"I'm Tanner. 14 years old. Gay. Just Dance."

Tanner Moskuil is a 14 year old student from Gatineau. And he's gay.

Tanner was recently the victim of an anti-gay Facebook hate campaign launched by a few classmates. The campaign quickly spread to Twitter, and his Tumblr blog, Make Me Feel Broken, where one anonymous bully wrote "i think i wanna kill you right about now".

Tanner's response, "me too".

It didn't take much to see the parallels between Tanner's plight, and the recent teen suicides in the National Capital Region, and soon a virtual army of supporters sprung forth into action to send Tanner messages of support and to let him know they cared, and were there for him.

The tone on Tanner's blog has improved significantly as a result, and while there are still a number of amazingly insensitive people saying some pretty nasty stuff, they are outnumbered by those offering words of courage and support.

In the midst of all this activity, Tanner had his iPod stolen at school. I'd read about it the day I started following him on Twitter, but had forgotten about it until I saw a tweet from him on December 12th that read "life without my ipod , suckss".

With less than two weeks before Christmas, I'd love nothing more than to replace Tanner's stolen iPod, so I've created this page to get the word out. I'm also hoping the some of you might consider helping out with this by spreading the word and possibly making a small donation "iPod For Tanner" fund. Anything you can give will help.

You see that donate button over there to the left, below Tanner's image. Click it to donate, and help make Tanner's life suck a little less. It's a small gesture, but I know it'll mean a lot to Tanner

Thank You

J.