malcolm glaad -- gladwell will be joining us tonight. we begin tonight with the fallout of government shutdown and the look at the true victims. no, not the families that rely on headstart. no, not cancer patients whose treatment was delayed that's so -- no! not those fame-whore panda cam pand yaz. look at me i'm nibbling on bamboo. [ laughter ] (bleep) but the real victims of the shutdown there we go. >> 28%. that's how many voters now say they have a favorable view of the republican partism it is the lowest score -- party. it is the lowest score ever reported for either party by gallun. >> when you shut down the government for two weeks in order to obtain nothing people don't like it. it hurts the republican brand. it's no surprise that establishment republicans are sounding the alarm saying the tea party groups tactics are a tad extreme. >> you cannot govern from one part of one-half of congress. the only out is for these people to realize they are in a suicide caucus. >> jon: they are not in a suicide caucus. i know that because i fo

malcolm glaad -- gladwell will be joining us tonight. we begin tonight with the fallout of government shutdown and the look at the true victims. no, not the families that rely on headstart. no, not cancer patients whose treatment was delayed that's so -- no! not those fame-whore panda cam pand yaz. look at me i'm nibbling on bamboo. [ laughter ] (bleep) but the real victims of the shutdown there we go. >> 28%. that's how many voters now say they have a favorable view of the republican partism it is the lowest score -- party. it is the lowest score ever reported for either party by gallun. >> when you shut

join is us now is actor wilson cruz a national spokesman for glaad and here in the studio is allyson gill from the trevor project. both committed to providing support for the l.g.b.t. communities. let's start with you. you are kinds of an exceptional case in that evening before you were really a big star, you were out and it was part of your become a star that you came out at about the same time. in such a public way, yet do you see a reason for young people in other environments to be closeted, to be do concerned about their own safety in such environments. >> sabbatabsolutely. first of all thank you for calling me a star i appreciate that. to this day we still see that lgbt students and young people are being hu harassed and victimized in school. over 80% of the students that glistens, another organization has surveyed, say that they are being victimized because of their sexual orientation and over 60% of them are saying that they are being victimized because of their gender expression. so, yes, obviously they are still a rampant problem with bullying in schools. so, yeah, evening

we understand, sir, we're talking, this is a letter from the southern poverty law center and glaad andhe naacp of the national council of the rossa, people for the american way, they all joined on this letter. they wrote to every congressperson that could speak at this conference this weekend this is what they said. we understand that you've been invited to speak at the upcoming values voter summit, given the demonizing lies about the lgbt community spread by the hosts, the family research council, and another major sponsor of the event, the american family association, we urge you not to lend the prestige of your office to the summer. every single congressperson, every senator that you've heard have received this letter and this morning from these groups. it ended by warning us that reince priebus, the rnc chairman, said just last year people an in this country no mar straight or gay deserve dignity and respect. the question for today is whether the party of lincoln stand in 2013 on vilifying the lgbt community. you can help answer that question by saying no to the bigotry and declini