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good evening. wanda sykes is an openly gay comedienne. she performs october 15th and 16th at planet hollywood in las vegas. kathy griffin is a gay activist, comedienne and actress, the star of bravos "my life on the d-list." tim gunn stars in "project runway." tim is gay, and he attempted suicide at age 17. and lance bass, openly gay, performer, former performer with n sync. he says, get this, that in high school he made fun of gay kids to hide his own secret. lesbian, gay, and bisexua...

Just remember this. 866-4u-trevor. 866-4u-trevor. why -- why are they bullied? why are gay people bullied? for what purpose? >> for the purpose? >> larry: i mean, why would someone bully someone because theyre gay? >> i think it stems with society. i mean, when society as a whole has told -- has basically told the kids that its okay, that were a group that you can pick on, you that dont have to treat as equal, i mean, we see that in the laws and everything else thats out here, in the churches wh...

Parents of these so-called bullies defend them saying, oh, kids will be kids. when you find out that the teen suicide rate is four times higher for a gay person. think about how tragic suicide is, period. but why would you want to make it four times higher? and for what? these kids are just being themselves. so i think a lot of the so-called religious leaders play into it and the politicians certainly arent doing enough. theres a lot of very right-wing conservative people that absolutely sanctio...

I did an episode of "my life on the d-list," where i talked to a gay serviceman who said he was in the barracks with his pal in iraq who said you know what we should do? we should go hang a fag from a tree outside. he thought that was his friend. he was serving in iraq. so this is all kind of sanctioned quietly at is this point. >> larry: lance -- hold it one second, wanda. lance, youre the member -- you were a member of n sync, one of the most popular groups ever in this country. now, you made ...

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