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Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day. Since 1988 this date has been observed nationally and internationally to promote awareness of the issues and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, or commonly LGBT. Before scoffing or harrumphing, ask yourself if you really do understand what it means to be gay. What if your child or grandchild is the next to come out as gay? Will you be part of the solution or ... ? You know how that adage ends. Do you remember these names: Asher Brown, Texas; Billy Lucas, Indiana;...
Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi jumps off a bridge to his death because others have videotaped and broadcast the young man engaging in a homosexual encounter. In California, a 13-year-old boy, Seth Walsh, hangs himself from a tree in his backyard because he was bullied for being gay. He dies nine days later. In Houston, another 13-year-old, Asher Brown, kills himself with a gun after years of ongoing gay bullying at school. In Indiana, 15-year-old Billy Lucas hanged himself in his grandmother's barn after years of...