I found this on the Huffington Post today...I am pretty sure at 18 I could not have done this.

Anderson told KTEM News Radio 14 that no one -- not even family members or friends -- knew he was gay before he delivered the speech, but nonetheless said reaction has been positive.

The Speech:

“Standing On The Sun”
By Mitch Anderson, Salutatorian
Belton High School Class of 2013
June 7, 2013

Learning how to love and celebrate yourself is one of the most crucial and difficult aspects of life. To know who you truly are is the first step to enlightenment, to happiness. It sounds so facile, yet discovering and accepting who you are meant to be requires introspection and a willingness to submerge yourself into darkness. And that is what makes the task so daunting, so terrifying, if approached with complete authenticity. For the longest time, I was forced to live fractured, refusing to look at who I thought I was and then refusing to accept who I thought I might be. The journey into the soul is not for the faint of heart. Fear will naturally creep in, but those who use the fear to force themselves onward will succeed. After much dread and countless hours devoted to soul searching, for the first time, you will be able to love who you are.

But the task does not end there. If you know yourself, but incessantly crave
an empty approval of others, you will be forever sorrowful. This is wherein the
true challenge lies. As Madonna has said, “If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed.” You must be able to bare yourself to the world, and then let it be. You cannot be timid; you cannot be anxious. In a situation that seems so pyrrhic, you must evaluate what the costs and gains really are. You may think that hiding yourself is worth some superficial
praise by society, or you can choose to learn that being who you are is vastly more
important and rid yourself of those who cannot bring themselves to allow you to be
you.I myself am guilty of self-doubt, relying on others to give my life definition. But that time has passed, and I feel the moment has arrived for me to be publically true to my personal identity. So now, I can say, I’m gay. It is both a significant portion of who I am and an inconsequential aspect. It’s as natural and effortless to me as breathing. I couldn’t change myself even if I wanted, and believe me, I have. I have been bullied a lot. I’ve been called unspeakable things and relegated to a place of lower class. I have been made to feel worthless, unneeded, a blight on the world. People have mocked me, said that I was virtually subhuman. So, for a while, I was in a very dark place. I had no concept of self-worth, and frequently pondered suicide. I became so dejected, that many times I thought of killing myself not just because I saw no point to life, but because I had been convinced that doing so would actually make the world better. And so, for many years, I continued the cyclical, destructive thought patterns. This happened both before and after I thought about my sexuality. And after I had realized I was gay, I hated myself. I wished and prayed endlessly that I could just go on with life normally, that I could be like everyone else. Being different felt like a curse, an unfair sentence to the life of an outcast.

There were moments when I believed I was next to nothing. But I learned that what others think of you is not nearly as meaningful as what you think of yourself. You cannot owe the quality of your existence to other people. You must evaluate your life and give it purpose. You must recognize that you are an expression of the divine, a being made perfect through celebration of your perceived imperfections.

Once you love yourself, you can be the best version of yourself. You will find success and happiness. You will find that being different is a wholly wonderful and joyous thing, because it will mark you for greatness. Wish not to be one of the million, but one in a million. Find your idiosyncrasies, find what will make you unique, and run with it. You will make far fewer mistakes if you allow your inner and truer feelings to guide you.

And when you feel like you will be abandoned, alienated, and cast out,
ignore the sources of such toxicity. I believe Zachary Quinto put it best by saying, “If people don’t want to work with me because of my sexual orientation, then I have no interest in working with them to begin with.” This statement can be
applied to any situation you encounter where someone is put off by your
expressing yourself. Surround yourself with those who will be supportive of you,
and remind yourself that you are beautiful in your own way.

The people who tear you down, who spit vitriol and ire, pity them. They lash
out because they have intrinsic flaws that they refuse to face. They have
unresolved deficiencies within that cause them to inflict harm on others. They have no external peace because internally there is a want of harmony.

