no words.

Another suicide by a gay teenager, this time one who jumped off the bridge I can see from my street. Tyler Clementi, dead at 18, college freshman.

The whole story is gross and heartbreaking and upsetting, and whether his sexuality was the deciding factor in his suicide or not, it certainly can't be discounted.

Either this is reaching kind of epic proportions, or the media is finally putting the right label on a lot of teen suicides - they weren't suicidal simply because they were bullied (though that is enough).  They killed themselves because they couldn't bear to be who they were, because the world keeps telling gay kids that what they are is shameful, gross, perverted. 

They are none of those things.  They are perfect just the way they are.

Rest in peace Tyler, Seth, Asher, Billy, and all the other kids out there who couldn't see that it gets better.

Man, it really does get better.  Unless your college roommate is Dharun Ravi, who I hope gets the full weight of the law thrown at his FACE.

I just want to hug every queer kid in the world today.