. you probably don't have much of a choice where you live? Mad love to you babe and stay strong there!
nevermanda 3 months ago
@darell205
A way to get this recognized is to make a video of how you were treated at the police dept& name names, it might spread like wild fire like the American soldier throwing the live puppy off the cliff.The military was inundated with so many calls they had hired an answering service to process them.The military insisted youtube delete each video but the masses were so outraged they kept posting them, accounts were deleted but the people kept making new accounts. They could not be stopped
GlobalAwareness2525 3 months ago
@darell205
As much as the South hates to be told what to do they still have to answer to the Federal government, if nobody ever stood up then black people would still be in shackles there. The Feds can get that officer in hot water for him not processing a report and this incident should get National attention, I would like the story in video & I would post it on my channel, I know people who will spread this video & it will go viral (it will spread).
GlobalAwareness2525 3 months ago
Thank you for that very moving slip. I was heterosexually married twice before I could accept who I was. Living the super ego lie through years of intolerant upbringing!
Now I'm with the man of my dreams and love him with ALL my heart.
We alas live with intolerant hatred in West Berkshire England UK . A conservative traditional village where we are treated as outcasts and live as if at siege.
But when the local Member of Parliament Voted strongly against Gay Equality that says it all! So SAD!
Hamzalove1 7 months ago
As a black muslim straight male in the United States of Hate (sorry, it feels like that sometimes), one must constantly support the push for human rights for ALL. For every Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Whitney Young; there was a James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin. If you are for black rights, latino rights, asian rights, and women's rights; how can you turn your back on the gay and lesbian folks in your own community? Stay strong, it may not mean much but I got your back. Salaam.
rayburne 7 months ago 2
This was so sad and disturbing that people would be so cruel to another human being...its just sick. Furthurmore im also a religious person and i personally dont agree with homosexuality but who are any of us to put down or make someone feel like a bad person?!? God does not hate "homosexuals" he hates "homosexuality" God loves his people and so should we, and never EVER bring physical or mental harm to another person. What a terrible society we live in...
roccaday 10 months ago
Nurture or Nature? What does it really matter? Science may never know exactly why our sexuality becomes what it is. So why make it an issue?
Gay people are deserving of the same considerations, rights and privileges, love and affection as every other man and woman on the face of this Earth.
Gay people are very much a part of this wonderful world and will always be. If you are gay or straight, gender changed or bisexual, why not love one an other.
All are part of this awesome Universe.
SisterSarahBernadet 11 months ago
@SisterSarahBernadet
It makes a huge difference to the heterosexual world because the heterosexuals think homosexuals are mentally ill but bring in a science that proves it is a genetic predisposition completely changes the entire perspective of the thought process of the intelligent heterosexual to realize most are genetically born that way& not simply a choice of perversion. That was my evolution of thought as is many others. To prove in a court these findings has great significance in the law
GlobalAwareness2525 3 months ago
So sad that hate rules on this world...I only love could win for only a single day there'll be no turn-back because all the ignorance will disappear at the same time of the hate...
Hate the hate, love the love and never tolerate the intolerance!
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markgerardy 1 year ago
All I can think about is The Laramie Project's scene with Zubaida Ula discussing how at Matthew Shepard's candle vigil, someone was speaking of how Laramie, Wyoming isn't the kind of town where things like this happen. As a child, I grew up believing that this was a country where this kind of hatred, this kind of intolerance didn't exist; that Americans believe in freedom and happiness for everyone. And then you wake up and realize, "We are like this. We ARE likes this. WE are LIKE this."
JustJoey23 1 year ago
Thanks, LavenderLiberal! I'm not going to suffer the same fate.
ipotens 1 year ago
This is an amazing vid!!!!!
ETwoDTwo 1 year ago
All I know is that if I ever have a gay child, I'll protect him from people that dislike him for what he is.
EvilUrago 1 year ago 32
@EvilUrago The world would be a far better place with more people like you in it. Thank you.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago 19
@EvilUrago
women can be gay too
angeltears87 10 months ago
@EvilUrago
You can't protect him 24hrs a day, he has to go to school, take the bus home, walk home, go to the mall & he will insist on being as independent as possible. The more you smother him the more he will push away for more independence. That is normal child behaviour gay or not. Often times no child feels like they can discuss their feelings with their parents, they usually prefer to talk on a personal level with peers of their same age & parents are the last to know anything.
