Joel Burns' "It Gets Better" featured on national TV

[gadionson1]

shows humanity for Texas people, its an inspiration

[xxkil]

you will find that most bullies are very insecure and basically shit houses you will never see a bully bullying you on his own because they can,t i have no problem with anybody being gay i am straight but if you find love then embrace it and don,t be ashamed of who you are so if there are any gay kids who feel suicidel and are reading this go back to school and be proud of who you are not what people think and allways keep this thought with you.... "i am what i am so FUCK YOU "

[TPOTTHEPOETOFTRUTH]

@xxkil Please read my poem - Homosexual teens.

[youandihavenolife]

I agree with Dceces up there. Synergy. Teach them.

[hotrayu2]

Joel Burns is amazing I so pour of him.

[hotdiva1512]

joel wat your doing is awsome

[yeahhayhay]

in my school....the gay kid is simply the coolest guy....everybody likes him. he's always funny....thats how it should be. SUPPORT JOEL

[TPOTTHEPOETOFTRUTH]

@yeahhayhay Please read my poem - Homosexual teens.

[InnerHero]

As a person who was bullied, and now runs a company in Australia to stop other being bullied...I love this story. It took me 35 years to stand up and say "I was bullied", and that was to my little 6 year old daughter who was also experiencing bullying in school.

Inner Hero was developed because of her, and we are now helping so many children, families and communities who are being bullied....we care, and we are helping to stop bullying Thanks Donna from Inner Hero

[InnerHero]

As a person who was bullied, and now runs a company in Australia to stop other being bullied...I love this story. It took me 35 years to stand up and say "I was bullied", and that was to my little 6 year old daughter who was also experiencing bullying in school.

Inner Hero was developed because of her, and we are now helping so many children, families and communities who are being bullied....we care, and we are helping to stop bullying

[TPOTTHEPOETOFTRUTH]

@InnerHero Please read my poem - Homosexual teens.

[sadguyfoundout1]

joel burns is actually ****ing hot!

[handsdown101]

I still hate CNN, but I'm glad they showed this.

[Islander255]

To the person that sent that tweet "I may not agree with that lifestyle, but the bullying needs to stop; we need to love"

Sorry, you're still part of the problem. The crux of the matter is that LGBT kids feel inadequate because so many adults are against them. The bullying is just the final straw, the final confirmation. If you really want to help, realize what your prejudices are doing.

Your heart may be in the right place, but that's simply not enough.

[fishfacedfreak]

Joel Burns is the inspiration all young people need right now. You're my hero.

[atlasshrugged2u]

This sooo needed to be done. That was really cool. I feel for gays, I have them in my family and so I know somewhat what they go through and it's not fun to be "different" I and everyone in the family knew when my uncle was a kid that he was effeminate and it just progressed into the beautiful "SAVED" gay man of God he is today; so it does get better :)

[thisisme290]

at the moment im not even in school because i was cornnered in the girls bathroom with 4 girls that i thought where my best friends and they said awful things and said they would kill me they even cut chunks of my hair out and the school did nothing!! i wish i went to school in texas now :(

[vbovy]

Way to go Joel, young gays need our full support on their way to a happy life as adults.

[Squeakychan]

It's amazing that he can be this open in Texas of all places, I find this very inspiring! I hope one day we won't need impassioned speeches like his because homosexuality will be the norm. It's 2010 people, enough with the hate!

[andrewrigney]

Excellent

[lhbn73]

@ TomsFriendKake What an hilarious mass generalisation you've managed to create and how original. I'm sure if you were bullied in school for something as ridiculous as this to the point where you were prepared to kill yourself the memory of it wouldn't upset you in the slightest. Everyone knows your'e the big man.

[Pongo4321234]

Search YouTube for "Chris Krok Responds to Joel Burns' Anti-bullying Comments During the Fort Worth City Council Meeting" and hear the disgusting rant by Dallas/Fort Worth radio talk show host Chris Krok. Contact KLIF 570am and the show's advertisers and tell them what you think. We need to get this fool off the air waves.

[vixbrad]

I love this guy!! what an inspiration!!!

[MikesBigGayCrafts]

gay people age slower than stressed out straight people.

