Why We Die: Comedian Kevin Hart on "Preventing" 2-Year-Old Son From Being Gay

So I was tooling around Facebook the other day and found this video from a guy named Raymond Miller. (Here are links to his youtube channel and his blog.) I don’t know him, but he’s thoughtful, his Mom is fabulous, and the fact that he’s adorable doesn’t hurt either.

Anyway, the video’s a powerful one that comedian Kevin Hart tried to stifle by getting it pulled from youtube, so I got in touch with Raymond to see if I could run it. He said yes. Woo and hoo.

Prepare to say “What the fuck?!?” like ten times in the span of three minutes.

Yeah. I know.

Here’s a dad whose message to his TWO-YEAR-OLD is that he’ll beat and utterly reject the boy if he’s gay. Straight people, this is exactly the kind of bullshit that causes gay people to attempt suicide.

And assuming that Kevin Hart’s story is only a joke and not based on a real experience (which I’m totally prepared to assume), he’s still telling an audience that it’s normal and good to reject their kids. He’s still selling a DVD that will (potentially) be seen by thousands of American LGBT teens as they struggle to reconcile the truth of their sexuality with the hate coming from the world around them and the fear of their parents’ reaction.

Seriously. That shit ain’t funny. It hurts.

It doesn’t just hurt, it kills.

If you’re in a bad way and you feel you might hurt yourself, please call The Trevor Project at 1-866-4-U-TREVOR. A whole world is out there full of people who want to know you and love you for who you are.