From wild card leading contestant Scott Fletcher-Mills to judge Daniel Bedingfield, X-Factor participants know the extent of homophobic abuse in New Zealand. Not that they are confronted with it in the street. It’s their Twitter accounts that are bombarded with messages such as: “faggot”, “homo”, and “Ha, gay, kill yaself”.
The New Zealand government plans to use social media to launch a suicide prevention campaign. To read more go here