The Most Inspiring Celebrity Speeches on Gay Teen Suicide

Joel Burns tells the most personal story yet on the most public forum, in front of an entire city council.

It's 12 minutes long, but beautiful and 100% worth it.

Possibly the most powerful message a gay celebrity has delivered thus far (this list will be updated and added to forever as new videos are made, so feel free to bookmark this list), Tim Gunn delivers a very important message to gay teens who are contemplating suicide.

That message is that he was once exactly where they are.

Tim Gunn's very public admission that he not only went through a lot of the depression that gay teens are going through right now, but that it was in a different time and that he actually did try to kill himself really should hit home. A lot of these videos are people who everyone is familiar with giving head-clearing, level-headed advice.

This comes from a man who not only went through what gay teens are going through right now, but probably with the same amount, if not more, bullying and he actually went for the worst case scenario.

He regrets doing it wholeheartedly and knows that when he did that he was wrong. A truly heartfelt and emotional response from an extremely popular gay celebrity.302850,-591238480,"www.ranker.com/list/top-10-most-brutal-anti-masturbation-devices/robert-wabash","A long, long time ago, a physician named Tissot came to the conclusion that to ejaculate meant that a man would lose "vital fluids" central to his well-being. Every e*********n would lead to a consistent loss and therefore a decrease his energy and his ability to be active in life. Intercourse didn’t count because a woman made up for the "vital fluids" loss by receiving it and giving back energy.

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Anne Hathaway, Jenny McCarthy, Ian Somerhalder, Greg Grunberg, Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz Erika Jayne, Ashley Roberts, Shay Michell, Kristin Cavallari, Katherina Graham, Candice Accola and Rex Lee (who plays Lloyd on Entourage) got together to make a compilation video telling people that no matter what happens, it gets better.

It's absolutely amazing to see a collection of celebrities rallying for such a great cause. From pin-ups, to Oscar-nominated actresses, to action stars, to reality TV tabloid starlets, they all advocate finding help at the Trevor Project, a free, 24-hour, national hotline for LGBT people contemplating suicide.

Here's the info:
1-866-4-U-Trevor

1-866-488-7386

www.thetrevorproject.org
www.facebook.com/thetrevorproject
www.twitter.com/trevorproject
www.youtube.com/trevorprojectmedia
www.socialvibe.com/thetrevorproject

The day that the 4th gay teen suicide surfaced (Tyler Clementi) Ellen Degeneres sat at her chair, where she usually dances or interviews the newest, most fun celebrities and figures from the LGBT community, and made an earnest, serious comment.

"This needs to be a wake up call to everyone that teenage bullying and teasing is an epidemic in this country and the epidemic is climbing. One life lost in this senseless way is tragic, four lives lost is a crisis."

This is another amazing call to action that is thankfully being rallied thanks to Dan Savage's Trevor Project.

Sarah Silverman, usually trying to be funny in some way and often leaving her punchlines until the end of her statements had nothing snarky to say (beyond the quote from the drug commercial from the 80s where the child says "I learned it from watching you.")

Sarah says:

"Dear America, when you tell gay Americans that they can't serve their country openly or marry the person that they love, you're telling that to kids too. So don't be f**king shocked and wonder where all these bullies are coming from that are torturing young kids and driving them to kill themselves because they're different.

They learned it from watching you."

While this may not be exactly "inspirational", it is something that is not really thought about enough and definitely not said often enough for it to hit home. It's an eye-opening statement that needs to be spread and repeated..