I am going by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition. They saw fit to draw a distinction. I want them to get help but I won't do it at the expense of the LGBT community.

"I didn't want to die, per se, I wanted to stop hurting."

I think this is what's hit me so hard about his death. There's something really, really profoundly sad about a person who brought so much beauty, joy, and laughter into the world but was battling horrible demons. I just think about what he must have been thinking/feeling in the final moments of his life and it's so…

I am sad and you explained how I feel better than I ever could.

This gives me less hope, because if he couldn't battle it with all his resources and the world's adoration, how can I?

"He struggled with depression & addiction for years. More proof that mental illness does not discriminate. He had the world's adoration, a loving family & resources far beyond what the average person has and still lost the battle. I hope that someday we treat mental illness as the devastating thing it is, not a…

It's time we fucking got serious about depression and the philosophies and techniques we use to "treat" it. What we're doing is not working (pharmacology and psychological talk therapy). The crap we're going to hear (sorry, I feel strongly about this) about how he was sad despite making people happy is another example…

Robin Williams was a true treasure, and I'll miss him powerfully. Please, anyone reading this story who is struggling with feelings of depression or hopelessness, you're not alone and there are always people who can help you. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline can be reached at any hour at 1-800-273-8255.

His wife released a very nice statement:

I yell a mighty, albeit sad, BANGARANG this day.

If you're not invited it's because you're terrible, but let me know if you're coming anyway.

I eagerly await your no doubt well-reasearched counter to Beatrix Nutz's assertions. http://www.uibk.ac.at/urgeschichte/p…

I was picturing Robert Crumb:

Ad homenim. Excellent and compelling strategy.

If I could go see her performances for free, then her music would be a gift. But she charges quite a lot of money for her performances, so it's not just random "people" who're treating her music as a commodity, she is as well. You charge money for a product, people have a right to be pissed if you don't deliver.

Team audience. Show up and act like a professional.

here's my sex spreadsheet

He's a very important person. He sells monogrammed coffee thermoses.

This is absolute bullshit. Well, I'm black, a woman, and gay, so I defy your marginalized cat called to say I have privilege over him. Should I shut my mouth too, become another black woman silent or silenced by the sorts of guilt trips your boyfriend laid on you. We're told not to criticize black men because society…

People always use the wrong MS Office application. It's much faster to type "I'm a miserable asshole" in Word.