Standing up against homophobic bullying is the best way to help those people who are being discriminated for being homosexual, lesbian, bisexual or transexual. A person who stands up not only helps the discriminated person but helps the bully to open his eyes and show him that whatever an individuals sexual preference is doesn't mean that he has to make that person feel less, ashamed or degrade him/her because there is nothing wrong with them. They are just normal people, and the people who should feel ashamed are homophobic people.
“I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.”
-Harvey Milk, on a tape he made to be played in the event of his assassination
