RIP Eric James Borges - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

Revan · 12th Jan 2012, 08:44 PM

EricJames Borges, 19, Leaves Behind Message of Love

A volunteer with the Trevor Project killed himself yesterday....

Quote:

Friends say EricJames Borges, 19, killed himself Wednesday after having endured a traumatic coming-out experience.

Borges had worked for the Trevor Project, which described him as “a dedicated, trained volunteer” in its mission of preventing suicide among LGBT youth. And he’d taped an It Gets Better video that tells the story of how he “was raised in an extremist Christian household” and was kicked out of his parents’ home.

“My mother knew I was gay and performed an exorcism on me in an attempt to cure me,” he said in his video. His family told him he was “disgusting” and “damned to hell.”

Sunsetting · 12th Jan 2012, 08:50 PM

if there is any reason i am on this earth it is to stop things like this from happening and give even the vaguest sense of hope to people who feel hopeless

RIP EricJames Borges, let this be another reason for me to step out and be a support for those who need support

djstcktn326 · 17th Jan 2012, 04:00 PM

RIP brother.

Daydreamer1 · 19th Jan 2012, 07:58 PM

RIP Eric

Random Dent · 19th Jan 2012, 08:33 PM

RIP EricJames.

You were loved, I wish you could have known that.

British Lad · 20th Jan 2012, 01:22 AM

-facepalm- not again, This really needs to stop.
RIP EricJames

12th Jan 2012, 08:50 PM	#2
Sunsetting Banned Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: bi, straight, gay Out Status: to some family and friends Location: New York Age: 42 Posts: 950 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: RIP Eric James Borges if there is any reason i am on this earth it is to stop things like this from happening and give even the vaguest sense of hope to people who feel hopeless RIP EricJames Borges, let this be another reason for me to step out and be a support for those who need support Last edited by Sunsetting; 12th Jan 2012 at 08:57 PM..

17th Jan 2012, 04:00 PM	#3
djstcktn326 Well Known Full Member Gender: Very very very very feminine man. <3 Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Maryland Age: 20 Posts: 107 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: RIP Eric James Borges RIP brother.

19th Jan 2012, 07:58 PM	#4
Daydreamer1 Fact: The DD Sphere Is Crazy Regular Member Gender: Transgender - FtM Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Not sure how many know Location: Pennsylvania Age: 18 Posts: 120 Join Date: Aug 2011	Re: RIP Eric James Borges RIP Eric __________________ "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." - Thomas Paine

19th Jan 2012, 08:33 PM	#5
Random Dent Liebe ist für alle da! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: La la la ladies Out Status: I don't care who knows Location: California Age: 27 Posts: 1,692 Join Date: Feb 2011	Re: RIP Eric James Borges RIP EricJames. You were loved, I wish you could have known that. __________________ No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody Rita Mae Brown

20th Jan 2012, 01:22 AM	#6
British Lad EC Biggest Tarantino fan Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: As bent as a roundabout Out Status: What Closet Location: West Midlands Posts: 1,275 Join Date: Apr 2010	Re: RIP Eric James Borges -facepalm- not again, This really needs to stop. RIP EricJames __________________ Who ever sayed "Ignorance is bliss" was a moron.

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