Bullying-Induced Suicide in My Backyard
Pam's House Blend
by: ZackFord
Mon Nov 08, 2010 at 13:11:23 PM EST
( - promoted by Pam Spaulding)
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17918/bullyinginduced-suicide-in-my-backyard (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17918/bullyinginduced-suicide-in-my-backyard)
Crossposted on ZackFord Blogs.
When people ask where I'm from, I say I'm from Harrisburg, PA. The truth is that I actually live 25 miles northwest of Harrisburg in a tiny town called Newport. Enough people don't know where Pennsylvania's state capital is, let alone my blip on the map.
Brandon Bitner, 14, of Middleburg, PAWell, my blip on the map is now circulating on LGBT blogs, because it was the State Police from my little town that responded to the suicide of a 14-year-old named Brandon Bitner two little towns over. He ran in front of a tractor-trailer at 3 AM Friday morning. He'd been bullied for his perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.