There are quite a few Hollywood stars with gay silbings, including Chris Evans and Colin Farrell. The latter has recently been speaking out in an attempt to end homophobia and bullying in Ireland (and indeed everywhere else).
Colin and his brother Eamon have joined forces with Stand Up! Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying, a campaign launched last week by the Irish LGBT youth organisation, BeLonG To. The Hollywood star was particularly keen to put his name to the campaign after seeing attacks on his brother when they were younger.
In a statement he says, ‘Each individual, as a member of his and her community, must Stand Up! In the face of this appalling brutality that plagues our schools. In effect, bullying is no less than the systematic doling out of pain upon the innocent. It is literally laughing in the face of somebody as they fall into increasingly grave danger. It’s not my place to draw parallels, but we have had enough of such hardships. The world has.
‘Whether it be the attacking of gay students, which I witnessed first hand happening to my own brother, or students who are in the minority as a result of race or religious beliefs or any other such characteristic that separates them from ‘the norm,’ it is all wrong and has no place in a just and compassionate country such as I know Ireland to be. We have always been praised as being the friendliest and most welcoming race in the world. My wish is for us to prove it daily, in the school yards and playgrounds across this Great Land of Ours.’
Colin will next be seen playing the lead in a remake of Total Recall.
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