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November 2010, Cover Stories, Having Our Gay Say

From Being Bullied to Being an Advocate

By John "Jasz" Szlachetka, Feature Author   Sat, Oct 30, 2010

As a child, I was a victim of bullying. As a teacher, I saw myself as someone who would save the children who were being bullied in school. As a parent, I saw one of my children become a victim of bullying in his school. For the sake of our future generations, we must all get involved in solving this epidemic.

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By John "Jasz" Szlachetka, Feature Author

John "Jasz" Szlachetka, Feature Author

John Szlachetka, also known as Jasz to many of his friends, has been an activist, speaker, and writer for LGBT rights, for a number of years.  A former high school teacher, he has seen the discrimination and bullying  LGBT youth face everyday.   He himself has lived through discrimination and homophobia both from his family and society in general.  This has made him stronger and more determined to fight for the equality of his LGBT brothers and sisters.   Besides his activism, he also councels LGBT couples with problems that arise in their relationships.  He is also a pastor for the Universal Life Church.    When he is not marrying couples, he is saving them from crisis.   You can also find him in many different facebook groups, fighting along side his LGBT brothers and sisters. 

As a member of the 10,000 couples team, Jasz hopes to promote both the e-magazine, and to to bring more couples into our 10,000 couples family.  Now that Same-Sex-Marriage has become an important subject world wide, he wants bring together everyone in the LGBT community to fight for the rights of our community.

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