GlobalAwareness2525 3 months ago
To the people that say that homosexuality is a sin, I say:
Judging people is a sin!
EvilUrago 1 year ago 11
@EvilUrago
too right.
superstubes 8 months ago
I think the world might finally be beginning to get the message
5LJ3A2 1 year ago 3
Please people your better off to ignore these homophobes. Are they really worth arguing with? Its obvious people are just trying to start shit and get people all wound up. Its just how youtube is... almost every video i see someone has to bash it. Expecially when i see a metal video and people start bringing up Justin Bieber or something which has no relation or relevance to the video. Its plain and simple if you dont like something then dont look it up just to be an idiot, its low and immature!
KyOkanagan 1 year ago
As a person that is a practicing Christian and is going to school to become a pastor, I must say that these deaths are discouraging. To kill another for any means is a sin. That is clear. Jesus died for our sin because we are all sinners. That is Christian fact. To say that a person is less loved by God because of who or what he or she is is totally false. I know this truth. I know God's love is uncnditional. I know that I am preparing to do what I am called to do. I come as I am...a gay man.
WJDII 1 year ago
@WJDII Oh, really? I wish you all the best, but if you come out to main-stream christians as a gay man, you are going to be in for a horrible surprise. I wonder how many representatives of the loving Christ are going to tell you (gleefully) that you are going to hell. I guess if you are Unitarian you might have some kind of decent life, but if you're Baptist, Church of Christ, Catholic, Methodist, Penticostal, Seventh-Day, LDS, etc etc, you will be... dare I say it?... crucified. Luck to you.
marianware 7 months ago
hate and bulling need to stop we need to love eachothere and enjoy everyday
gayteenbabe 1 year ago 2
This breaks my heart, no one chooses to be gay...
edwardsgen 1 year ago 3
this makes me wanna hack every person committing any hate crime i can say deep down in side i am extremely angered and wish to seek a painful and gruesome revenge on any persons who killed helpless and peaceful couples or individuals...
STFU223GO2HELL 1 year ago 2
Alan Turing, inventor of the computer, 8 June 1954
plshorts 1 year ago
Oh my God!
ImGoingToBeAnMD 1 year ago
RIP Sakia
willytoma 1 year ago
You're homophobic? So kill yourself! Who has the problem is YOU!
panterands 1 year ago
this is so touching....made me cry.....
sassyanya 1 year ago
Very sad, but is the true... thank you
BrenanSP 1 year ago
T_T ... This is a sad, yet wonderful memorial video ... I started crying halfway through it
FaerieBoi81 1 year ago
Sadly things like homophobia does not shock me anymore.Will there be a day people will stop hurting people over what is not affecting them ? Who knows
SpaceXGames 1 year ago
This is beautiful,honey..beautiful and so sad...thank you. xx
skyemcleod1 1 year ago 16
@skyemcleod1 You're more than welcome, darlin'.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
@lavenderliberal *tears.* Rest in peace, Matthew~ora pro nobis.
skyemcleod1 1 year ago
@skyemcleod1: Et dona nobis pacem.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
Many of the most influential people of all time were Gay. It is just sad that so many people in America are brainwashed and ignorant that they don't even know this.
sspener84 1 year ago 2
omg this is so sad this should be shown to the world and maybe it will wake up i cried so hard
rockndude123 1 year ago
omg this isso sad buut it is realy a eye opener i cried so freakn hard maybe this should be shown to the world and maybe they will wake up
rockndude123 1 year ago
Thank you
iamthelunatic 1 year ago
Oh thank God! I have been searching for a video paying tribute to victims that doesn't have hateful pictures or audio blasting all through it. AWESOME! You rock. What you're doing is really amazing. ....Thank you.
TheCorkeh 1 year ago
@TheCorkeh Thanks very much for the kind words. (I'm working on an updated version -- sadly, it _has_ to be done -- but it will be a while; it's pretty emotionally draining to pull it together.)
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
I started crying right around the part that mentioned a man beating his own 3 year old son to death, out of the fear that he could have become gay. Makes me feel nauseous that people can be so cold blooded.
XmusicmeisterX 1 year ago 3
R.I.P my gay brothers & sisters.
xMSVJx 1 year ago 3
My KJV God says {he HATES HOMOSEXUALS} They are NOT men in his eyes.. Its a Womans place NOT mans! He is VERY clear- Not to STEAL, and to HATE what is Evil..NOT to Love what is evil.. MANY are calling Good Evil and Evil Good! STOP being so DILUTED! He clearly states HELL is the place for them if they DONT repent!
