SL Letter of the Day: The Wicked Grandmother

In 2001 my 24-year old cousin committed suicide after it was observed that he was gay. The great that drove him to this fortune was not a high school friend or a match or even an intolerant stranger. The bully at fault was ultimately. our grandmother.

He was discovered having sexual relations with a male in a public place. He was arrested for impropriety and in dread of having to confront our conservative grandmother with this news, he shot himself.

Columnist Dan Savage, other celebrities toss video lifelines .

BY MERRIE LEININGER, McClatchy News Service

Last month, after hearing about yet another gay teenager's suicide, sex and relationship columnist Dan Savage called his husband of 16 years with the mind of starting a YouTube channel to tell their personal stories of adolescent torment and establish what their lives are like now.

Called It Gets Better, the channel attracted 1,000 videos in its first week.