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Gazoo

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RIP Ed Gallagher
« on: May 11, 2005, 10:43:31 AM »
"Ed who?"

He was a football player at Pitt who couldn't come to terms with his sexuality and attempted suicide in 1985.  The attempt failed, leaving him paralyzed; from those ashes, he recovered to become an important speaker on suicide prevention and gays-in-sports issues.

http://www.outsports.com/difference/gallagherobit.htm
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Re: RIP Ed Gallagher
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2005, 10:47:15 AM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
"Ed who?"

He was a football player at Pitt who couldn't come to terms with his sexuality and attempted suicide in 1985.  The attempt failed, leaving him paralyzed; from those ashes, he recovered to become an important speaker on suicide prevention and gays-in-sports issues.

http://www.outsports.com/difference/gallagherobit.htm


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RIP Ed Gallagher
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2005, 10:53:06 AM »
r.i.p. ed.