There are too many narrow-minded people telling the minority of good, sensitive souls what is and what ain’t. It’s about time those who’ve been through the ringer already stood up for what’s right, good on you Miss Weiss!
Dear World, please watch this video I made.
*****WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?******
From Dan Savage’s column about Billy Lucas:
“Billy Lucas was just 15 when he hanged himself in a barn on his grandmother’s property. He reportedly endured intense bullying at the hands of his classmates—classmates who called him a fag and told him to kill himself. His mother found his body…. I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better.
“But gay adults aren’t allowed to talk to these kids. Schools and churches don’t bring us in to talk to teenagers who are being bullied. Many of these kids have homophobic parents who believe that they can prevent their gay children from growing up to be gay—or from ever coming out—by depriving them of information, resources, and positive role models.
“Why are we waiting for permission to talk to these kids? We have the ability to talk directly to them right now. We don’t have to wait for permission to let them know that it gets better. We can reach these kids.”
Read Dan’s entire column here: http://tinyurl.com/3xmu4le
Seriously, you guys.
A man’s gotta do what a man said he’d do! Well played, Elliot!
It is with great pleasure that I present to you a video of the lovely and talented Elliot Jacobson getting his chest waxed by the equally lovely and talented Allie “Queen of Pain” Moss.
Elliot volunteered to perform this feat of pain endurance if you all helped me reach my Kickstarter goal in 2 days. You made it happen in 28 hours. Thank you thank you thank you.
I asked Elliot to try and shout the names of Kickstarter donors who i randomly selected… He got through Nicholas Montgomery and Esteban Gomez before resigning himself to more predictable “ow!”s and “askrgjajshgdlhdfg”s.
This video was edited swiftly and skillfully by Dannielle Owens-Reid.
Want to keep an eye on my Kickstarter progress?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/j…
You can learn more about my wonderful friends here:
ELLIOT
http://elliotjacobson.tumblr.com/
http://elliotjacobson.tumblr.com/
ALLIE
http://alliemoss.com/
http://alliemoss.tumblr.com/
DANNIELLE
http://dannielle.tumblr.com/
http://everyoneisgay.tumblr.com/
Jenny Owen Youngs on what Kickstarter means to her
The good folks at More Than the Music were kind enough to ask me questions about this Kickstarter project and listen politely to my long-winded answers. Boom:
http://www.morethanthemusic.co.uk/2010/07/11/jenny-owen-youngs/
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As an added bonus incentive, if you donate AT LEAST $20 (which is only £13 right now!) or more to Jenny I’ll send you a complete set of shots taken at Monto Water Rats in London during her last awesome headlining gig in the UK plus piano stylings from the very accomplished Alex Berger.
So I will provide you with a set of (desktop) wallpaper sized images to decorate your computer/other preferred device with to your heart’s content. If you like any of the shots enough, then we can talk about a high res image of your choice that can be printed out up to A3 size!
As with Jenny’s incentives, my pictures will only be available when the project is successfully funded. If for some crazy reason you want a print from me personally, this can also be arranged!
Take a look at my other photography and email me if you’re interested.
Thanks for being awesome!
I reckon all pictures of “Jenny” and “Allison” together must have been the work of a genius photoshopper…
THE TRANSFORMATION IS COMPLETE
