Tim Gunn Advocates The Prevention of Gay Suicide In His Vlog

On Tuesday, our favorite dapper fashion host Tim Gunn posted a vlog entry on his Facebook page on Tuesday with a word for struggling GLBT and questioning youths in keeping with the "It Gets Better" project for preventing gay suicide.

“As a 17-year-old youth who was in quite a bit of despair, I attempted to kill myself and I’m very happy today that that attempt was unsuccessful. But at the time it’s all that I could contemplate. I thought, ‘I need to end things right now.’ And I have to tell you, when I woke up the next morning after taking more than 100 pills, I was in a whole other level of despair. I thought ‘I shouldn’t be here. This isn’t what was meant to be.’ I frankly just wanted to start life all over again.

"There are people who can help you. You cannot do this alone. That’s another very profound message that I want to give to all of you. It really requires a collaboration between you and the people who love you, the people you can depend upon, no matter who they are as mentors. In my case it took a very serious intervention to help me. And it was the result of the botched suicide attempt, to be blunt...

“I understand the desperation, I understand the despair and I understand how isolated you can feel. You have a lot of — I get very emotional — people really care about you and I’m included in that group. So reach out, get help, you are not alone. It will get better, I promise.”

Also in the vlog, he promoted The Trevor Project, a suicide hotline for GLBTQ youth, which can be found at www.thetrevorproject.org and 866-4-U-TREVOR.

This is just another example of how Tim Gunn's awesomeness knows no bounds.