MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts brought
back Hudson Taylor on Thursday for an update on his anti-gay bullying
campaign.
The Columbia University assistant
wrestling coach started Athlete
Ally to fight homophobic speech in sports.
Taylor said more than 4,000 people had
signed on to the Athlete Ally pledge to respect all persons
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender
expression.
Roberts reminded viewers that the first
anniversary of Tyler
Clementi's suicide was approaching, prompting Taylor to say his
work was an attempt to honor the Rutgers University student's memory.
“Everywhere you go there's always
going to be those who want to degrade and divide,” he said. “I'm
on a mission to unite people. To bring people together for respect
for everyone. And, yeah, I've put a bit of a target on my back, but
with people like Tyler Clementi being put into a place where they
feel their only option is to take their own life, I feel a
responsibility to do something about that. To not only tell kids
that it gets better, but actually to make it better.” (The video
is embedded in the right panel of this page.)