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You are my hero.
Thank you! I officially have no shame:
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You are my hero.
I am far from a famous skater (just an adult skater trying to pass my tests and get to nationals) but I'm going to make a video. No matter who you are, you are not alone.
living in Japan, i do not understand why dose just being a figure skater become a cause of bullying.
there are a lot of non-gay figure skater in the world and so it dosent mean you are gay just because you are a figure skater.
i think the problem is that north america has some strong stereotypes like man should play rugby or ice hockey and girls should be cheer leaders.
that's why it happened
America really isn't on the frontier for gay rights...I say that as a gay American from a state where not even civil unions are legal...
And the new bullying trend through internet is really bad, I dont know if it is even worse cause it happens behind computers, mostly anonymously and without being able to control it. We have a section with children learning pc at work and it shows how much they react to the opinion of their internet friends, thats really worrying.
living in Japan, i do not understand why dose just being a figure skater become a cause of bullying.
there are a lot of non-gay figure skater in the world and so it dosent mean you are gay just because you are a figure skater.
i think the problem is that north america has some strong stereotypes like man should play rugby or ice hockey and girls should be cheer leaders.
that's why it happened
I agree that expectations toward gender behaviors seem less dichotomous in the Orient than in North America. What is considered neutral in the East can be seen as "effeminate" in the West.
I also think the Western "masculinity-centered" value system fosters a culture of bullying, at least in terms of accepting it as an inevitable part of life. Although bullying has no cultural boundary, it seems to me that there is more bullying going on in North America than in the oriental country where I grew up.
Good news. Johnny Weir tweeted in support of Spirit Day and Jeremy Abbott retweeted the message. That's something.
In the midst of all this, may I just say that Jamie Hubley was a decent, kind and good kid who loved skating and who had a great family. My son skated with him and against him, and is devastated by this news. Let's not forget in all of this that a good kid has died.
a friend of a friend of mine's daughter also skated with Jamie and is devastated. She noted that even though Jamie ultimately felt alone he had a great support system in family and friends...