855h0le 1 year ago
@855h0le: I have one one word for you: Clozaril. (P.S. Buh-bye! You're buh-banned!)
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
@lavenderliberal :-) it really is that simple :-) Mind you, I have a feeling that people with that much real or imaginary hate and discomfort are not operating with the lights on.
thedeeliciousplum 1 year ago
@855h0le your KJV god isnt real, just like any god
idaman12345 1 year ago
Your lives will not be in vain. You are remembered on this day of the International Day Against Homophobia, May 17, 2010.
jtmanson 1 year ago
@laverderliberal Thank you so very much for making this vid. You have created an exceptionally thoughtful reminder of the lives that we have lost due to the unwarranted pathologies that their attackers had.
thedeeliciousplum 1 year ago
Is this a world of civilized people? Because I was on a journey to one but I surely must have got lost somewhere back there. I think I understand why God has abandoned this world and I honestly don't blame Him. Those religious nuts will truly go to hell for this. They incite murder and are thus no worse than the Nazis or even Hitler himself. Gays and lesbians should never let people oppress their real selves.
SuperDave619 1 year ago
@SuperDave619 All our religious leaders got blood on their hands.Homophobic people where not born like that, they are brainwashed.
thestopgayhatelist 1 year ago 2
Is this a world of civilized people? Because I was on a journey to one but I surely must have got lost somewhere back there. I think I understand why God has abandoned this world and I honestly don't blame Him. Those religious nuts will truly go to hell for this. They incite murder and are thus no worse than the Nazis or even Hitler himself. Gays and lesbians should never let people oppress their real selves.
SuperDave619 1 year ago
very useful and very sad video, thanks
CPA4KA 1 year ago
Even some straight people were victims of homophobia. Hatred kills. Homophobia is gay.
NEOagainstSystem 1 year ago
Im sorry.
Im sorry to everyone who ever died of homphobia.
When, i watched this., i cried like a baby.
And im still crying.
Im sorry that this had to happen to you.
Being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trangendered is not wrong!
I hope someday, this world will be equal
Iloveyouuu for being who you are
TheRubyRainbow 1 year ago
Non conoscevo tutte queste storie, è un bel pensiero, la memoria è importante. Grazie.
OpinioniDi1Vagabondo 1 year ago
@OpinioniDi1Vagabondo Prego -- di niente. Sono contento che ti piace il video.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
it made me cry, really.
moosiak 1 year ago 22
I'm a lesbian, and feel the same outrage in our society over what is happening all over the world concerning homosexuals, but...after reading through many of the comments I'm appalled at the anger lavender has behind all of his comments. Although I wholeheartedly agree that hate crimes are going unnoticed and are continuing, some of these comments are overwrought with so much malicious comments from gay supporters that it almost seems pointless to pick a side...
People should debate, not hate.
Ktbug14 1 year ago
@Ktbug14 "Her," not "his." And what are you talking about? I only slap back at the gay-haters who post filth like "All faggots must die!" Either you've confused me with someone else, or you don't really feel any true "outrage." (Perhaps you've never known a LGBT who was bashed. Or maybe you're just trolling.) Frankly, no LGBT post has come anywhere near the malice of the wannabe gay-killers. We are angry and scared -- *they* are potential murderers. Big difference.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
@Ktbug14 P.S. No lesbian *ever* uses the word "homosexual" as a noun. You just blew your cover.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
what about Jesse Dirkhising
RAMBOdontlikeFILTH 1 year ago
@RAMBOdontlikeFILTH Funny how gay-hating assholes have to go all the way back to 1999, and all they can ever come up with is "Jesse Dirkhising! Jesse Dirkhising!" like retarded parrots on meth. I'll see your Jesse Dirkhising and raise you every LGBT slaughtered by your type before and since this video, and all the multiple attacks that never get recorded by the cops every fucking day. So take your hate-the-gays YouTube channel and shove it up your ass, hater. Oh, and you're blocked.
lavenderliberal 1 year ago
@RAMBOdontlikeFILTH
What about Jesse Dirkhising?
Can you not discern the difference between crimes committed by a person from one group against a person in another, and crimes committed *because* the victim belongs to a particular group? Are you as dense as you are hateful? Can you do nothing but regurgitate the same BS crap your RRRW overlords spoon-feed you?
