Daniel Radcliffe Films PSA For Gay Suicide Prevention

By PopEater Staff Posted Feb 28th 2010 09:40AM

'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe detests homophobia; the actor says, "I have always hated anybody who is not tolerant of [the gay community]. Now I am in the very fortunate position where I can actually help." The Associated Press reports that Radcliffe has filmed a PSA for The Trevor Project, the leading organization focusing on suicide prevention efforts among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth.

Both of Radcliffe's parents are actors, and he explains, "I grew up knowing a lot of gay men and it was never something that I even thought twice about – that some men were gay and some weren't. And then I went to school and (for) the first time ... I came across homophobia. ... I had never encountered it before. It shocked me."

The Trevor Project was founded by three filmmakers in 1998 after their short film 'Trevor' won an Academy Award. The movie concerned a gay teen who attempts suicide. Radcliffe, 20, says he first became aware of The Trevor Project while he was appearing on Broadway in the 2008 revival of 'Equus.'

"I have described myself as being 'gently eccentric' and slightly different as a person just because I've had a very different set of influences growing up than anybody else in my peer group did," Radcliffe said. "I've always felt very lucky to have the life that I've had. I never had to cope with anything serious about my religion or sexual orientation or anything like that.

"I think it's important for somebody from a big, commercial movie series like 'Harry Potter' and particularly because I am not gay or bisexual or transgendered. ... The fact that I am straight makes not a difference, but it shows that straight people are incredibly interested and care a lot about this as well."

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NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 26: (L-R) East Coast Call Center Manager Kelli Peterman, Kyle Suchomel, Robert Roberg, actor Daniel Radcliffe, Meghan Anderson and The Trevor Project CEO Charles Robbins visit Trevor Project's eastcoast call center on February 26, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Daniel Radcliffe;Charles Robbins

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FILE - In this Friday, July 10, 2009 file photo British actor Daniel Radcliffe is interviewed on the NBC "Today" television programme in New York. A British tabloid newspaper has Friday Nov. 13, 2009, published photographs of the Harry Potter actor allegedly smoking cannabis at a house party in London. A statement from one of Radcliffe's representatives was issued in response that read, "We categorically deny the allegations regarding Daniel Radcliffe published in today's Daily Mirror. Daniel does smoke the occasional roll-up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this. We are considering our position and will be taking all necessary action in relation to such allegations. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

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Sunday 28 February

By chelle

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Good for you Daniel!! If only our tolerance and support were infectious!

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By patty

And its people like you that make the world a difficult place to be different, what if we were predjudice of your name? You wouldn't like it very much. That's like saying Cancer was invented for the rest of us you are a dork....

By nonamer

THIS GUY IS A BIG FAT UGLY F*G!!!!

By whoareyou

I noticed that he let everyone know that "I am not gay or bisexual or transgendered. ... The fact that I am straight makes not a difference..." Yeah, I bet some of his best friends are homophobes.

Monday 01 March

By origamib

He made his point abundantly clear. As a well known and popular young heterosexual actor, he made it known that he feels that homophobia is ridiculous (it is) and that gay youth need to know that there are many heterosexual people in the world who care very deeply about the suicide rates of young gay people (I care). How could you miss that? Your response is the typical homophobic knee jerk reaction to anything remotely involving homosexuality. That is, to twist it to reflect your own unhealthy hatred of anything that seems foreign to you or in anyway unlike your own (extremely egocentric) self.

By assdick3221

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who cares let them kill themselves less queers and to anyone who wants to reply screw u they all go in the trash and i will never see them and if you do reply good for you

By MEEEEEE

at FIRST i thought this guy was very MANLY!!!!!! but now he changed his image!!!!!! into an ICKY DISGUISTING PERSON

By julesd

He's not gay, he's English. That's a very old joke and rings so very true so many times. I think his explanation of being eccentric is just charming and sweet. I'm sure if he were gay, he'd say so. Why not? And who cares? I enjoy Harry Potter films a lot.

By Joseph Ebey

He is spewing "hate speach" against anyone who disagrees with him concerning acceptance of the those who practice homosexuality - He is intolerent - Everyone knows homosexuality is unnatural behavior and leads to distruction, suicide even, confused children, brokenness and God's wrath - The greatest and most published and sold book on the face of the earth says so - I read it so I now know too - If it weren't so, the whole world would be practicing homosexality by now, you know, since it is such a successful lifestyle over say the last 6000 years or so.

Distructive? To what? Your peace of mind? Small loss there, as you seem to possess very little peace and even less mind. Newsflash, Joey: The earth is more than 6000 years old, regardless of what the guide at the Creationist(blechhhh) Museum of Kentucky told you while you were looking at the nifty display depicting Adam and Eve feeding the dinosaurs.

By Patsy71254

Live and Let Live. God is not as judgemental as some of the posters here. God wants his children to be happy whether gay, straight, bisexual or transgendered. Every person should have the same rights and opportunities including marriage to the mate of their choice. As a previous poster, Emmett averred if one has the same resposibilities (taxes) one should also have the right to marry.

By mintrubble71

He is a coward and should just admit he's gay already. That would do a lot more to help gay youths than filming some stupid PSA under the pretense that he's just a "concerned straight person". Give me a break.

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A coward, you say? OK, so if you were to express your support for say...vitriolic homophobic people... in a public forum, when it was your image, livelhood and reputation at stake, should we then call you a coward? Dan is a hero, not a coward.

By Skagg

In the U.S.A. the only reason the states became involved in marriage was to generate revenue through the issuance of marriage licenses. My very easy solution to the same sex marriage issue would be to have all states stop issuing marrige licenses, in there stead issue a license of civil union, it gets state out of the marriage issue and bypasses the same sex marriage contoversy.Make the entire thing a purely legal issue and leave the spiritual bonds to the various religions

By Joe

@ theguitarkid: And your God is a hateful God?

Looks like schools out. Jackass.

By SkyBlue

Radcliffe is straight? Really?

Tuesday 09 March

By rick

i have no prob with gays ,,,and i do think they right.to receive the rights that married couples have.but i do not believe it should be called marriage ,,due to the Catholic church came up with marriage to discourage non-porperation relationships ,,marriage was and is intended for not just love but populating the human race more,,,to me they can have there rights that married couples have but it should not be called marriage for marriage it self was founded for porceration and still is considered a sin even agmongs married to have sex for the sake of lust not for porceration ,,,,and i my self belive to leave other reliogles alone in there own beleafs out of resept for others ,,,i think it would not matter who and what they do as long as there not out hurting people or does not personlly afect u then whats the prob.

Tuesday 02 March

By D.C.

I admire him for this. No matter what anyone tries to toss in, this is a great thing he's doing whether he's gay/straight/bisexual.

Secondly. I hate when people bash gay people. We're all human beings and why can't we just be humans? I don't agree with a lot of things society does but I don't say "Oh! Society! You're wrong! I hope you go to hell! You're the reason the world's dying around us!" Because without society, there's no human. Without Gay people there are no fashion designers, male models, amazing actors, so many people are gay and have made an impact on the world for what they've done(not because they're gay.). Industrialization kills off a species of animal every two months, and people would rather hate homosexuals?

Also, homophobia was "diagnosed" in the late 1950's in the middle of America so that a group of men could get away with murdering two gay guys. It's not really a fear, it's a fraud. People don't understand, don't want to understand, and decide to label that stubborn-ness as a fear to make them seem less heartless.

Thanks.

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