Am I still in High School? Lately, the real world has been letting me down on the promises it made to me during that time.

A pandemic of hateful homophobic remarks has been spreading among people of influence lately.

Let's keep it up! If you feel the same way I do, please write to Senator Clinton and support the Human Rights Campaign.

Am I still in High School? Lately, the real world has been letting me down on the promises it made to me during that time. Maturity, equality, and civility — all things classically absent from the high school experience — have begun to elude me in the real world. I was told to expect a harsh, cutthroat reality upon graduation, but I was also told that the world of adults would be free of the slander, bullying, and pure, hateful judgment adorning the halls of high schools, more noticeable than dusty trophy cases.

A pandemic of hateful homophobic remarks has been spreading among people of influence lately. Like a swarm of killer bees, those who wish to inject comments of ignorance and prejudice into the media have been doing so overwhelmingly since the beginning of the year, each comment more painful a sting than the one preceding it.

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The reaction of American culture to the spread of hate speech has been promising, though, take my word for it, the words themselves still hurt.

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Although those who feel prejudice towards the GLBT community have somehow recently been given public platforms to voice their hate, the collective American backlash has been there to defend the equal rights and safety of all it's people.