[kdiabloj1]

Is it wrong that I think Joel is absolutely f-ing hot? I feel that’s it’s kind of bad. But his voice is so.......

[clemsonbloke]

He sure doesn't look 40 years old. I wish we all aged that gracefully.

[anantavijayguha]

@clemsonbloke is he really 40 ?

[clemsonbloke]

@anantavijayguha Yep he sure is, one source said 41! He sure looks young. I'm 36 and look older than him.

[johnblack627]

Je vous adore Joel Burns! Although the accent kind of makes me cringe.

[KleineTash]

I'm glad that he mentioned for those who are not being bullied to help take a stand against bullies. Bullies thrive on picking off and isolating children, I think it would go a long way to solving the problem if all children took a stand against it, not just those with the immediate problem.

[OKflaMAN]

Joel, Thank you so much.I`m a father of six boysbecause of the things I sufferd as a kid I thought them never ,never to bullyed.

Hurt mean Kids have been hurt them self.They need "professional help" them self!

[destroysweaterszz]

this man is a hero

[Pongo4321234]

Searcg Youtube for "Chris Krok Responds to Joel Burns' Anti-bullying Comments During the Fort Worth City Council Meeting" It will turn your stomach.

[dceces]

Teach children to celebrate diversity. It would go a long way to minimize bullying which occurs when someone is perceived as different.

[danseventyseven]

@dceces Word!!

[TPOTTHEPOETOFTRUTH]

@dceces Please read my poem - Homosexual teens.

[ighforever]

How should we end bullying in Schools? How about we use some shame court cases and remove God from our Schools, and all public places? Remove the Ten Commandments!

Do not teach Love, Compassion, Hope, Joy and Peace anywhere!

Lets give it a try, it may work to remove all Worship of a Holy God.

Look at History we can do it! Look how peaceful mankind has been, look how loving we really are! Ok, in the last Century or so mankind has exterminated half billion people. So what?

Jesus is Lord.

[Argonaut121]

God bless you Joel. You are a brave and selfless man. May God allow the bigots and see the error of their ways.

[kvkleef79]

@deathsduet0 I can see why you would post your address, since I don't see why anyone of us here would go to the trouble of looking you up. But if you had assumed that much, then where is the logic in suggesting that anyobody would go to even more trouble to actually pay you a visit?

[jeemo]

@deathsduet0 Thank you for proving that you don't have to be from the sticks to be trash. BTW, thanks for posting your address. Nobody's going to visit you, but boy, you're going to be getting more mail than Santa Clause pretty soon. I hope you like dildo catalogs, 'cuz that's what yer gittin'!

Dear internet - if you have a few minutes to kill and are up for some harmless mischief, why don't you help our friend deathsduet0 get exposed to some "culture". You have his address - be creative.

[jeemo]

In case deathsduet0 decides to remove the post with his address, I'll go ahead and repost it for him:

"1141, North Richmond st. APT# 3 Chicago, Illinois south side of Humboldt Park

60624 is the zip code in-case you fuck wits are to stupid to find it"

[keiferd11]

@jeemo LMAO....I'll lend a hand.....it's called trashing someones' mail....yeah, wait till he see's what mailing list(s) he's gonna end up on!!!....LMAO

[deathsduet0]

What surprises me is that any of you beleive the lies he spews, its polotic people, you want the gay/lesbian vote you either be gay or support them. HELLO

any way good for him who cares he a fag no one gives a fuck, move to Florida Miami beach I don't see any gays there going around killing themselves, no its only in his type of backwater hick towns.

Wow they committed suicide, its only getting spotlight becuase they are GAY go get fucked, millions commit suicide not just fags.

[bosco128150]

@deathsduet0

You would be wise to keep quiet...all you are doing is showing your ignorance and semi-illiterate condition. What are you? A junior high school drop out? Due to your obvious sub-normal IQ, I would guess.

Joel Burns is a productive member of, and an asset to society. His sexual orientation is of no consequence...it is his business and his alone.

Whereas you are obviously nothing but trash, probably living off of other people's tax money...you have no pride. Grow up.

[DENNISTHEMENACE48]

I often wondered if anyone would carry on the crusade after I was gone. NO need to worry with men like this HERO! God Bless you Joel......I love you......

