The reason that equality for the GLBT community is visible in my life time:
“I have described myself as being ‘gently eccentric’ and slightly different as a person just because I’ve had a very different set of influences growing up than anybody else in my peer group did. I think it’s important for somebody from a big, commercial movie series like Harry Potter and particularly because I am not gay or bisexual or transgendered. The fact that I am straight makes not a difference, but it shows that straight people are incredibly interested and care a lot about this as well.” - Daniel Radcliffe, speaking from the NYC headquarters of the LGBT teen suicide prevention hot-line The Trevor Project, for whom he has just made a promotional film.
15 years ago when I was in high school, there were no major Hollywood celebrities willing to step up to the plate and go to bat for me. Those who did were on the fringes. For me personally, I’m not sure it would had much of an influence in my life, I was never a big celebrity follower but here we have Harry Potter, entirely straight with a HUGE following, and willing to put his money where his mouth is. The Trevor Project was founded not long after I got out of high school and there is a link to it on my sidebar here on this blog. It’s one of the few charities that I’d consider making a donation to. Perhaps you might as well.
