Two gay teens are speaking out after the gay-straight alliance they founded became a lightning rod for haters in their small town of Winchester, Tennessee.
When Josh Dailey and Christian Cox formed a GSA at their Franklin County high school, it wasn’t exactly met with open arms.
Some thought the GSA would open the floodgates for other student groups supporting ISIS (seriously), and others wore “straight pride” signs to protest it.
The two teens are facing an uphill battle to educate their small town in the bible belt. Cox was first openly gay guy in a gay relationship at his high school, and was threatened with severe punishment for showing affection with his boyfriend during class breaks. Dailey was kicked out of his home for being gay.
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The two teens sat down for an interview about the experience and reveal the harassment they’ve faced, including being taunted with antigay slurs and pelted with broccoli! Hopefully they can make a pit stop to Ellen or something a bit more high-profile next. These two guys are heroes, and we’re sure their story can do a lot to inspire people to do more in other small towns where visibility is needed the most.
Amaurys Arias
Amazing kids.
Michael Edmonds
I have such joy and optimism for the kids of today, I beam with pride at their strength and unwavering courage . So proud
Peggy M.e. Postma
Good for you Josh and Christian…..!
Robert Pulkkis
Robert Pulkkis
Love and Respect!!
Jonty Coppersmith
Good for Josh and Christian. They are a lot braver than I was at their age. The interviewer is trying hard, but he clearly has some confusion between homosexuality and trans-sexuality as evidenced when he asked the guys when they first realized that “maleness” was not who they are.
JessPH
Bravo to these two brave individuals. Stay fierce.
Queer Comedy
â??Haters don’t really hate you, they hate themselves;
because you’re a reflection of what they wish to be.â?
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Billy Budd
Lovely kids.
Aromaeus
I’m sure Ellen will have them on. She loves giving freebies to white gays. At least these two are more deserving than those twins who were accepted by their family and had a modeling contract lined up.
RIck Dean
Stay strong and true and know we’ve got your backs.
ProfessorMoriarty
Oh Aromasus, do us all a favor and take the stick out of your a$$. What these kids are doing is incredibly brave and noble. Leave your irrelevant side issues where they belong, because it surely isn’t here.
Nahald
What did you expect? After it’s Tennessee with that Crazed Kim Davis spewing hate all over. It would be nice if they tried changing their “hillbilly” stereotype persona of the state. But I don’t see that happenening anytime soon !
Aromaeus
@ProfessorMoriarty: Stay pressed.
joeyty
@RIck Dean: How do you have their backs ??
joeyty
@Nahald: Visit Lexington sometime. They’re sure not hillbillies.