[RImusclebear]

He is so handsome and a wonderful human being and the Evangelical Christians hate him. I am sure Jesus loves Joel much more than any Evangelical Chrstian.

[DarthOreoz]

I want blood

[mmebarki]

Takes so much courage to do what he does. What a hero.

[NuclearRubberDucky]

...that might be bad spelling

[NuclearRubberDucky]

Good,courageous man.

[TubeTrollster]

joel is pretty hot

[megstaz101]

3 People are STILL bullies........

[Aulpa]

I was bullied through elementary school and much of junior high. i thought of suicide many times during that time. i identify with this gentleman so much. I'm now a happily married man to a wonderful woman and i agree with his sentiment.

[Pongo4321234]

We're proud of Joel! Search Youtube for a video on a local DFW AM Radio talk show host and listen to the words of hate. Search "Chris Krok Responds to Joel Burns' Anti-bullying Comments During the Fort Worth City Council Meeting".

[eric251982]

This man is my hero. You rock Joel! I do want to raise a question though about him saying the bullying is about being "different." I agree with him but.....it has nothing to do with being fat. It is all about being gay. As a 14 year old I was fat, had horrible beaverish teeth. And I was gay. I had all three. The teeth and the weight were horrible bullying things to me, but the gay thing was 'secret' and scary. And my family was 100% accepting.

[riddemful]

An amazing beautiful man. god we need gay role models like this.

[riddemful]

An amazing beautiful man.

[spencerguitardster]

Powerful words.

[tinkapuss]

Excellent.

[rebeltarzy]

Beautiful!

[Drlabash]

Thanks Mr. Burns. Well said, well done.

[snager80]

hate is hate, no matter how subtle it is. not 'agreeing with that lifestyle' is just a subtler form of a tire-iron to the face.

[Gwynsek]

Thank you Joel for your wonderful speech !

[orgullotico2010]

Yeah! Yes is a hero, but a hero who has never take anybody's life!. A real one!

He is not an exception of a gay man because he does not look gay. The mayority of gay people don't look gay. That is the real problem!

[danceraustx]

@orgullotico2010 I'm sorry, I'm trying to understand your comment. What does " not look gay," and " That is the real problem!," mean? I mean no disrespect, but you make it sound like a gay person comes from another world. Like with straight people, there is a diversity of gay people: from the flamboyant to the discrete, from the over-weight to the athletic. We all are human beings. However, when someone is different than yourself, does that give you the right to harass them?

[orgullotico2010]

@danceraustx What I meant was that there is a huge amount of gay people who doesn’t look as society has picture them forever as gay people, meaning that there is a huge amount of people that is gay but don’t look feminine and that kind of stuff. I am a gay activist from Costa Rica, Central America. English is not my native language. I didn’t mean to say anything bad.

[orgullotico2010]

@danceraustx There are heroes who kill others for a “good reason”, like defending your country, and still are consider heroes. I meant he is a hero who has never still some one by standing up and speaking out for the kids who are being bullying all over the world.

[orgullotico2010]

Yeah! Yes is a hero, but a hero who has never take anybody's life!. A real one!

[condovo]

Hero

[justmuscle]

Joel,

Thanks for your courage to share this important personal experience with the visible platform that you are fortunate and courageous enough to have.

Jesse, SF, CA



[laybro]

everyone squabbling about religion, let it go. Joel Burns has done a good thing by caring about those within OUR society, because that's what it is, it's a society that all of us are a part of, so regardless of your personal views, just understand that he's just trying to help. Maybe not you, maybe not your kids, but someone you know will have been helped by this. Keep that in mind.

[MrSidesd]

"We need a better way of communication in our schools.With our teachers to our students.About all aeras of life too.Lol!!"

