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Glee's Gay Suici PSA: It Got Worse

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'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN'WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ... ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY,' TREVOR PROJECT TERIM CEO TELLS MTV NEWS.BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012/7:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012 / 7:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELL"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUDAY NIGHT'S WTER FALE OF "GLEE" TACKLED THE DIFFICULT TOPIC OF TEEN BULLYG AND SUICI. DAVID KAROFSKY (MAX ADLER) -- WHO BULLIED KURT (CHRIS COLFER) BEE OF HIS SEXUALY ONLY TO BE REVEALED LATER AS GAY HIMSELF -- TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER TEAMMAT AT HIS NEW SCHOOL DISVERED THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS GAY AND VICLY HARASSED HIM VERBALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAROFSKY'S ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCSFUL BUT BROUGHT THE SUBJECT TO THE FOREONT FOR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS. AND WHILE THE SHOW'S CISN TO TAKE ON THE TOPIC WAS BOLD, THE PORTRAYAL HAS SPIRED A MIXED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE VIEWERS WHO FELT THE TOPIC WAS HANDLED FTLY AND WH GREAT RE IS DAVID MCFARLAND, THE TERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NATNAL ANIZATN THAT PROVIS CRISIS AND SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG YOUTH. THE GROUP AIRED A MUCH-DISCSED [ARTICLE ID="1679649"]PSA FEATURG "HARRY POTTER" STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE[/ARTICLE] DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S CLEAR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S EPISO THAT RYAN MURPHY AND HIS TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOG THEIR REARCH TO TELL A TOUGH STORY AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE VOLVED AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNY TO AIR TREVOR'S PSA WH DANIEL RADCLIFFE," MCFARLAND TOLD MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (FEBARY 22).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS, HOWEVER, PLAED THAT THE EPISO HAD TOO MANY ADDNAL STORY L -- A TEEN WEDDG, THE REGNALS' SGG PETN AND A MAJOR CINT FOR ONE OF THE PRCIPAL CHARACTERS THAT WE WON'T SPOIL HERE -- WHICH ULTIMATELY SERVED TO OVERSIMPLIFY AND TRIVIALIZE AN IMPORTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS' OWN "GLEE" RE-PPER, KEV SULLIVAN, TOOK PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO A MENT MA BY MR. SCHUTER, WHO REVEALED THAT HIS OWN SUICI ATTEMPT WAS PROMPTED BY BEG UGHT CHEATG ON A MATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SUICI HAS SO MANY ASPECTS TO NSIR THAT NNOT BE GLOSSED OVER THE SAME HOUR THAT FEATUR A REGNAL SHOW CHOIR PETN AND A FICTNAL WEDDG," SULLIVAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCFARLAND DISAGREED, HOWEVER, SAYG HE THOUGHT THE EPISO WAS AN EXAMPLE OF RPONSIBLE STORYTELLG. "[THE TREVOR PROJECT WASN'T] TOLD ADVANCE ... WHAT THE EPISO WAS GOG TO BE, WE WEREN'T ON-SET ADVISORS TO THE EPISO," MCFARLAND ADD. "WE'VE BEEN VOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THEY WERE GOG TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT SUICI, WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ACCS TO ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SEEMED TO BE SLOPPY PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALSO RAISED SOME EYEBROWS GIVEN THE SUBJECT MATTER. AFTER A MEMBER OF MCKLEY'S CHRISTIAN STUNT CLUB (A.K.A. THE "GOD SQUAD") MENTNS THAT THEY'RE SENDG KAROFSKY AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT, WE LATER SPOT THE U BOUQUET WHEN KURT VISS THE HOSPAL. AND WHEN WARBLER SEBASTIAN ANNOUNC THAT HIS TEAM WILL BE TAKG DONATNS FOR LADY GAGA'S [ARTICLE ID="1677562"]BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN[/ARTICLE] AT REGNALS, SOME ULDN'T HELP BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN'S ANTI-BULLYG MISSN ALIGNS WELL WH THE EPISO'S MSAGE, SOME FANS QUTNED THE WISDOM OF PLUGGG THE YET-TO-LNCH ANIZATN OF A MAJOR POP STAR WHEN OTHER, LS-VISIBLE ANIZATNS HAVE MONSTRATED THEIR WORK ON THE MATTER. STILL, MCFARLAND THKS THE SHOW DID A GREAT SERVICE BY PUTTG THE TOPIC OF LGBT TEEN SUICI ON A LARGE NATNAL PLATFORM; HE'S HAPPY THE SUBJECT IS GETTG THE NATNAL ATTENTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S BEG DISCSED ON MANY PLATFORMS AND LEVELS THROUGHOUT THIS UNTRY, CLUDG ON THE RADAR SCREEN OF THE PRINT AND FIRST LADY OF THE UNED STAT," MCFARLAND SAID. "AND A STORY LIKE THIS RERC THE IMPORTANT ATTENTN THAT THIS UNTRY NEEDS TO GIVE TO WHAT IS TLY A HEALTH CRISIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE REALLY NEED TO PROVI SAFE SPAC AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH AND THAT EPISO TOLD THAT STORY BETIFULLY," HE NTUED. "MORE OF THE STORI NEED TO BE TOLD, MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. OVERALL, WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE PROVIDG SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY NEED TO FEEL SOCIALLY, EMOTNALLY AND PHYSILLY SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT HOME, THEIR MUNI AND THEIR SCHOOLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TUDAY'S EPISO OF "GLEE" THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

David Karofsky (Max Adler) -- who bullied Kurt (Chris Colfer) bee of his sexualy only to be revealed later as gay himself -- tried to kill himself after teammat at his new school disvered the football player was gay and vicly harassed him verbally and onle. And while the show's cisn to take on the topic was bold, the portrayal has spired a mixed the viewers who felt the topic was handled ftly and wh great re is David McFarland, the terim executive director and CEO of the Trevor Project, a natnal anizatn that provis crisis and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng youth. Glee will rpond to the suici of gay llege stunt Tyler Clementi wh an episo foced on the day-to-day fear and isolatn many gay teens face, E!

GLEE PLANS EPISO RPONDG TO GAY TEEN’S SUICI

Gleewill rpond to the suici of gay llege stunt Tyler Clementi wh an episo foced on the day-to-day fear and isolatn many gay teens face, E! His ath followed three other recent suicis by teens who had reportedly suffered anti-gay bullyg and abe: California's Seth Walsh and Texas' Asher Brown, both 13, and Indiana's Billy Lus, 15.

Ellen DeGener: Teenage bullyg is an epimic Members of the Glee st said they had jt learned of show creator Ryan Murphy's plans for an episo foced on gay teens. Glee's twist on fah Lus' ath sparked lumnist and thor Dan Savage to create a YouTube channel, It Gets Better, which gay adults disurage teens om suici.

GLEE'S GAY SUICI PSA: IT GOT WORSE

Last night's episo, amed as a rponse to the rash of gay suicis early this year was extraordary Mr. 'Kurt meets Blae, a gay stunt at a more tolerant school, and turns to him for advice. I let bulli chase me away and is somethg I really advice to gay teens is misleadg and dangero.

This is the goal of Natnal Comg Out Day, which tri to unrme harmful perceptns of queer people by remdg straights that there are gay people your everyday life, and they do not match the slurs.

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