Taken from www.fansunitedonline.co.uk written by GAYTEEN edited by Nat

I NEED A WEB PAGE MADE FOR THIS ANY ONE THAT CAN PLZZ HELP THIS IS NOT RIGHT PLZZZZZZZ HELP

Please read this and the blogs on Zach's myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/specialkid



I don't know if anyone has heard the story, but please send this out so everyone can send him a message of support. If you don't know the story, then here it is:

I 'spose most people have heard about poor Zach by now, maybe through Crooks and Liars.

Zach is the sixteen year old kid from Tennessee who, a few weeks ago, told his parents he was gay. Their response was to ship him off to one of these "We'll Turn Your Kid Straight" outfits.

Zach's blog is here. His last entry is the day before they shipped him off. Something like 400 comments in support of him. The poor kid in his final entry sounds angry, betrayed, and scared to death. Jesus Effing Christ.

If you live in Tennessee, maybe you should think about joining Zach's friends as they protest outside this Gay Guantanamo, just to let him know he isn't alone, and maybe help him hang on until it's over. If you have any hesitation in this regard, read down Zach's blog to where he posts the rules of the hell hole his parents have sent him to. They scare me silly and I'm hardly in a position to be sent away to one of these places. Not yet, anyway.

The WWW has done a lot of good for a lot of people in this world. Gay youth is one of those groups who have benefited the most. They don't have to be out there in the wilderness anymore. They don't have to feel like they are the only gay person on the planet anymore. In the old days, ol' Zach would be in this mess on his own -- alone and without help.

It's kind of inspiring reading through all the comments in support of Zach. The vast majority of them seem to be from teens and people in their early twenties. There's a reason the fundamentalists, the radical right-wingers, and all the rest of them are fighting so hard right now to destroy the lives of gay people. They are afraid the young ones coming up will be insufficiently full of hatred toward gays. They can't rely so much anymore on the peers of gay kids making their lives such hells that they'd have to be crazy to come out. Some gay kids can do that now, and so now the gay-haters are reduced to threatening them with Gay Guantanamo.

I say good on those friends of Zach gutsy enough to stand outside that place and yell for their friend's freedom. That's what I call political action.

But I can't help worrying about poor Zach. It will be good to see him post on his blog again, once he gets out of there.

Man, this is one twisted world.

Recently an organization named Love In Action created a camp designed to "cure" teens of homosexuality. This camp employs well-known brainwashing techniques and forces children to deny who they are. The worst part is, parents are sending their OWN children there.

This is where the story of Zach comes in. This teen came out to his parents. Days later, they had enrolled him against his will into the detention facility. He has been there for some time. Before he left, he managed to post a little bit about his plight, including a copy of the entire camp rule handbook.

Luckily, we as humans cannot allow this horrible invasion of basic human rights. We cannot sit idly as our fellow man is attacked psychologically by those who wish only to rid man of its individuality. If you don't like Zach's story or just don't like the thought of someone being as arrogant as to attempt to "cure" being gay, then join this group; [url]http://groups.myspace.com/freezach[/url], dedicated to stopping the camp as well as free Zach. Only YOU can make a difference.

Zach's page: [url]http://www.myspace.com/specialkid[/url]