The world could use a little bit more love. Let us all not be so quick to judge.
We ought to be a bit kinder to others. Be not afraid of what you do not know,
because more often than not, it’s probably incredibly similar to what you know.
And when you disagree with someone, hate is not a form of love. Think for a
moment about what damage your words would do before speaking.

I invite everyone to be more reflective, more meditative. I ask everyone to
give themselves a good hard look and define what they like about themselves. I ask
all of you to learn what it means to love yourself, if you haven’t already. Please, embrace self-empowerment. You gain confidence, an unswerving belief that you matter and the ability of your existence to make an indelible mark on the world. You gain compassion and empathy. You will love and be loved.
Most importantly, you will finally start living the life that you were always meant to live.

I would be remiss, however, if I failed to incorporate a Harry Potter reference to the theme of my speech, so I will. Be a Luna Lovegood, not a Pansy Parkinson. Be a little bit strange and off-kilter, and not so desperate to be popular. Strive for legitimacy, and skirt what makes you vapid. Find fellowship with everyone, not those you have preordained.

I have a few final, closing thoughts, before I turn over the podium. First, I
find Zachary Quinto’s eyebrows very attractive. Second, I would like to be friends
with Lady Gaga and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. And third, I would like everyone to
remember that “Starships were meant to fly, Hands up and touch the sky, Can’t
stop ‘cause we’re so high, let’s do this one more time.”

anyone have good pictures or videos of young 18-20 hot smooth twinks.If you do please share them here or email me. thank you.

Hi hallo sweet members,friends of GBT,I hope to find here young(gay/bi/straight)guys,up to 30y, who leaves in Belgium or Nederland and who also likes to smoke and play together. I like kissing,smoking together and...All the people that I known with the same passion ,are from the USA,Australië...but nobody from here? Your reactions are welcome on my profile and thanks to all the nice people from GBT, regards,Thuis.xx

Describe your first sexual experience. How old were you? Where did it happen? What happened?

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Thanks for all the support my friends on here have given me since I joined, been through highs and lows. Going to take a break, this is said with a heavy heart. Thanks

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who like motorcycles or just bicycles, there is nothing better than feeling the wind in your hair when you are on one of these

sat june 8th is his birthday so everyone join me in wishing him a very happy birthday :) he is 68 years young hehe

Hi hallo sweet members,friends of GBT,I hope to find here young(gay/bi/straight)guys,up to 30y, who leaves in Belgium or Nederland and who also likes to smoke and play together. I like kissing,smoking together and...All the people that I known with the same passion ,are from the USA,Australië...but nobody from here? Your reactions are welcome on my profile and thanks to all the nice people from GBT, regards,Thuis.xx

do no how it is to just go to school and look at a boy and just sink if u where gay like I sick that there are so many gay boy but they just don't no how to come out but I just wont to go up to a boy and kiss my but I would not do that and then I went to my friends hues and I wonted to kiss him but I didn't but I wonted to so bad like can someone tell me please

each other better and before Christmas we were best friends. We talked a lot and texted each other and in March when he sent me texts which always ended in kisses. I asked him if he was gay and replied back with yes. I was shocked but happy. So we kept on texting each other and got more interested in one another. In May Alex invited me round to his house to play on ps3 as his per ants where out until 5pm. So we went to his house and played on the ps3 in his bedroom. About 15 mins later Alex started asking questions like how big is your cock? And shall we wank? I said OK. So Alex started feeling my cock and got it out. I got his cock out too. Sitting on the we started jerking each other. Then Alex lent over and started to give me a bj for 2 mins quick felt so amazing. Afterwards I gave him one too. Alex said it felt so good. Alex then asked do you want to put your cock up my bum? And I replied with yeah. He then stood up and took off his shoes, trousers, pants and shirt. He then kneeled on the floor in front of me and took of my shoes, pants and trousers off. Whilst I was taking my top off he was sucking my cock and snoged each other. Alex went into the kitchen and came back with some lube. He said I want you to fuck me and cum in my ass. So I said yeah. Alex put the lube on my cock and then bent over the bed. I went up behind him and started having sex. We both made noises and we both were really liking it. 15 minutes later I was about to cum and then I did in his ass. The feeling was good and Alex really enjoyed it. I took out my cock and a minute later my cum came out from his ass. Alex then sucked my cock to clean it and then we both got dressed. Alex siad he really liked it and I agreed with him. We then carried on playing on ps3 and Alex asked shall we do it again one day? And I said yes.

