Recently a stardoll blogger (hawaiinbody) posted a blog about another user who is creating NOH8 badges against bullying. Of course the cause is noble, bullying is wrong. Unfortunately it's also a bit misguided.
The original NOH8 was created in opposition to Proposition 8 which banned gay marriage in California (hence the 8 in H8, clever). Unfortunately Prop 8 was passed and gay marriage was banned. Still NOH8 continues today to "promote marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest." No mention of bullying. However I can see where tokyocartoons (the creator of Stardoll's NOH8 badges) is coming from with using NOH8 as a campaign against bullying. If you've been paying attention to the news you've most likely heard about many young gay teens committing suicide due to bullying over the past year. Of course with the original NOH8 organization being focused mainly on the GLBT community you can bet they stretched their campaign to advocate the stopping of bullying, especially cyber bullying which led to many of the deaths.
Hopefully that clears things up. The creator and blogger meant well and are supporting a great cause, even if using the name of an organization who's goals are slightly different.
xoxo Meggi
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