I sometimes get discouraged by the unwillingness of other people to show their support for those who need it most. I encounter this as both and animal rights advocate and LGBT advocate. Recently Ethan and I attended a kick off event for the Week of Respect as part of National Bullying Awareness Month. Part of the evening included a screening of the documentary, Bullied. At this event there were a total of 17 attendees not counting members of the various organizations who were there as part of a panel. During the event I had several eye opening, soul stirring moments. Our town, where the event took place, is considered very liberal and open. In fact, 20 percent of the families have either 2 moms or 2 dads. Nevertheless, we couldn’t get members of the LGBT community to show up for an anti-bullying discussion. I am choosing to ignore the lack
October 17, 2013
