Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#1Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 11:00am
What’s with all the young gay males committing suicide in the last few weeks? Is it that support systems at colleges in America are breaking down or is it all just a coincidence? It is being reported that Wednesday, September 29th, 19 year old Raymond Chase committed suicide via a hanging in his dorm room. The Sophomore at Johnson & Wales seemed happy, but clearly there was more going on inside than he showed outside.
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#2Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 11:04amI want to scream.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#2Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 11:14am
It's sad to say that there have been TWO others after Raymond Chase. Here's a list:
Billy Lucas, 15: September 9, 2010. Indiana
Cody J. Barker, 17: September 13, 2010. Wisconsin
Seth Walsh, 13: September 19, 2010. California
Tyler Clementi, 18: September 22, 2010. New Jersey
Asher Brown, 13: September 23, 2010. Texas
Harrison Chase Brown, 15: September, 25 2010. Colorado
Raymond Chase, 19: September 29, 2010. Rhode Island
Felix Sacco, 17: September 29, 2010. Massachusetts
Caleb Nolt, 14: September 30, 2010. Indiana
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#3Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 12:32pmI was thinking this morning, we are now hearing about all of these young men taking their own lives, I wonder if this is happening also with young gay women. If so, are we just not hearing about them because the focus is on all of these young men. And how many have we lost that we don't know about?
Just give the world Love.
#4Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 2:06pm
Men are statistically more likely to go through with a suicide attempt than women are, which may account for the fact we don't hear about young gay females killing themselves very often (the discrepancy between male and female suicide is actually quite high, with some reports suggesting there's a 10:1 ratio).
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#5Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 4:13pm
But Focus on the Family and the Christian Taliban say it's the homosexuals who are doing the bullying?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e-7f7iK-lY&feature=
http://www.bulliedbygays.com/
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#6Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 4:15pmIs that second website satirical...?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#7Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 4:21pmYes, but don't tell any anti gay Christians.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 10/3/10 at 04:21 PM
#8Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/3/10 at 6:14pmMy younger brother goes to an all-boys Catholic high school, and he has a teacher that's a member of the clergy. I always thought he was a sweet old man. Two days ago my brother came home and told me the guy called somebody a faggot. I have absolutely no tolerance for bullying, but I'm starting to wonder if the adults are really the ones to blame here.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
#9Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/4/10 at 10:17am
What’s with all the young gay males committing suicide in the last few weeks?
I can't help but wonder if there are actually more gay suicides lately or if only seems as such because the media is finally calling attention to them.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#10Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/4/10 at 10:38amThere are approximately 10 suicides by male teens per day in the US. The number who are gay is hard to ascertain, but I've seen 30% used a lot as an estimate.
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#11Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/4/10 at 10:43am
"There are approximately 10 suicides by male teens per day in the US."
Wow.
#12Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/4/10 at 12:50pm
Not sure if these have been posted here anywhere but here are 2 New York Times articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/us/04suicide.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/weekinreview/03schwartz.html?_r=1&WT.mc_id=WIR-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-BSP-100410-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click
Just give the world Love.
#13Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/4/10 at 1:27pm
"...but I'm starting to wonder if the adults are really the ones to blame here."
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#14Raymond Chase, 19 Year Old Gay Male Is 5th Suicide In Last 3 Weeks
Posted: 10/4/10 at 3:48pm
"There are approximately 10 suicides by male teens per day in the US."
Suicides greatly outpace homicides in the US and suicides account for the largest category of gun deaths.
