A "Ray" of Sunshine

In the article "Another Gay Suicide" by Claire Howorth, it talks about how Raymond Chase, 19 years old, and a sophomore at Johnson and Whales college killed himself for no apparent reason, that anyone knows about, on September 29. "I like to laugh, I like to have fun and I'm gay," is clearly stated on Chase's facebook bio on his wall. According to the Providence, Rhode Island, police, there is no indication that Chase suffered at the hands of anything but his own demons. Chase's friends called him Ray because he was such a "ray" of sunshine. “Straight guys fist-bumped him. Everyone just wanted to be around him." Ivonne White, Chase's best friend, said. White doesnt want to lump Chase with the other four suicides that had recently just happened. Chase was not tourmented like the others apparently were but they all had one thing in common: they were all  homosexual.

Im not really sure how to feel about this article and this problem with these suicides. I think the main cause of these suicides were the gay jokes and how straight people make fun of gays. Im pretty sure if I was made fun of for what gender I would rather like I would most likely always be depressed and angry at the world. What I don't understand is why. Why did Chase commit suicide? Why did he wasnt to leave this world with no explanation? But then again, why do people make fun of gays? Why can't people just accept everyone for who they are and what gender they like?  This reminds me of a show on Fox called Glee. Glee is about this club where every type of person is accepted. In this club there are peppy cheerleaders, pregnant cheerleaders, a goth girl, a fat black girl, the schools most popular guy, the quater back, the girl who like to sing, the paralyzed dreamer, and last but not least, the gay kid. Yes, the other students in the show do make fun of the quater back for being in Glee club. They call him gay. They make fun of him. Even though he is being made fun of he still defends his friend, the gay. Even though he is gay, he is loved by so many people, JUST THE WAY HE IS! But what I really want to say is that we should really treat eachother the same way we treat everyone else. We should treat the most popular just like we treat the people that no one really knows about. We should also treat the straights the same as the gays. We should be all equal.