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Dan Savage, on his own experiences growing up as a gay teenager: [full interview on Fresh Air here] “The bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why he’s being bullied. I couldn’t go home and open up to my parents. I did think about suicide briefly — not because the bullying had gotten so bad, but because I thought that it would be the good Catholic-son thing to do for my parents.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liipbnLy2M1qd9dz2o1_400.jpg)
Dan Savage, on his own experiences growing up as a gay teenager: [full interview on Fresh Air here] “The bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why he’s being bullied. I couldn’t go home and open up to my parents. I did think about suicide briefly — not because the bullying had gotten so bad, but because I thought that it would be the good Catholic-son thing to do for my parents.”
