Zachary Quinto Is Awesomsauce!!
Oct. 16th, 2011 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joidianne4evaSo I woke up this morning to find that my twitter was flooded with the news that Zachary Quinto had come out!
And as Mr. Spock always is, he did it in a cool and professional manner (He just dropped it into the conversation like it was nothing)
Needless to say this resulted in me trolling the internet to find out more about the whole thing and in my trolling I found this on Zachary's official website:
"when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself - i felt deeply troubled. but when i found out that jamey rodemeyer had made an it gets better video only months before taking his own life - i felt indescribable despair. i also made an it gets better video last year - in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time. but in light of jamey's death - it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it - is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country. gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. we are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. we are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. i believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. jamey rodemeyer's life changed mine. and while his death only makes me wish that i had done this sooner - i am eternally grateful to him for being the catalyst for change within me. now i can only hope to serve as the same catalyst for even one other person in this world. that - i believe - is all that we can ask of ourselves and of each other.
zq."
My mom cried when she read this, and seriously I am now a Quinto fan for life!
I love that Jamey's death has motivated such a movement in society because he tried to help people when he was alive and hurting and I truly believe that he'd want us all to find strength even now that he's gone.
RIP Jamey and Kudos to you Mr Quinto
And as Mr. Spock always is, he did it in a cool and professional manner (He just dropped it into the conversation like it was nothing)
Needless to say this resulted in me trolling the internet to find out more about the whole thing and in my trolling I found this on Zachary's official website:
"when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself - i felt deeply troubled. but when i found out that jamey rodemeyer had made an it gets better video only months before taking his own life - i felt indescribable despair. i also made an it gets better video last year - in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time. but in light of jamey's death - it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it - is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country. gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. we are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. we are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. i believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. jamey rodemeyer's life changed mine. and while his death only makes me wish that i had done this sooner - i am eternally grateful to him for being the catalyst for change within me. now i can only hope to serve as the same catalyst for even one other person in this world. that - i believe - is all that we can ask of ourselves and of each other.
zq."
My mom cried when she read this, and seriously I am now a Quinto fan for life!
I love that Jamey's death has motivated such a movement in society because he tried to help people when he was alive and hurting and I truly believe that he'd want us all to find strength even now that he's gone.
RIP Jamey and Kudos to you Mr Quinto
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Date: 2011-10-16 07:57 pm (UTC)Thanks for pasting his "speech" in here, I would never have read it if not for you ♥
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Date: 2011-10-16 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-16 08:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-16 09:58 pm (UTC)