Fifteen year-old Larry King (no relation to the CNN interviewer) was shot twice in the back of the head by his classmate Brandon McInerney while sitting in school in Oxnard, California. Now that McInerney is on trial, the boy's legal team and the school administration are using the tried and true "he was asking for it" defense. This is totally disgusting.

Gay-hating presidential aspirant Michele Bachmann represents a district of Minnesota which public health officials have labeled a "suicide contagion area," according to a deeply disturbing piece in Mother Jones. Here's why: In the space of two years, nine teenagers from the area have taken their own lives—the most recent one in May—while "many more" have attempted suicide unsuccessfully. Most of them were known or perceived to be LGBT youth.

A new study indicates that gay teens receive harsher punishments than straight teens for the same crimes—despite engaging in less violent behavior overall. But at least they can finally get married and join the military! Oh. Wait.

Given the recent spate of gay teen suicides and all the attention given to school bullying and the "It Gets Better" YouTube project, you'd think gay teenagers were in a constant state of peril. One psychologist says it's not true.

Hillary Clinton has made a straight-person version of the "It Gets Better" videos for gay teens, in which she says, "It will get better for you." That's a better line than, say, "My gay friend alleges that it gets better."

New York nightlife habitué and world-famous transsexual Amanda Lepore made an "It Gets Better Video" of such stunning and hilarious simplicity, we had to turn it into a dance music video. This will prevent gay teen suicide—with laughter.

Blogger and face scribbler Perez Hilton is taking to Ellen DeGeneres, YouTube, and Out magazine today to say that he's not going to bully celebrities on his website from now on. Is he serious or is this a PR stunt?

There may be a YouTube campaign telling gay teens their lives will improve, but here's a funny video made by a "former bully." It seems that being a homophobic jerk isn't cool when you're older. Just ask Carl Paladino!

What seems most befuddling about the suicide of Tyler Clementi, the gay teen whose roommate broadcast him having sex, is how this one incident lead to his death. It's because being a gay teen can be akin to prolonged torture.

This month, important sociological journal Teen Vogue has an in-depth and thought-provoking study of a fascinating phenomenon: Sometimes heterosexual females are friends with homosexual males. Though "friends with" implies parity. Let's say: Heterosexual females have homosexual male friends. It's trendy!

Remember when Ricky was gay-ish on My So-Called Life and it was sort of a big deal? Well those days are over. There are several gay teen characters currently on the air, and no one's saying boo.