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Gay Teen Suicide

Child, Please: How Much Worse Does It Have To Get Before 'It Gets Better'?

David Groshoff | Posted 03.14.2012 | Gay Voices
David Groshoff

I'm calling B.S. on the "It Gets Better" propaganda. As we unfortunately just learned, it didn't get better for EricJames Borges, who took his own life only a month after filming his video for the "It Gets Better" campaign.

LGBT Advocates, Students Slam Tennessee Anti-Bullying Law Change

Posted 01.05.2012 | Gay Voices

Less than one month after a local gay teen took his own life after allegedly being tormented at his high school, a proposed change in a Tennessee law ...

Another Teen Bullied To Death, Another Reason For A New Christianity

John Shore | Posted 02.07.2012 | Religion
John Shore

There are always myriad causes behind suicide. But that that does not alter the fact that the root cause of these tragedies is a strain of Christianity that continues to insist that homosexuality is an evil affront to God.

WATCH: Bullied Gay Teen's Poignant Video Series

Posted 12.05.2011 | Gay Voices

A bullied teen's poignant video has caught the eye of the blogosphere over three months after it was originally posted. The clip, simply titled "...

Helping End Bullying with the Kardashians, Demi Lovato and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Michael Moloney | Posted 01.30.2012 | Gay Voices
Michael Moloney

This episode was one of the hardest shows I have done in my nine-year run on the series. There is a scene where I hold up Carl's clothes, which are so tiny -- it's so unfortunate to think about how much more this 11-year-old-boy had to give in life.

Why the Gay Teen Suicide Rate in the Anoke-Hennepin School District Is the Highest in the US

Jonathan Fast | Posted 01.22.2012 | Gay Voices
Jonathan Fast

This summer two lawsuits were filed on behalf of six students in Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin school district. The students had endured "slurs, were stabbed with pencils, shoved into walls and lockers, punched, called names and urinated on..."

Some Traditions Should Be Changed

Maggie Lamond Simone | Posted 01.09.2012 | Home
Maggie Lamond Simone

Bullying, some would argue, is also a tradition. It's been happening for generations, and is often even passed down within families. The weapons change through the years, but the victims tend to remain constant, kids who are different.

Another Suicide: It's Not School Bullying... It's School Mugging

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.26.2011 | Gay Voices
Wayne Besen

These kids are not getting bullied; they are getting mugged. If the same violent incidents occurred on the subway or at the grocery store, they would be considered mugging, and the perpetrator would be arrested for assault.

Putting A Halt To The Religious Right's Anti-Gay Rhetoric

Joseph Ward III | Posted 12.21.2011 | Religion
Joseph Ward III

America's values are clear. Why then does the religious right continue to dominate the national conversation? It is time for us to put this nonsense to rest.

Was That 'My Kid'?

Amelia | Posted 12.20.2011 | Gay Voices
Amelia

When the news reports another innocent child driven to take their own life because of homophobia and bullying, I wonder if that kid is one of the many who have written to me. And more than that, I wonder if it is "my kid."

Gay Canadian Teen Commits Suicide, Cites Depression And School Troubles In Last Blog Message

Posted 12.17.2011 | Gay Voices

Jamie Hubley, a gay 15-year-old from Ottawa, Canada, committed suicide on Friday. The 10th grade student documented his life, including his depress...

WATCH: Dodgers' Powerful 'It Gets Better' Video

Posted 11.27.2011 | Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the latest sports team to lend their support to the It Gets Better Project against gay teen bullying and suicide. The '...

Are Christians Culpable in Gay Teen Suicides?

John Shore | Posted 11.24.2011 | Religion
John Shore

Just now practically everyone in the Christian blogosphere is writing and commenting about the recent Jamey Rodemeyer suicide.

Power and Bullies: Why Gay Kids Need School Choice

James Peron | Posted 11.22.2011 | Home
James Peron

Parents are free to remove their children and educate them someplace else, but that means they pay twice: once through taxes, and then again for the substitute they find. Many parents simply can't do this.

Christians And The Blood Of Jamey Rodemeyer

John Shore | Posted 11.22.2011 | Religion
John Shore

Jesus Christ died for your sins. That was unthinkably beautiful. Now Jamey Rodemeyer has died from your sins. That is not.

Mother Of Suicide Victim To Bachmann: Speak Out Against Gay Bullying

Posted 11.16.2011 | Home

The mother of a gay teenager who committed suicide last year arrived at Rep. Michele Bachmann's office in Waite Park, Minn. Thursday carrying a box wi...

Bully For You, Jerry Buell

John Shore | Posted 11.04.2011 | Religion
John Shore

I'm harboring deep trepidation for the beginning of this new school year. All those kids. All those Jerry Buells teaching them.

Michele Bachmann Silent On String Of Gay And Bullied Teen Suicides In Her District

Posted 09.25.2011 | Home

A string of suicides among gay and bullied teenagers in Minnesota's largest school district, Anoka-Hennepin Schools, has critics blaming the district'...

Q&A With Dan Savage: On Obama, Fox News' Shepard Smith and Success of 'It Gets Better' Project

Joshua Kors | Posted 04.16.2012 | Politics
Joshua Kors

Savage caught the eye of the nation following a string of suicides by gay youths, when he and husband Terry Miller posted a video telling gay children that if they can hold on, life does get better.

The Truth Will Make Us Free: A Queer Year in Review

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.

As the groundbreaking events of 2010 have demonstrated, it is the truth of the fundamental goodness of LGBT people and our lives that will make us free.

Feds Investigate Bullying Case: Did School Fail To Protect Gay Student?

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal education officials are investigating a school district in a Central California town where a 13-year-old boy committed s...

Gay Students Receive Harsher Punishments In School, Study Finds

Posted 05.26.2011 | Home

According to a Yale University study published in Pediatrics, gay teens are more likely to face harsher punishments than their heterosexual peers in s...

Remembering the Self-Violence on the Transgender Day of Remembrance

Pete Subkoviak | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Pete Subkoviak

November 20th is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which pays homage to transgender individuals around the globe who are murdered for being who they were born to be.

Coming Out Spiritually

Christian de la Huerta | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Christian de la Huerta

We are all needed now -- present, aware, actively participating. It is time to step up as teachers, healers, activists and leaders, into lives of purpose and service.

Jim Swilley, Georgia Megachurch Pastor, Comes Out To Congregation After Gay Teen Suicides

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Jim Swilley, the pastor of a Georgia megachurch, recently revealed to his congregation that he is gay. The 52-year-old father of four said that his wi...