Sweet story

After a guy at their high school was bullied for wearing pink, two seniors bring 75 pink tank tops for people to wear in solidarity. 

I'm tagging this for homosexuality not because the bullied kid was gay, it doesn't say either way, but because that was explicitly why he was bullied.  The two guys are cool, they should get their own Disney miniseries or something.  Although they may be too hip for that as seniors

I think this gets to the idea of what role models can be.  Not so much that everyone wants to be like them because they made the news.  But because they lay down an examples other can follow.  Even with changing attitudes, bullying of homosexuals, suspected homosexuals, and by accusing people of being homosexuals aren't going to completely go away.  But there should be a lot more people pushing back.

Via Sullivan who notes that Dan Savage is looking to organize some show of thanks towards these guys.

Comments

[Moti]

This is a good sign, I agree. I don't know that there is likely to be a big uptick in these sorts of shows of solidarity, but that there are some does provide hope. And once there is a model set forth, people find it easier to follow. It doesn't take imagination anymore. =P