The Spencer Hamilton Blog

This is the music video 1970 Bollywood film Prem Pujari that inspired this poem ( https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=dl7MywgT0mc ) you can find the english translation here: ( http://www.hindilyrics.net/ translation-Prem-Pujari/ Rangeela-Re-Tere-Rang-Mein.html ) Amazingly beautiful is all I have to say about it. Couldn't help but be inspired to write after t ... his song had become an earworm Rangeela Re O My Joyous One You have stained me A Dye not easily washed away O Joyous One Rangeela Re Cold has warmed me for far too long I built a fire and only I sit in front of it You've taught me many joys But your pain taught me more than the joys revealed It was crazy but I learned never to love so easily Never leave your guard down Tears have become my bread and sorrow my butter My cries my meat and my loneliness the rest of my nutrition I couldn't fault you for it all, I had my part to lay Rangeela Re I try to love that wall was built No wrecking ball in sight...

Today I will talk about the It Gets Better Project, which was formed in 2010-11 when Dan Savage and his husband Terry talked about their experiences. Terry the more flamboyant of the two had feces on his car, tormented daily because he presents more on the effeminate side of the spectrum and Dan also faced his torment inside and out over his sexuality, forming who he is today. He has a Savage Love Cast that’s pretty awesome and I urge you to check it out. 5 teens took their lives over bullying due to being gay or perceived as gay, and of them Billy Lucas of IN was the first I heard about Asher Brown of TX, Raymond Chase and Tyler Clementi of NJ were of a handful I’d heard about alongside Zachary Harris of Norman, OK after hearing testimony for and against gay pride month being recognized by the city. The fact is: These teens thought that it was better to be dead than gay, a sentiment echoed by many church leaders that has more poison than the sting of a scorpion. But it DOES ge...