BetterABleedingHeart 1 year ago
@Ktbug14
If you're really a lesbian and you're NOT pissed over all of the hate crimes against LGBT people (as well as the douchebags who try to justify them and keep us from getting the protections they take for granted) you have a serious problem.
If you're posing as a lesbian, which I think you are, you're just another concern troll asshole, which is the last thing we need.
BetterABleedingHeart 1 year ago
I may not agree with the act of Homosexuality,but your murderous Homophobes arent right either.Plain and Simple.
If you want to save them,save them the right way.You have no right to kill them.You are no better than they are.Murder never fixes anything whatsoever anyway.The powers of defiance from gays and homosexuals just become stronger and stronger.You want to fix them,Homophobes?
The
Love them hard and gentle
Inform them of their wrongdoing
Pray for them!
The LIP method.
liw213 1 year ago
Who/What tells you what is wrong or right?
Definitely not your values and moral.
I rather think it is your weakness and stupidity.
imbanarutofan 1 year ago 4
@liw213. Nobody really cares whether your morals allow you to "agree" with the act of homosexuality. I disagree with YOU shoving your dopey religion down peoples faces, inciting them to "pray away the gay". It's YOUR bible that is responsible for vast majority of homophobia, justified by references to cherry-picked crap from Leviticus and Romans, while conveniently disregarding most of the other equally nonsensical moral judgements. People don't WANT your prayers.. they want to live in peace!
ollie501 1 year ago 11
1)I am a Christian,I read the Bible,and I am not Homophobic
2)Not every Homophobic is influenced by God
3)"Living in Peace is pretty wishful thinking
and 4)My post was directed more at the Homophobes than it was at the Gay and Lesbian Community.I am so freaking sick to death of how they are brutally murdered,and I thought I could present them with the correct way of handling Gay's and Lesbians when they come across them rather than being scumbag murderers because I cared for Gay and Lez
liw213 1 year ago
I'm a Christian too
and I am GAY person!
I am a Lesbian!
And I love it!
Berumi 1 year ago
thanks for a good comment. i'm gay and proud. thanks for understanding how we chose to live out lives. x
bogen1050 1 year ago
@ollie501 thank you
hah13 1 year ago
Fucking Faggots. I feel NO pity for them........They are fucking freaks of nature.....fuck all the fags!
MrJoepeiper 2 years ago
@MrJoepeiper Well, I feel pity for you, Mister Gay-Basher, as it is obvious you are a victim of extreme insecurity about your own sexuality (or is it your mere two inches that makes you so insane?). Oh, that, and because you're banned, you sickening waste of carbon.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
@MrJoepeiper Wow, you're just full of Christ's love, aren't you? Or are you just pissed off because every girl you've ever asked out claimed to be a lesbian just to avoid you?
BetterABleedingHeart 2 years ago
Why do gay people need pity? People who are murdered, tortured and hated need pity, regardless of their sexuality. This is about being treated equally. Tell me, HONESTLY, how does a gay person affect YOU directly? Are they raping you daily? Stealing your milk money? Drag your worthless ass into the 21c you pusillanimous, vile cretin or go back to the bottom of the pond you crawled out of.
ollie501 2 years ago 4
@MrJoepeiper
Your extreme hateful, homophobic remark & then you put Fuck all the Fags at the end? Why? Do you want to fuck all the Fags?
I wouldn't doubt it one bit you homophobic piece of shit!
I'll pray for you. So much hatred in you it's sad :-( You're the "freak of nature" IMHO!!!
esacnitsuj1 1 year ago
His anger is not at gays but himself for not being able to control his own sexuality. It's an old story.
Self-loathing, closet gays go through the same remorse about their sexuality. Some accept and "come out" while others try to live a lie, becoming religious republicans with wives and families.
