At Super Bowl, Antibullying PSAs Will Go On

At Super Bowl, Antibullying PSAs Will Go On
By Trudy Ring

Antibullying messages sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight
Education Network will still be shown on the Jumbotron at Lucas Oil
Stadium during the Super Bowl Sunday, despite right-wing activist
Linda Harvey's call to cancel them.

Harvey (pictured, left), president of the conservative Christian group
Mission America, had written in her online newsletter that GLSEN's
ThinkB4YouSpeak campaign "seeks to instill the false idea that only by
enthusiastically approving of homosexuality and gender confusion can
we prevent bullying." She urged her supporters to pressure
Toronto-based Grazie Media, which owns the Jumbotron at the stadium in
Indianapolis, to withdraw its offer of space for "this shameful
message."

Grazie has not given in, however, and GLSEN is asking that messages of
thanks be sent to the firm; to do so, click here. The GLSEN public
service announcements feature NBA player Grant Hill and comedian Wanda
Sykes warning against saying something is "gay" to mean it's stupid.

"Grazie Media has stood against the pressure, and we want them to know
they did the right thing and have the strongest gratitude of GLSEN
supporters," reads an email from GLSEN. The company needs to hear from
"fair-minded people" who "won't tolerate organized anti-LGBT bigotry,"
GLSEN officials add.

Watch the videos below.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/03/At_Super_Bowl,_Antibullying_PSAs_Will_Go_On/

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