That was the most greatest feeling of all time.

Ok so I had this dream last night and it made me wake up with a raging hard-on lol. I actually talked about the concept of it with a friend before I fell asleep, so that's probably why it was stuck in my mind.

So it's dark and I'm pulled over to the side of the road in the middle of noehere. I don't know why or how I got there, but I'm in the backseat with a beautiful boy. He has short jet black hair with the most eye catching emerald eyes ever. He was about 19 and smooth and shaved with a 6'inch dick and the softest ass in the world. We were naked and making out, our hands furiously running over each others before I pushed him back and turned him onto his stomach. I grabbed his hips and raised him up, placing kisses all around his hole before I taste it and go in, listening to him moan with every flick of my tonuge. Neither of us notice the headlights that had creeped up and pulled behind us. We didn't notice anything until a cop was staring through the window at us with a flashlight and we froze. My tongue was deep in hole and my boy was stuck between fear and ecstasy. The cop said he was going to arrest us, unless we did a favor for him and winked at us. Maybe that would have been cool....if he didn't look like Anthony Hopkins from Silence of the Lambs. So we get arrested and taken to jail in a holding cell. Well we're not there for 5 minutes before we notice more beautiful boys locked up, looking at us the same way we were looking at them lol. 2 words after that: Boy Orgy! lol

Any thoughts? What would you do in that scenario? What would you be doing in the backseat and who is it that comes up in the headlights?

What's the strangest, weirdest and/or the most kinky place you have had sex?

Hi,I will say "thank you" to all the visitors of my wall/profile,after 296 days already more than 11.800 views, 77 ratings, thanks and also to the people who have appreciation for my "fetish" and of course I hope to find a nice,sweet guy in Belgium or an other country around,with who I may share my passion and at who I can/may give my love and affection. Regards, Thuis and till.... xx

who wear tighty whites, boxer, boxer brief. i do

So I've browsed the blogs online and decided I might as well make up my own an make them fun! So tell me, what's your favorite underwear brand? Or if you don't have one, imagine a pair on a boy that would drive you crazy lol ;)

Who's better partner ? Old man or young boy

Does anyone know of any websites where i can view photos of guys on nudist beaches?

web camming with random people is fun....you guys have any stories of when you web cammed?

Any of you lads in the UK?

hey all im searching mr right/ my soul mate so im just wounding if anyone on here that's got a great personality and great sense of laugher and don't judge people by their looks and judge them for who they are as a person and what they are like on the inside...

so if interested please leave a comment or message me please

Greg :)

On Wednesday, after months of pressure from LGBT activists, it was Marcel’s Moveon.org petition, accompanied by a video and an essay, that moved StudentsFirst to announce it “Stands with Marcel,” rescinding the “Reformer of the Year Award” award to GOP Rep. John Ragan and backing federal anti-bullying legislation.

“I was homeschooled because of the bullying in fifth grade,” Marcel said in an interview on my SiriusXM program, accompanied by his father, Mike Neergaard, recounting the bullying he experienced. “It came to a point where I gave two reasons for not committing suicide. Those two reasons were, ‘What would it do to my family?’ I had two parents and a brother. If I did that to them it would be terrible, and I had a whole future ahead of me. I could be something. “

“When I started school, I loved school,” Marcel continued. “I loved learning. I thought it was amazing. But once the bullies realized I was different they started picking on me. One of my friends turned on me. I was called -- I wore boots, and I got the nickname 'girl boots' because they were from the girl’s section. It was really, really terrible for me.”