Pity him. All his anger and vile hate is really at himself. He's gay, and hates the fact.
boicrazyjen 1 year ago
@MrJoepeiper get fucked. i hope Lavenderliberal see's this so that he/she can ban you.
bogen1050 1 year ago
What is most disturbing is that even if you are dumb enough to consider being gay a 'sin' or 'wrong', it isn't like murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping. IT AFFECTS NO-ONE who doesn't want to be a part of gay culture. Gay people aren't in the habit of abducting straight people and forcing them to fall in love, yet it's still ok to shove moral superiority into the minds of anyone who'll listen. Most of these idiots wouldn't know a true set of morals if they jumped up and bit them on the arse!
ollie501 2 years ago 4
The number of people who use god as their argument are usually the worst. I noted in the sidebar you mention Fred Phelps, one of the most vile creatures on the planet. I detest HIM, but I equally detest the people who claim not to be homophobic, yet 'disapprove of' or dislike the gay 'lifestyle'. As for the 'It's a choice' argument.. that makes my blood boil. Like anyone would CHOOSE to be vilified, hated, sneered at, beaten up, driven to the brink for not conforming to other peoples 'morals'.
ollie501 2 years ago 3
I find abhorrent that comments need to be filtered in the 21st Century, although sadly understand why. Don't these idiots realise that their dopey comments are the kind of bullying that contribute to young gay people committing suicide, suffering from depression, and yet still they persist. In an ideal world, there might be one or two stupid comments, but not the hundreds I see from on videos like this. I believe in free speech, but I also believe if you have nothing worth saying, say nothing.
ollie501 2 years ago 2
@ollie501 I used to filter out extreme homophobic garbage; now, I allow it as proof of the human debris among us (if something is deleted, we can never prove how hateful the 'phobes really are)... but not until after I've already banned the basher. And yes, these idiots *do* realize they are contributing to the off-the-scale suicide rate among our youth -- they just want us all dead. My thanks for your comments. Your passion comes through loud and clear, & I'm grateful for it, and for you.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
I'M GAY AND PROUD!
GAY ALL THE WAY!
bogen1050 2 years ago
Never gonna get it right, you're never gonna get it
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
thank you for posting this video i hope that people will learn that homophobia is wrong from it
Bensherue 2 years ago 4
@Bensherue I hope so too, friend. I hope so too.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
gay
Nautiluss 2 years ago
@Nautiluss Your point?
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
captain obvious
this is about homophobia
why yes!
that involves the word gay
good job
xXxYuriGirlxXx 2 years ago 2
Ironic. The Prop 8 trial puts the astounding bigotry of the homophobes on display for the entire nation. So what do the homophobes do in response? They go around leaving rabidly hateful comments on YouTube videos, gay blogs and other such places. What strange creatures they are.
BetterABleedingHeart 2 years ago 2
@BetterABleedingHeart: Not so strange. Bullies are cowards -- and their white hoods of assumed anonymity are their security bwankies. Oh, a few turn into bashers and murders, but the vast majority would wet their tiny panties if they were ever confronted IRL. In the end, they will die alone and unloved, least of all by themselves. (Mind you, my pity for them is far surpassed by my disgust for them. They are the greatest waste of food, oxygen, and carbon on the planet.)
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
this is just revolting... and 4days ago a was brutally beated 'cause he is gay :(
martinhaaL 2 years ago
i see som ppl saying that everyone deserves to live w/e happened to natural selection the strong live the weak die? every1 here eats animals is ur life more important then the animal that had to die so that you could live their are no governing rules of right and wrong only what you beleive them to be. So when they get killed its no more a tragedy then a person who gets killed for cash or for fun.if u beleive in god u got ur right and wrong if u dont then u should agree... life is a free for all
rainofdeath14 2 years ago
fucking faggots yall need to get in a big fucking gay bash orgy stick dynamite dildo rods in ur ass and star fucking litghitng shit off in ur asses fucking dickaholics
massacre268 2 years ago
@massacre268: So sorry your mama raised you to be psychotic. Buh-bye, you waste of carbon.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
I live my live without thinking how much people can hate me just for being gay. Watching this video reminded how the world is a dangerous place for people like us. Sadly, I lost the hope that it will change one day.
ruzan10 2 years ago
kill urself u fucking faggot god hates u havefun getting ur ass burned in hell by the big dick gay man devil
massacre268 2 years ago
what if he actually went out and killed himself because of your comment? you have no soul. I hope it rains where you live all the fucking time.
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
what hurts the most for me is for the young couple to be persecuted, just because they found love.
ty for sharing this, i hope this will help eradicate homophobia
HarrisDhel669 2 years ago
The struggle against bigots will be endless; whether the bigots pick on us gays, the jews, the blacks, the poor, etc The same bigots picked on old women in the Witchcraft Craze of the 14th century......Bigotry and particularly religious bigotry starts with belieninmg you are right and everyone else is wrong...that's why they yell us we are going to hell, the bigots believe they speak fo god. Even |\ratizinger, an ex Nazi, criticises us for being in live with anothefr guy
rickT5555 2 years ago
Ya your right... and the sad thing is jesus said ye who be without sin cast the first stone. And that's all they do is cast stones at others. God is the judge of all things, and God loves everybody. We are all equal. so sad that everyone just can't love one another like were supposed to . I hope in the future this will change, peace.
