Posted on Advocate.com October 03, 2010
Coco Peru on Being Bullied
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http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/03/Coco_Peru_On_Being_Bullied/Coco Peru, the drag alter ego of performer Clinton Leupp, shared his personal stories of bullying on his Facebook page in an effort to discourage gay teens from considering suicide.
Leupp grew up as an effeminate child in the Bronx and was teased mercilessly. To keep his sanity, Leupp created an elaborate fantasy world where he conquered his bullies by dropping them out the windows of his school. But Leupp reminds kids that the difficulties of adolescence fade away, eventually.
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http://www.facebook.com/notes/miss-coco-peru/cocos-thought-thursday-september-30th-2010-631-pm/440275527191Coco's thought - Thursday, September 30th, 2010 6:31 PM
by Miss Coco Peru on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 7:53pm
Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, their names and faces have been swirling in my mind with a mix of both grief and anger. All four committed suicide within a month's time due to bullying because they were gay or alleged to be gay. What kind of world are we creating? I feel powerless.
I look at their photos, at those beautiful sweet faces, and I want to go back in time. I want to reach through those photos and pull each of them into my world so I can sit with them and tell them that there is life after their teens, that there are people out there who will love and support you and raise you up and celebrate you. People who want to make this world a better place for you so that you can in turn use your talents to make it a better world for others.