[toohotbo1]

WOW

[fiandrhi]

He got a standing ovation for his remarks in Texas. In Texas, mind you. I'm old enough to remember a time where he would have been booed and hissed at in almost any city in the US (outside of maybe San Francisco). Whatever "culture war" we've been living through is over. And the bigots lost. As they always do. :)

[Bucks2Star440]

@fiandrhi AHHHHH!!! YAYYYYY!!! You're so right! I mean the gay community and their supporters have got a long way to go but we are getting closer every day. :)

[k3Eb0]

thats the problem with the Bible, or at least the people who interpret the Bible. sadly, the Bible contains too much contradictions and mistranslations and considering the dark and vastly political history of Catholicism, the Bible has been edited by corrupt leaders to condemn their enemies and obtain power: sad but true. I am not discrediting the Bible in any way, just the people who misinterpret its message.

[leonardmatlovichCOM]

Thank you for posting these! - Michael Bedwell

[DarthQuola]

Kids are vicious.

@deathsduet0 and @michaelmemek should please shut off their computer. No true Christian would use these devices of the devil!

[michaelmemek]

@deathsduet0 AGREEEEEEE !!!!

[ValenAlvern]

@deathsduet0

Thats funny, considering Lot lives and bares children with his daughters... how strange it is. Not too mention the line"..going after strange flesh" which could mean having relations with people you do not know, to bestiality.

[AbubuLOL]

@deathsduet0 thats really funny since the bible also states that slavery is ok and that people who divorce and remarry should be killed, but then again, we overlook those and pull out the ones we agree with and leave out the ones we dont.

[MrSpitz99]

@deathsduet0 you just missed the whole point of joel's words. people like you, and the remarks you make, tell gay teens that they are wrong, unwanted, and scared. you think you're spreading the good word? people like you killed nine teenage boys in recent weeks. people like you need to put down your bible and open your eyes to the ramifications of your rhetoric. it is unforgivable to see nine boys kill themselves and then call them sinful, immoral sodomites. good day to you, sir.

[stuffedsonic]

@deathsduet0 : religion is dumb. you are proof. the end.

[kfgenius]

@deathsduet0 Awwww... does baby need a bottle?

[zachary048]

@deathsduet0 Your ridiculous man

[HCMos]

@deathsduet0 you sicken me.

[dudess4rent]

Texas should be proud.

[darthesgoobis123]

Rock on Joel. im not gay but i suport gay's 100%

[adfgfds]

@darthesgoobis123

People like you make a difference in our lives :3

[fleecydale]

What a hero! Thank you Joel.

[homsar13]

JOEL ROCKS

[TheVirginQueenShane]

Homophobes are 80% likely to be repressed Homosexuals.

[footballpads1]

We need an atheist government. I feel being gay is extremely irrelevant to whether or not a governing body is successful, as well as race. Governments are blinded by religion, which often gives us a bad result. Do things because they are right not because of a "god". We kill others in different countries while believing "our god will forgive us", we should not kill others because we really just shouldn't be doing that. I know this has nothing to do with the video, everyone is voicing I am too :)

[SpasticFlailure]

@footballpads1 AMEN.

(Hahaha....)

[eiddie98]

im not gay, But i <3 gay people :D

[theMBG]

@franklapore You're clearly not very productive in your own means of intelligence, so where do you come off telling people what is productive or not? (not being able to spell the word "purpose" really set you back a few steps. ) You should get off your computer and go do something that doesn't make you look like a completely worthless dickwad because I'm pretty sure that's what most people's mental image of you is right now. It really doesn't hurt to be nice to others once in a while.

[Zethux]

We need a gay president.

[angryinternetguy991]

@Zethux He'd be assasinated in 5 seconds

[ThumbprintTheatrics]

@angryinternetguy991 I know. Horrible, but totally true.

[theoblivion87]

@Zethux Not really lol whether the president is gay or not is irrelevant.  We need a president who's not terrible at their job, which is something we haven't had in a long time...

[Bdwag]

@Zethux yeha but we all know that the amount of *normal :|* people there are outweighs amount of lgbt people ub usa

[ohmss069]

@Zethux

Sign me up! :)

[GreyErmine]

@Zethux I'd prefer to live in a society where a politician's sexuality is a non-issue, but hey.

[sip615]

@Zethux How about an african american lesbian woman? haha. no but seriously I agree with you and someday it will happen.

[epiksonik]

@sip615

perfect leader i believe, an african american lesbian woman :)

[epiksonik]

@Zethux

gay president all the way !

