To speak directly to a professional, call 1-80. Resource information is provided for free as well as a chat message service. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website. It really is a matter of life or death for some of these kids,' wrote one person. 'LGBT youth seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the rate of heterosexual youth. This tweet drew a fierce response from others on Twitter (seen below), who singled out the self-defeating nature of using the homophobic slur while claiming to have befriended those in the LGBTQIA+ community. Either way, I know he has a lot of love for his gay friends and I will have a talk with him. If Kid rock using the word f****t offends you, good chance you are one. The incident came in the midst of Pride Month, which aims to promote visibility and acceptance of those who identity as part of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, and asexual and/or ally) community.Īfter being met with criticism over his controversial choice of words, Kid Rock issued a response on Twitter where Bob Ritchie (his real name) claimed he would talk with his musical alter ego.