Globe edorial: No, Rick Mercer, not all gay public figur need to step forward - The Globe and Mail

Contents:

• NO, RICK MERCER, NOT ALL GAY PUBLIC FIGUR NEED TO STEP FORWARD
• RICK MERCER’S TELEVISN RANT AGAST THE BULLYG OF GAY TEENS GO VIRAL
• IS RICK MERCER GAY?
• RICK MERCER LLS FOR ROLE MOLS FOR GAY TEENS
• JAMIE HUBLEY SUICI: RICK MERCER'S PASSNATE RANT ON GAY BULLYG (VIDEO)
• RICK MERCER SAYS GAY TEENS NEED MORE ROLE MOLS
• GAY KIDS NEED TO 'GET BETTER' NOW, RICK MERCER RANTS

NO, RICK MERCER, NOT ALL GAY PUBLIC FIGUR NEED TO STEP FORWARD

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Is Rick Mercer gay?

he would put on gay people public life. "I know gay ps, soldiers, athlet, bet misters, " the 42-year-old Mr.

RICK MERCER’S TELEVISN RANT AGAST THE BULLYG OF GAY TEENS GO VIRAL

Mercer, who is gay, said on his CBC-TV show this week. Gay teenagers need them as role mols, he said, bee gay teens are beg bullied, and some take their own liv – Jamie Hubley, jt 15, of Ottawa, did so this month. "If you're gay and you're public life...

Mercer would impose a burn on gay people that is on no one else our society. That is a very big burn, different (and yet not so different) is om the burn of recent tim which gay people felt they had to keep their orientatn secret, even om fay members. One of the signal victori of the past few s has been to ee gay people om the burn of secrecy.

There are many reasons why some gay ps, soldiers, athlet and policians might wish not to be open about their orientatn. Would every gay person now need to hold a news nference? Mercer may be right that if all gay athlet, soldiers, etc., were somehow able to make their orientatn known far and wi, would rce the power of stereotype and spread tolerance.

IS RICK MERCER GAY?

It might weaken the posn of the bulli, or at least give fort to vulnerable gay Mr.

RICK MERCER LLS FOR ROLE MOLS FOR GAY TEENS

Mercer is sayg amounts to this: falls to succsful gay adults to protect vulnerable gay teens om the problems associated wh beg 's wrong. The job of protectg gay teens or anyone else om bullyg falls to everyone.

JAMIE HUBLEY SUICI: RICK MERCER'S PASSNATE RANT ON GAY BULLYG (VIDEO)

Sexualy: Gay. In November 2010, Mercer joed the It Gets Better mpaign, a seri of vios that aim to help gay and lbian youth overe bullyg.

He regards his personal life as private, and says ltle about public beyond acknowledgg that he is gay; a 2011 terview on CBC Rad One's The Current, he clarified that he tri "to live [his] life as an out gay man" but don't specifilly mentn his sexualy on Rick Mercer Report bee 's jt "not what the show is about". OTTAWA – Openly gay edian Rick Mercer seems to have stck a chord wh his ll for an end to bullyg school by llg attentn to the problem wh one of his signature “rants. Mercer add his voice Tuday to the chos of lls om opn makers that the bullyg of gay teens school be featured the issue one of his rants, a popular fixture on his CBC televisn program “The Rick Mercer Report.

RICK MERCER SAYS GAY TEENS NEED MORE ROLE MOLS

” The segment is now rackg up hs on YouTube, wh nearly 126, 000 as of Thursday lls have been sparked by this month’s suici of openly gay Ottawa teenager Jamie Hubley who was bullied relentlsly by his the vio, Mercer pots out that every year Canada, 300 kids m suici _ a number he lls “md-bogglg. He not only tak schools to task for not dog more to al wh bullyg and fdg out who exactly is rponsible, but he also says adults _ particularly gay adults who are public figur _ need to stand up and be role mols for gay teens. Mercer says he knows gay ps, soldiers, athlet and bet misters, for example.

“So if you’re gay and you’re public life, I’m sorry, you don’t have to n around wh a Pri flag and bore the hell out of everyone, but you n’t be visible _ not anymore, ” Mercer says his rant. Much like a great many other celebri, has long been speculated the qutn - Rick Mercer is gay? While folks still say Rick Mercer is gay, their ments hold no nsistency or accuracy of any kd.

GAY KIDS NEED TO 'GET BETTER' NOW, RICK MERCER RANTS

The g out of Rick Mercer would greatly benef lns of homosexuals around the world who are still the closet. Celebri such as Rick Mercer have not admted they are homosexual, this is bee they are not at all gay or bee they are and should not go public. Regardls of what people may thk, is creasgly mon for people to openly adm to beg gay, even more beg such an important such as artist Rick Mercer.

Rick Mercer is Gay.

So what if he is or isn't gay. He's Gay, and sce he isn't Jewish, he's a Gay Goy, bet there won't be too many other Policians dippg their to the water wh him, then aga, I always wonred about T and that M. I always wonred how they me up wh word Gay, most of them I met are pretty damn unhappy wh their lot life.