Purple.

Recently lots of young homosexual teens have been committing suicide... This upsets me more than I can express through text or words. It's all because of bullying in school, they couldn't take it anymore. Well, here's my letter to young gay youth.

Dear reader,

I know it seems hard now but trust me, it gets better. I know you wake up everyday dreading the day before you, your heart beating so loud it hurts your ears as you get on the bus, the lump you get in your throat before going to class, and not eating lunch because you think you have no one to sit with. I sympathize. Junior high and high school are so hard.. for EVERYONE. In junior high I was called ugly every single day, I was pushed into lockers and called a loser. When I got to high school, I had grown into my looks a little bit and I made friends. I had friends from every clique, but because I didn't belong to one, I STILL endured bullying.

See? It's not just you. I want you all to look at yourself. Take a good long look in the mirror, you are beautiful - inside and out. What do you want to be when you grow up? Whatever you want to be, make it happen. Make that your focus, start saving up money to leave whatever town you live in and make it a possibility to move wherever you'd like to be. Don't pay attention to bullying, people who call you a "fag" or a "dyke" are probably insecure about their own sexuality and it's a reflection on their parents, it's horrible parenting.. All these kids should be persecuted, they belong in jail. In my mind it is unintentional manslaughter.

I'm sorry that you have to endure everything you go through. Just keep your head up, there are plenty of people out there just ready to meet you, be friends with you, and love you.

It gets better. It has to.