IWantTheWorldtoKnow

An Initiative for Acceptance, Compassion, and Understanding

The I Want the World to Know Initiative encourages lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) individuals from all walks of life to share their coming out stories as a way to defeat homophobia, anti-gay bullying, and teen violence and suicide.

This initiative is inspired by two young boys, Carl Walker-Hoover and Jaheem Herrera, both 11-years old, who took their own lives in April 2009 as a result of constant bullying and name-calling. Their bullies used the words, gay and fag, to make both boys feel ostracized, excluded, and humiliated. Regardless of their sexualities, the world needs to know that using homophobic harassment has to stop now.