Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Gay Teen Online
After reading the article entitled “Gay Teenager Stirs a Storm” by Alex Williams I realized how much a person with a blog is exposed to the world, for better or worse. In this case it was both. This kid who goes by the name Zach was writing on his blog and even though he had come out earlier to his friends about being gay, he felt the need to write it on his blog for the world to see. A sure change of the times no doubt about it says the author of this article.
It was the sort of confession that a decade ago might have been scribbled in a teenager's diary, and then quietly tucked away in a drawerand that got me thinking about how online journals or blogs open people up to anyone looking around on the web. I thought journals were supposed to be something you kept private? Regardless, these times have changed and this kid posted his life online and was the focal point of the church as well as a boot camp to kick the gayness out of you that goes by the name of Love In Action Intl. Tons of support would pour in from people around the world as Zach went to this boot camp. People were made aware of it due to his posting on his blog. The amount of interest and political action ranged from comments on his blog page to protests outside the camp, and whale it didn’t stir up a national issue (I follow the news a lot and am just finding out about this now), it did reach a lot of people. All because a few ones and zeros put together formed some text online. Amazing.
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A very good post. Good link to Love in Action.
An online diary exposes a gay teen to a world of peers. Zach creates an identity that is unacceptable in his home. An identity created in an online community that challenges the power of his family and community to shape his behavior and personality.
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An online diary exposes a gay teen to a world of peers. Zach creates an identity that is unacceptable in his home. An identity created in an online community that challenges the power of his family and community to shape his behavior and personality.
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