Soldiergirl7777 2 years ago
We think we have come so far until another hate crime happens and/or we see the comments of the homophobic and then we realize we have so much farther to go.
No One at ANY Time should have to Fear because they are DIFFERENT...PERIOD.
This year, why not start a new tradition in the spirit of goodwill? Say a prayer For the Victims of Hate Crimes.
God Bless You All This Holiday Season...
LadiZen 2 years ago
In the Middle East gay men are legally killed daily by Islamic Fundamentalist who HATE gays.
In Hitler's time, Nazi imprisoned and tortured and then ultimately killed gays legally.
In the Deep South and Midwest, gays are harassed, tortured, and when given the chance, killed as well.
Republicans = Osama Bin Laden = Hitler (ALL HATE GAYS AND WOMEN IN POWER). and ALL claim to speak to represent god and have a direct 24/7 open line of communication with god himself/herself.
xake19 2 years ago
In the Middle East Matthew Sheppard would have been hung as well legally as a gay man by Muslim Fanatics.
In Hitler's Time, gay Matthew would have been forced to wear a pink uniform and ultimately killed by Nazi fanatic soldiers.
In the Midwest and Deep South, he met the same thing.
Christian religious fanatics = Hitler = Osama Bin Laden (ALL SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY HATE GAYS AND WOMEN in power). And all claims to represent god and have an open 24/y7 channel with god directly
xake19 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this video. What most people know & understand is that Matthew was was tortured & killed just for being gay. Have you ever heard of a case where a gay person sought out a homophobe to torture and kill? Joyce, you certainly have the right to remove homophobic hate comments, but I believe people need to see the hatred, see the bigotry, and see the dangers that gay people face. If "straight" people do not see a problem, they will not see a need to help with a solution.
iseegayguys 2 years ago
iseegayguys: I almost always approve anti-gay comments, for the very reason you mention -- our non-LGBT friends need to see the hatred we have to put up with every day. I usually block the offending commenter because I see no point in rewarding such 'phobes with the attention they so desperately desire (or letting them take over the comments section completely, which most of them would if they could). Long reply short: You're right, and I agree. :)
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
everybody, no matter gay, lesbian, purple, pink or alien has a right to live. We humans are supposed to reason, not hate.
kreeperify 2 years ago
I love you Matt.... Im sorry this kind of hatred exist, i will do all i can to remove it from this world.... LOVE
JoeyBoya 2 years ago 5
YOU AIN'T GONNA DO SHIT!!!...AIGHT
knowatimean 2 years ago
knowatimean: Well, I am going to do something -- block your hateful idiocy from polluting this corner of YouTube. P.S. If you're really from Italy, I have two things to say to you: 1) Stay there. 2. Vaffanculo.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
SHUT DA FUCK UP...YOU PUSSY ASS BITCH...u just pissed me off...
Munnings09 2 years ago
never leave italy. never come to hawaii or my mahu friends will deal with you.
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
you inconsiderate bastard.
bogen1050 2 years ago
@bogen1050 how am I being inconsiderate?
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
@MultiplyingBunnies Beats me, too. I got your message, loud and clear, and this haole would rather rather have my mahu sisters at my back than just about anybody. Aloha nui loa mahu, mau mau loa! :)
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
@lavenderliberal Have you seen the westboro baptist church videos? I wonder where they would go if they came and protested here, theres nowhere to run when you're on an island. Hows these anti gay lolos aa' ? Mahalo for your comment, and Aloha nui loa to you also. You have my deepest pomaikai. We love you Matt!
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago 2
@MultiplyingBunnies I have seen Freddie and his gang, and I know those cowards are nothing to be feared -- which is why they don't come to the islands -- they would have to swim for their pathetic lives. LOL!. You have my deepest pomaikai too, my moloi'eheme... my ohana.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
@lavenderliberal Which island are you from? just curious...
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
@MultiplyingBunnies Brah, would that I were an islander -- I am only a mainlander who has spent so much time on the islands, I have the greatest respect and reverence for Hawai'i and her people -- and if it were in my power, I would return the kingdom to her sovereignty this minute. That you would think I might be Hawai'ian is the greatest honor I can imagine. Mahalo nui loa.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
@lavenderliberal ahhh, great! My respect to you then. Where are you from?
