Jamie Hubley's Suicide

Hey everyone,

Today's post is going to be a little more serious and somber. A teenage boy named Jamie Hubley commited suicide about 2 weeks ago. He went to A.Y Jackson High School and was in Grade 10. This boy was smart, talented, funny and witty. He loved to figure skate and dance. So why did he kill himself? Because the cruelty, bullying and discrimination he faced from being openly GAY was too much to handle. This post is not about how being gay is "bad", "not right" or anything else under the sun. If that is your view on this and you're going to comment and say just that, you can leave and go read another blog because I will not tolerate that here.

I have a friend who recently commited suicide as well. He was a 16 year old Gr. 12 student and was one of the funniest people I've ever met. His suicide hit me hard and has affected me deeply and I'm struggling with it. Jamie's suicide makes me so upset as well, even though I didn't know him personally. I'm literally sitting here hyperventilating and my blood is boiling because I'm so angry. Not at Jamie for killing himself, but at the mean, disrespectful and cruel people who called him names, chipped away at his self-confidence and bullied him right into his grave. This is not okay. This is not alright and this is not something that should be taken as a grain of salt or pushed to the back of peoples' minds. A boy DIED because he felt like he could not survive in this world anymore from being treated so badly. How can we sit back and ignore this? Close our eyes? Turn our backs? Forget that this is happening?

We can't. We won't. I seriously cannot put into words the feelings I have right now. All I can say is that Jamie Hubley's death is 1 too many. No more people should have to feel like the only way out of their lives is death. No matter if they are gay or straight, black or white, everyone deserves the chance to feel safe, secure and happy in their schools and homes and lives. This bullying, name calling, prejudice and discrimination will not go away on its own. It's up to US, the people who are still left, to fight the fight that these kids could not. The next time you hear someone call someone gay, a faggot, a homo, tell them to choose another word. I don't care if you don't agree with people being gay. Even if you don't agree, it's not okay that people are called that and you are not being a Christian or good, moral person by walking by and saying nothing.

Look his name up on line: Jamie Hubley. Tell me that this has not made a wave that has disrupted our society. We are his age. If one more person can help and combat all of this bullying, some change has been made.

John 13:34
"A new command I give to you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

(The photo is of Jamie. It's not mine, I didn't take it. I got it from his Facebook page. I don't own the rights to it.)
Happy Wednesday guys.
Let's make a difference.