HRC launches alert following bullying-related suicides around the country

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HRC launches alert following bullying-related suicides around the country
By Staff Report
01 October, 2010


http://gltnewsnow.com/2010/10/01/hrc-launches-alert-following-bullying-related-suicides-around-the-country/


WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign – the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – issued a nationwide action alert following news of a number of bullying and harassment-related suicides around the country. The alert asks Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to speak out immediately and to push every school in the nation to implement anti-bullying policies inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity. HRC's Welcoming Schools program provides a model of best practices for elementary schools in order to teach children respect and tolerance early on to prevent violence later in middle and high schools.