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July 9, 2010: Justin Aaberg, 15 yo, of Anoka, Minnesota, commits suicide

September 9, 2010: Billy Lucas, 15 yo, of Greensberg, Indiana, commits suicide

September 13, 2010: Cody Barker, 17 yo, of Shiocton, Wisconsin, commits suicide

September 19, 2010: Seth Walsh, 13 yo, of Tehachapi, California, commits suicide

September 22, 2010: Tyler Clementi, 18 yo, of Rutgers University, commits suicide

September 23, 2010: Asher Brown, 13 yo, of Huston, Texas, commits suicide

September 29, 2010: Raymond Chase, 19 yo, of Johnson & Wales University, commits suicide

Justin, Billy, Cody, Seth, Tyler, Asher, Raymond... By September 2010, the United States have been marked by the news of several consecutive suicides of young homosexuals. The American statistics (which are similar in European countries) are frightening: 9 out of 10 gay students have been victims of homophobia at school, a gay teenager is attacked 2-3 times more than a heterosexual teenager. More than one third of gay adolescents have attempted suicide while less than half of heterosexual teens say they have considered it.

I have great difficulty writing this article. Not because I do not know what to say but because I am not sure that my writing will convey the immensity of feelings that motivate me and the messages of hope that I would like to share with you. Each of these people who have disappeared were a piece of me, a piece of you, some stars in our own sky, which became extinct. I believe deeply that we are all connected to each other. When someone goes out, the echo of his death reached us all. Saying it makes me sad would minimize the pain I feel. Pain for their families, pain for their friends and pain for what they could offer to the world through the expression of their truth. Pain above all for the feeling of loneliness that each of them has experienced.

No young soul, whatever his sexuality, should feel so alone. And if reader, you are a young gay man who thinks that things cannot work out and if you have no more strength to fight, know that I dedicate this article to you. Tonight when you turn off the light to go to bed, know that you are not alone. Around the world people are willing to reach out to you, people who tell you that everything will work out because for them, after a terrible time, things have arranged. Know that you are not alone because this article is for you and because I know that everything will be better. The worst loneliness is not some physical solitude but the feeling that nobody cares about us, nobody loves us for who we are. Personally I cares for you, I love you for who you are.

I do not promise you that your problems will be resolved tomorrow morning when you will wake up. I refuse to lie to you. But I promise one day you find people who will appreciate you as you are and a companion who will love you for who you are. I know what it is like to be criticized for your sexuality, even being insulted. I have experienced it. The teen years are hard. Do not feel guilty if you do not feel strong enough.

But before you, awaits a future with fascinating and extraordinary adventures like falling in love, crises of laughter on a hot summer night or the feeling of sitting on top of the world when you met one of your dreams... All his experiences and more will be part of your life.

Then one day, it will be your turn, your turn to help a youth in distress and to explain to him that he must not abandon. You will tell him that he has the right to cry and that you are there. You will smile and you will explain to him that life is beautiful. Today he does not see it, but tomorrow, when the tears will have dried, he will realize the splendor of the world around him.

To all of you, young souls in suffering, know that the lights of those who preceded you watch over you in the heart of your night.

No, you are not alone. Yes, things will get better.