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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 bravo's "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 bisexual youths are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual parents -- th...

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 they're gay? >> i think it stems with society. i mean, when society as a whole has told -- has basically told the kids that it's okay, that we're a group that you can pick on, you that don't have to treat as equal, i mean, we see that in the laws and everything else that's out here, in the churches when they preach that homophobia is wrong, you pretty much give kids permission to disrespect and...

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 aren't doing enough. there's a lot of very right-wing conservative people that absolutely sanction this behavior. and there's a lot you can do to finally put a stop to it. >> larry: you're not sa...

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, you're the member -- you were a member of 'n sync, one of the most popular groups ever in this country. now, you made fun of gay kids in high school to hide your own secret. >> that's right. >> larry: didn't you thin...

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