Memorials for EricJames
Two memorial services are planned for EricJames, who succumbed to suicide Wednesday, January 11, in Visalia, California. EricJames, as he was known to his friends, was 19, and his death has struck a...
View ArticleThe Children Will Listen
Dr. Steven Palmer, of Visalia, California, shared this post on his Facebook today: Long before I began my intimate relationship with the LGBTQ community, before my son came out as gay, when my two kids...
View ArticleChange the sequel 2012
Many sequels are simply the same story, repeated. Let’s change the sequel when it comes to bullying and suicide. Help us to stop bullying and prevent suicide by taking the ElevenEleven Challenge to...
View ArticleNotes left by EricJames
The site Gay USA has posted excerpts from the notes left by EricJames. (Suicide claims another LGBT youth: Eric James Borges, 19) In them, he requests that $500 go to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way...
View ArticleJennifer’s Eulogy to EricJames
At his chosen family memorial, Jennifer McGuire, the “Mama Badger” who took Eric into her home after he was kicked out of his parent’s, gave this moving eulogy. The crowd was in tears as it rose to...
View ArticleWe lose another to gay bullying
Another gay teen has taken his own life after enduring years of bullying. Rafael Morelos, 14, hanged himself January 29, 2012, in Cashmere, Washington. His middle school principle, Rob Cline, told the...
View ArticleFamily Acceptance Project speaker to visit rural California
Tulare County is located in the vast Central Valley of California, is the nation’s #1 dairy producer, and ranks consistently #2 or #3 in overall agricultural production in the United States. Visalia,...
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