24,257 men committed suidice in the alst year.

every hour and 55 minutes, a teenager- white, black, gay, straight, cheerleader, the kid that sat next to you on the bus- kills themselves.

suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death next to accidents, and murder.

but you know what?

we turned tumblr purple for a day for SIX boys, because they killed them selves and were gay. we wore purple for a day, for SIX boys, because they killed themselves and were gay. we devoted countless articles and features to SIX boys who killed themselves because they were gay.

and we don’t give even a thousandth of the attention to all of the 24,251 other men in this country who committed suicide and might not have been gay.

what makes those 24,251 lives less important then these six?

i don’t know.