I know I just posted like ten minutes ago or something, but a news story that definitely would have been in my Bottom Five is the cyber bullying of Tyler Clementi by Dharun Ravi, his roommate, and Molly Wei at Rutgers University. The actions of Ravi and Wei led to Clementi's suicide.

Tim Gunn, one of my favorite people in the world, is speaking out about suicide for the Trevor Project.

If you read my blog frequently you know that gay rights is a big issue for me. It baffles me that people use religion and bigotry as righteousness to mask their fear of a segment of the population that is just as human as the rest of us. What's worse is that most of these people don't even know any gays or lesbians, although it's my guess that they do and don't know it. How we continue to force people to live in the shadows because of baseless hatred is a real tragedy of "civilized" society. However, I do think there is hope on the horizon. I hate to say it but I do believe that when the older generation dies out there will be a sea change. I think I'll see the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the freedom for gays to marry across the country in my lifetime.

I was surprised and saddened to hear that Gunn attempted suicide as a teenager but applaud his candor in this video. I totally wish we were besties.