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From construction boots to Keira Knightley, our parents should have clued in to our queerness pretty early on...

Now in its third season, Sunday's two-hour season premiere of 'The Killing' introduces a lesbian character named Bullet, a scrappy street-kid who is the self-appointed caretaker of all of Seattle’s homeless youth.

As is well known by now, a few months ago, six teens, who were repeatedly ridiculed and taunted by their peers for being (or being perceived as) gay, took their lives, all within a six week span. The suicides of Asher Brown, 13; Seth Walsh, 13; Justin Aaberg, 15; Billy Lucas, 15; Tyler Clementi, 18; and Raymond Chase, 19 prompted a national conversation on bullying and galvanized gay celebrities and their straight allies to speak out against gay hate. Dan Savage, the popular sex and relationship columnist, launched It Gets Better, a suicide prevention project for gay teens. Savage’s campaign includes a series of Web videos of queer and straight adults touting the message that life after middle and high school gets, well, better.