“I think the most horrifying thing is that often we didn’t hear the stories,” Mike Neergaard said of his son’s struggles. “Every day Marcel would say, ‘Everything is fine. Everything is fine.’ And we didn’t know why things were slipping. It wasn’t until well into the year that we heard what was happening.”

Marcel is now celebrating a victory for him and for students across the country.

“I went from this nobody almost, to having so many things,” he said. “To having a head of a national organization say, ‘I stand with you. I agree with you. We’re going to change our ways.’ In five days. I felt so happy. I felt I had done something. I always dreamed that one day I would do something, that I would stop sitting around saying, ‘I want to do something but I don’t know how to do it.’ And I realized I did that, I changed something. And that made me feel so good.”



Of course we can do better. We first need to teach an entire generation of children that there are people who are different than us, and that those differences are ok. I was just like Marcel, and so were a million other of my gay and lesbian friends growing up. It hurts, we had to grow up fast. We had no childhoods because we became adults overnight, experiencing adult language at rapid fire paces, and grownup terms in an adult world overnight without any choices but to fight or run. Right now, we cannot do much better. But kids like Marcel are making a huge difference and it is working because he has tools and support systems that we did not have.

… for now … i’m sorry, this is not easy for me, but i have to leave for a while … i’m back home for one week now, but so many has changed … i need some time for me and my boyfriend and my family and i have to think about the things happened the last week. Thank you for the wonderful time so far, i will miss you, Chris.

Four hours ago I get a message that my Father passed away 1 hours ago. So I cannot continue here for a while. Don't know how long time, what ever, but I respect his memory and also his support for me during my life and I'm so sorry that GBT it not the right place for recpecting him...("Old World Citizen"). I'll be back, you'll know all my friends, supporters, all of you. Now I'm confused and very sad, thank you my friends. Love Toni

Well, I’m just pissed off tonight. For days now I can’t watch any vids at all. There is only a blank page appearing! Since last December I can’t upload anything and now I can’t watch anything... Maybe I should just go to Facebook and count my friends... I hate Facebook! Please Nick help me! What is wrong here? :-( - Rob

http://youtu.be/uN1F49l8DDc http://youtu.be/pR9gyloyOjM BRIDEGROOM gives an intensely personal edge to the ongoing debate over the legal rights of same-sex couples. Interviews, photos and video footage all testify to the uncommon connection that drew together Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom. For six years they remained united despite extreme challenges from both family and society, until a tragic accident tears apart their dreams. Now one must fight to be recognized as his soulmate's legitimate counterpart.

Hi hallo sweet members,friends of GBT,I hope to find here young(gay/bi/straight)guys,up to 30y, who leaves in Belgium or Nederland and who also likes to smoke and play together. I like kissing,smoking together and...All the people that I known with the same passion ,are from the USA,Australië...but nobody from here? Your reactions are welcome on my profile and thanks to all the nice people from GBT, regards,Thuis.xx

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Any guys had your sweet milk eating and drink from a older guy.
Did you like for him drink your sweet milk for you.
I love eating and drinking that sweet milk from sweet young guys.

Selected as "Cutest Couple" at the Prom. There is a video with this news article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/brad-taylor-dylan-meehan-prom_n_3384073.html

Hi,I will say "thank you" to all the visitors of my wall/profile,after 290 days already more than 11.000 views, 76 ratings, thanks and also to the people who have appreciation for my "fetish" and of course I hope to find a nice,sweet guy in Belgium or an other country around,with who I may share my passion and at who I can/may give my love and affection. Regards, Thuis and till.... x

I just watched the movie Total Eclipse (1995) with Leonardo Decaprio in it. I had never heard of this movie before. A friend told me about it and suggested we watch it this evening. I was simply amazed that as young as he was and as early in his acting career he was so damn good! I wont spoil it by telling you the storyline before you get a chance to see it for yourself, it's worth the time to watch though.