Reply #27: I was affected very deeply emotionally about Kurt Cobain and Steve Irwin. [View All]

[Jamastiene]

Both of those hit me super hard. Steve Irwin's death hit me hard because I didn't believe he was dead at first, then bam, it was true. Kurt Cobain's death bothered me because he was the first musician who ever stood up for the gay community in such a quotable public way like that and at the height of his fame, which he did not have to do. He was a unifying force for many of us who felt, well, left out of the human experience.

I'm sad that Heath Ledger and so many other young people die, but personally, I really had no attachment per se, didn't know him. I did feel bad that he died, though, because he played in such a pivotal movie for the GLBT community, which meant a lot to a lot of us. That to me took courage and compassion for a straight actor to take on that role. That means something to me.