Local youth on 'Nick News' to highlight GLBT bullying

Dan82 · Oct 1, 2010

http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/arch...youth-on-nick-news-to-highlight-glbt-bullying

“My name is Christian, and I’m openly gay.” This proud declaration from a 14-year-old Colorado Springs native has been years in the making.

It is a seemingly simple statement that requires an incredible amount of courage from a young man who has already put up with years of harassment, violence and discrimination.

Today marks the first day of GLBT History Month, which encourages open discussion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual and transgender (GLBT) issues. In the spirit of open discussion, Christian Sanchez will be appearing on Nick News with Linda Ellerbee this Sunday, Oct. 3, to speak about his experiences with bullying. The episode titled, “Sticks, Stones, and CyberSlams” airs on Nickelodeon (Comcast Channel 75) at 7 p.m. MDT...

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Alex19 · Oct 1, 2010

im glad nickelodeon will air this episode. but i think i can safely assume theres already a christian group protesting saying that they dont want this topic spoken of on a kids network.

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