Can you say, "FURIOUS"???

Hubby received an e-mail from gay.com with the following subject line: Vote for the Hottest Guy of the It Gets Better series. I almost went ballistic.

See http://daily.gay.com/lifestyle/2011/02/vote-hottest-guys-of-the-it-gets-better-series.html for the article. (Thankfully I'm not alone in raking gay.com over the coals for this bullshit.)

Now, a little background first. I wrenched my back a week ago, reinjuring my two herniated discs, and have been pretty much sofa-bound since last Saturday when I somehow managed to drive home in a delirious state from Savannah. Between the pain-killers and muscle-relaxants I've been pretty much a lump of general pain. But this ridiculous promo snapped me out of the self-induced coma pretty quickly.

"What the FUCK! That is just WRONG." My screaming certainly put hubby on alert.

Author Joe Thompson offers some lame excuses about trying to return our focus to the real point of IGB, like people making jokes at parties about the project (Jesus H!, what kind of parties is he going to???? and why does he not smack these people and call them on the carpet for such stupid remarks???), and he thinks that voting for the hottest man is going to do this? How about asking us to view some of the over-looked videos? How about taking to task people who have turned this into self-promotion? Nope. Let's VOTE for the hottest man to make a video. Is he fucking insane?

THIS! This is exactly what makes me sick about the gay community: shallow, always sexual, vapid, narcissistic bullshit. Really nice message for the fat kid from Iowa. (um, that would be me 35 years ago). "Only the hot ones should avoid suicide. You fat kids? Go ahead and do it." "Oh, and lesbians? Puleazzze!"

IGB was one of the few really positive projects I've seen in a long time with a very specific goal to help young people struggling with their sexuality. I can attest, It DOES get better. Even fat kids from Iowa can have fulfilling lives, where dreams come true, where you have passionate sex, where you learn to love yourself and others. And you don't have to be "hot" to do it.

And to anybody who even thought for a minute that making a little video for the IGB project was a way to project their "hotness?" Shame on you. But you know what? I don't think these guys were thinking that. Like me, they were generally sickened that a young man or woman would commit suicide because of their sexuality. And they hoped to stop the next young person from taking that step.

Rant over. I feel better.