Suicides draw attention to anti-bullying bills

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Suicides draw attention to anti-bullying bills

Joey DiGuglielmo | Oct 14, 2010

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/14/suicides-draw-attention-to-anti-bullying-bills/

The widely reported suicides of four gay male teenagers in September that have been linked to school bullying or harassment has heightened interest in two separate bills in Congress aimed at curtailing anti-LGBT bullying and discrimination in the nation's public schools.

A third bill expected to be introduced next month by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) would require colleges and universities to develop campus anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies that cover LGBT students.

"For those of us who work in education policy our focus is making the education case for these bills," said Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, known as GLSEN.