Tumblr is purple today to commemorate the lives lost to the prejudice and hate caused by homophobia, specifically six young men who took their lives because of abuse put against them just because of their sexual preferences. Regardless of whether you support gay rights, you have to support human rights and bullying or hurting someone just because of whom they are attracted to is a violation of the most basic human rights.

So to show my support for those lost, the families they’ve left behind and the countless others dealing with issues of injustice leveled towards them I post a song from one of my favourite bands, rather aptly it’s Animal Nitrate by Suede. A song sometimes attributed to the gay community, the first music video to feature a same sex kiss and sung by Brett Anderson, one of the few men I find attractive. (I’m straight in case you were wondering).

To a brighter future.

  1. cactusmatt posted this