[Jazzpode]

good point about parents not knowing everything that goes on in our kids' lives. Pay attention, parents!  Communicate with your parents, kids!

[tabula123456]

@franklapore

well are you protesting a bit much or what?...Hiding something are yah.??..go and visit the Middlesexes experiment you fucking retard..and come out of that closet you ignorant fuck. you're a closet homosexual and the only reason you're here to type about men sucking other mens cock...is because you get of on it...just remember...when ur typing..it creates mental images...and that's what gets you off..

And there's you thinking you have everyone fooled...lol...

[kraftpr]

Well-spoken! I hope many heed your advice. Thank you!

[damoosicman]

president joel burns? most likely not, but hopefully a goal after having a black person is office

[jwineroth]

Whether or not you think being gay is a choice or that it is wrong or right..it is not ok to bully someone. You are entitled to your opinions and even if you disagree with people being gay, that doesn't give you the right to bully them or turn a blind eye to their being bullied. Not ok.

[shelm]

@franklapore Joel Burns is an amazing hero. YOU must have been looking in the mirror when you wrote that filth. But then bullies never see themselves.

[Syniqal]

@franklapore: I pity you.

[harrrbo]

A hero ,great man!

[TVWriterGuy]

i've worked with Christians and I've worked with gays. Gays can be petty, but Christians are by far the cruelest and most unkind people I've ever met.

[IPawnt]

@TVWriterGuy Fanatic Christians* ...not all of us are cruel. By claiming all Christians are cruel, you are being no better than the bullies who attack gays for being who they are. One of the most ironic comments I've read in quite a while. Good job.

[macc300]

@franklapore and there is no reason for you to of been giving a life.

[JimmyLauletta]

@franklapore LMAO! YOU are the mentally ill one! God help you and keep you away from the general public.

[xReTry]

@franklapore learn how to spell u dumb shit...

[melitamike]

Compassionate and curageous. He is my new hero!!

[deathsduet0]

as much a christian as I am I hate that style of life from my up bringing, sodomy (being gay) is a moral sin, but its just that its a style of life not a person not a thing not an object, its a style of life nothing more.

Most people hate the style of life and project that hate onto the person, no we should love the person and accept them for who they are not the choices they made, no matter how pure and just you are you have sinned.

[JimmyLauletta]

@deathsduet0 Christ doesn't "hate". Shame on you.

[shelm]

@deathsduet0 You probally have no idea how UN-Christian you sound.

[GenerationB0RED]

@deathsduet0 By "style of life", do you mean an honest and authentic one?

[MrDarchie]

@deathsduet0 WOW...you're a complete idiot. It's people like you that give Christians a bad name.

[jakasama]

joel got balls to go right into the crossfire.... he is the man

[hallenw]

Joel you are a HERO and a role model. I wish more people would stand up and let the bullies of the world know that the oppressed have POWER. I have personally stepped in whenever I see someone being picked on for ANY reason. Anyone can be a hero by helping to defend the defenseless whenever they can. Don't just stand there and watch it happen. Make a difference!

Thanks Joel. You are MY Hero.

[pencilsharpenner42]

Loved this video.Have watched it many times.I too have a story Like that and Know things get batter too.This also reminds me of a gay themed movie called.The Hanging Garden.Thanks Joel Burns.

[iggreen85]

You are a real man sir and i applaude you for your truth & Honesty

[jenniferclason]

What a hero.

[mrsrjv]

what you have done and how many lives who have saved we will never know but that is good thing a true hero!!!

[yoalizeraps]

The speech was so moving and courageous. Joel Burns is a class act. It's sad that it took this dire situation, with the rash of teen suicides, for people to speak out and for others to actually care to listen. Thanks to Joel Burns. This message will save lives.

[Ragnaer]

Joel is my hero

[jackiepoo87]

Joel is a hero for all suicidal teens, especailly gay teens!

[TreagDonaldson]

purple tie! be sure to wear purple in honor of these young men who have taken their lives on october 20th. Let's let everyone being bullied know that they need to hold on. IT GETS BETTER!

[taigo76]

Thanks joel :)

[jjghs1]

Thanks Joel! You are my hero!

[weepysmurf]

thanks for posting! i posted this one on my channel! good job!