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
@MultiplyingBunnies California native, MB! (Yes, there are two of three of us left who were actually born here. LOL)
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
The homophobes think we're all a stereotype. That we're fem, weak, vain, go to pride parades in ridiculous clothes, and engage in unhealthy sex acts when actually most of us don't and aren't like that. Every group, including Christians has low-lives but most I'm sure aren't. We're just an easy target for these egotists because of certain types that are on tv and are disgraceful. Judge the individuals.
bionicarcher 2 years ago 11
All Gay propaganda. Gays are obsessive, compulsive and addictive. Scientists have recently proven that compulsive liars have brain abnormalities. Keep pushing the homo agenda and keep causing innocent people to believe homosexuality is good, and these people will continue killing themselves because of being gay. There are far more suicides with Heteros for real emotional disorders. We straights are fed up with your gay fascist agent, no more slack. Gays R responsible 4 w/ they do, not straights.
Ztupidsic 2 years ago
No, people will not continue to kill themselves for being Gay, they will continue to do it because of people like you, so its on you haters, if pople like you did not exist they would stop killing themselves.
And whats with the brain abnormalities, where all the people involved in the studies Gay?
isaavsal 2 years ago
you're responsible for being who YOU are. maybe you should think that through a little bit...are you happy with who you are as a person? I dont see how you can be satisfied with yourself after writing that comment. I hope your children are all gay and none of them reproduce so you have no grandchildren. I hope you get snowed the fuck in over there on the mainland.
MultiplyingBunnies 2 years ago
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baarbear 2 years ago
Don't forget Alan Turning who led the team that cracked the German Enigma code. I've read that he was hounded into killing himself because of his sexual orientation (it was literally a crime to be gay in the UK until the latter 60s).
baarbear 2 years ago 2
baarbear: Excellent addition for the new version, thanks very much.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
what a wonderful video. thank you.
dragongirl113 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this. I watched this the day after President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill. It was important for me to remember those who died so that this bill would come to pass. They are our fallen soldiers, whom we must honor!
Graydon902 2 years ago
Oh my god, As a christian (well going to be Taoist) I always thought that Homosexuality is an abomination. Butr after seeing this clip. It's too horrific that why people will slaughter these people just because they're gay. It's not even right or justify at all. Gay people have every right and they're no different than straight. GAY PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE TO BE MURDER! THEY DESERVE TO LIVE AND BE TREATED EQUALLY!
Bartmanhomer 2 years ago 2
Oh my god! As a christian (Actually soon-to-be a taoist) I always thought that homosexuals was an abomination against god. But after watching this clip, gay people at no different than straight. They don't deserve death and murder. They have every right to live. GAY PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO LIVE!
Bartmanhomer 2 years ago 2
I don't believe this. As a christian (actually becoming a taoist.) I always thought that homosexual are an abomination against god. But after seeing this clip. Oh my god, I see the real light now. They don't deserve to die. Gay people are no different than straight. And they deserve better than this. GAY PEOPLE DESEVRE TO LIVE IN THIS PLANET! I'm definately adding to my favorite!
Bartmanhomer 2 years ago 2
oh my god :(
Alex4u 2 years ago
i balled my eyes out watching this the injustice in this world floors me
enigma4safron 2 years ago
This vvas vvell-done, thankx liberall. I'm heartsick. VVhat a vvaste of life. God creates us as vve are.
The horrible thing is-this happens everyday novv in Iran. Please everyone, pray if you believe in it for the youth of Iran. This is intorerable. peace, xxo
skyemcleod1 2 years ago
Gay means happy, Quit denying freedom of speech to people who say "thats so gay". Homosexuals are facist perverts that do not deserve any more respect than a child molester. Homosexuals that use the word gay use it as slang for faggot and homo. Why do blacks call other blacks the NI&&ER word still, the same reason street faggots still call each other faggot. You "GLSEN" are going to push us Hetero's too far and we will make being homo against the law and get rid of you all by force of law. TSG
Ztupidsic 2 years ago
God preaches love not hate. It's funny how some people pick which parts of the bible they want to follow. The bible also says disobeidiant children should be stoned to death. Some people should be utterly ashamed of the hate they spread and have no place on this planet.
sylar102882 2 years ago
god i could barely watch this video without vomiting. im fucking crying right now, this is horrible. like i have no faith left in the world. wtf did all these amazing people do to deserve this?!! IT IS NOT WRONG TO BE GAY!!!!! when are people gunna get it????
