Showing posts with label Nate Berkus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nate Berkus. Show all posts
Monday, January 3, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Seth Walsh's Brother Shawn: 'One Word' Can Make Gay Teens Want To Kill Themselves
I'm standing behind my declaration that Nate Berkus hosts a terrible, sometimes unwatchable talk show, but this week he did something just terrific. He invited Wendy and Shawn Walsh, mother and brother to dead gay teen Seth Walsh, to tell the story of what happens when kids are bullied: they die.
Wendy has already cemented herself as a hero in this space, becoming one of a growing number of mothers using their personal tragedies to reach other parents. And, hopefully, school administrators. In Seth's suicide note, which he left before hanging himself from a tree in September (which would land him on life support for 10 days before he ultimately passed), he asks his mother to "make the school feel like shit for bringing you this sorrow." She's been on a mission to do exactly that, even managing to get the Department of Education to investigate the Tehachapi Unified School District in California for turning a blind eye to Seth's torment.
But it's Seth's brother Shawn, at just 11-years-old, who stands out as a remarkable human being. He tells Berkus that he knew of Seth's bullying, and says he encouraged Seth to tell his mother, but Seth feared it would only make his classmates' attacks even worse. "I want people to remember that bullying isn't okay," says Shawn, "because one word can make them have suicidal thoughts."
Along with Chely Wright, Berkus and the Walshes this week unveiled a new gay teen lounge at the New York City community center YES. And Chely bestowed Shawn with her first-ever Chely Wright Like Me scholarship, which will go to five teens a year who act as advocates in their schools. Well deserved.
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Wendy has already cemented herself as a hero in this space, becoming one of a growing number of mothers using their personal tragedies to reach other parents. And, hopefully, school administrators. In Seth's suicide note, which he left before hanging himself from a tree in September (which would land him on life support for 10 days before he ultimately passed), he asks his mother to "make the school feel like shit for bringing you this sorrow." She's been on a mission to do exactly that, even managing to get the Department of Education to investigate the Tehachapi Unified School District in California for turning a blind eye to Seth's torment.
But it's Seth's brother Shawn, at just 11-years-old, who stands out as a remarkable human being. He tells Berkus that he knew of Seth's bullying, and says he encouraged Seth to tell his mother, but Seth feared it would only make his classmates' attacks even worse. "I want people to remember that bullying isn't okay," says Shawn, "because one word can make them have suicidal thoughts."
Along with Chely Wright, Berkus and the Walshes this week unveiled a new gay teen lounge at the New York City community center YES. And Chely bestowed Shawn with her first-ever Chely Wright Like Me scholarship, which will go to five teens a year who act as advocates in their schools. Well deserved.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Chely Wright helps unveil a new LGBT youth home on "The Nate Berkus Show"
by Trish Bendix, Managing Editor
Today on The Nate Berkus Show, out interior designer/host Nate Berkus invited Chely Wright on to perform her song "Like Me." Nate has been instrumental in helping to build Yes, an LGBT youth home in NYC, lending his design skills and time on his show to highlight the project.
Chely was also involved with Yes, as you can see in the second video below, where she pays the finished home a visit and shares her coming out story.
Did you catch Chely on The Nate Berkus Show today?
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Today on The Nate Berkus Show, out interior designer/host Nate Berkus invited Chely Wright on to perform her song "Like Me." Nate has been instrumental in helping to build Yes, an LGBT youth home in NYC, lending his design skills and time on his show to highlight the project.
Chely was also involved with Yes, as you can see in the second video below, where she pays the finished home a visit and shares her coming out story.
Did you catch Chely on The Nate Berkus Show today?
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