11 Year Old Kills Himself After Gay Taunts Left Unaddressed
Filed by: Sara Whitman
April 13, 2009 11:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/04/11_year_old_kills_himself_after_gay_taun.phpAn eleven-year-old boy hung himself in Springfield, MA last week. He had been repeatedly taunted as "gay" even though he did not identify as such. His mother went to the school over and over again, trying to get something done.
Nothing happened.
So for all those right wing nuts who insist we are teaching all sorts of positive gay messages in our school, f___ you. You caused this kids death. You and your bull___ rhetoric.
I wish we were teaching more positive images of LGBT people because then "faggot" and "queer" wouldn't hurt so much. I wish that boy had an advocate in the school who listened to his mother. Who did something.
I'm angry. How can this happen today? Why did that mother have to lose her son? Why was that boy not taken care of by the school officials?