ItWasTheChair13 2 years ago
All of these deaths were associated with religion, this is something I can't stand, why kill for nothing?
MrPuffyable 2 years ago
when i look at his picture.. pity him... i dont know there are such so bad ppl in this world..
iamyie 2 years ago
thanx so much for posting this video...
greetings from poland, warsaw...
we have much more victims than you ever imagine...
Pokerek1966 2 years ago
GOD HATES FAGS REST IN HELL YOU QUEERS
fredsux100 2 years ago
I dont understand this hate....really I dont, Im a straight female....& I'll be honest & say, I dont understand being attracted to the same sex...but so what, no one is forcing me or anyone else to be homosexual...you cant catch it! FTW!?! Its NO ONE BUSINESS, who loves who...or having sex with.....This just makes no sense, I alot of beautiful people, were cut down & for what??? How did their sexuality hurt YOU?!? I am a christian, & it pisses me off to here "christians" hate for gays....cont.
taffygirlgood 2 years ago
sENSACIONAL ADOREI ACHEI TRISTE,MAIS MUITO LINDO ,PENSO QUE NINGUEM DEVE SOFRER TANTO :-( MAIS EU GOSTEI ;-)
09sadic 2 years ago
merci!
illuminazioni 2 years ago
u are amazing matthew . life is so short why all the evil and hurt i will never understand . to mattews family im thinking if u . from a guy in ireland
500scooby 2 years ago
the same here!! i completley agree from another guy in ireland
Rorycarguy 2 years ago
XXI century and we still have retarded idiots with minds like from Medieval. Still so many hatred, intolerance and pure fascism. Worse than animals.
NEOagainstSystem 2 years ago
Gosh that was almost too hard to watch. So many of them so young and what good came from their deaths? Nothing that's what. This is Hate and Homophobia & what it causes - no good can come from that.
Knobby1981 2 years ago 4
i am speechless, i lived to tell my story for myself. thanks for this, it is helping me with my healing process.
thedancetuber 2 years ago 3
Live and Let Live.
6ford 2 years ago
he's sucking cocks in heaven now, getting cornholed by jesus, poor little faggot.
beersoffire 2 years ago
beersoffire: Banned. Aw, gee, I hope your tiny member doesn't fall off now that you have one less outlet for your inferiority-inspired tantrums. May Jesus wave and laugh as he sends you straight to Hell.
lavenderliberal 2 years ago
"May Jesus wave and laugh as he sends you straight to Hell."
Love it!!
Thanks for this memorial video. All of these stories are so tragic. I just finished watching the Matthew Shepard story for the first time in a few years. It's so sad to think of someone so young and full of life being struck down, but he was too good for the world he lived in.
PhxVanguard 2 years ago
I guess their terrible deaths vvere not enough for the stupid people. These nuts should be afraid --persecution can happen to ANYBODY vvho is even LABELED 'gay',moron! Homophobia is bad nevvs for ALL of us.
skyemcleod1 2 years ago
asshole
bogen1050 2 years ago
you'll die one day and do us all a favour.
littlearmel 2 years ago
i don't understand how christians can be so rude to gay people. Yes, they say its against the bible and what god says, but wouldn't you think that god would want them to be treated the same? not be taunted and tortured until they get killed or kill themselves? stuff like this really disapoints me.
nltsbiggestfan9 2 years ago
Merci.
davidm1276 2 years ago
I'm a victim of gay bashing myself who is going into surgery again tomorrow cuz of the damage I received in my body....I wish this world would stop being so hateful...
MADDLUV4U 2 years ago
People are so stupid. You say that these people are horrible for loving someone just because its not how you love. You say that they deserve to die and burn in hell well where do you think you will end up? I mean you are saying that you are glad a human being was murdered and tourtured. We are supposed to be taught to treat everyone the way we want to be treated so does that mean you want to be beaten and murdered and your family destroyed just because you are in love?
redrose00 2 years ago
What a touching tribute to all the victims (past, current, & future) of hate crimes. This was painful to watch. So many lives lost for no good reason. I hope someday soon we can become a planet full of patience and tolerance for others, no matter what their beliefs.
Excellent video.
brokenhearted4babies 2 years ago