Succumbing to Defeat Life is not often easy when you are different, especially when that difference is being gay. It can be a self imposed death sentence if you are a young, gay, harassed, bullied, humiliated and stigmatized student. Listed here are eight young men who could not overcome the force of enmity and hatred
Jamie and Jamey: Gay Youth Bullied to Death
Yet two more teen suicides spurred on by high school bullying and harassment from peers. (Read previous blog on gay teen suicides.) Last month, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself in Buffalo, N.Y., after years of homophobic harassment. (photo right) Last week in Ottowa, Canada 13 year-old Jamie Hubley took his life. He too was taunted
Homophobic Bullying Takes Another Teen Life
Beyond grief is the loss of young Jamey Rodemeyer, only 14, whose fragile ego was finally crushed by the poison of homophobic bullying from classmates at his Williamsville North High School in upstate New York on September 20, 2011. A child’s death at any young age is tragic enough, but a deliberately targeted murder seems
Yet Another Gay Teen Suicide
By Richard Ammon GlobalGayz.com December 20, 2010 Since I posted this originally on October 2, there have been three more gay teen suicides, in Oklahoma, Michigan and Pennsylvania. In addition I have found out about four other earlier deaths. So I’m re-posting this blog entry with the updated names and stories: Recent 2010 gay suicides
How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth
By Bishop Gene Robinson (Gay) Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress October 15, 2010 An increasingly popular bumper sticker reads, “Guns Don’t Kill People — Religion Kills People!” In light of recent events I would add religion kills young people: gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender young people.
Yet Another Gay Teen Suicide
By Richard Ammon October 10, 2010 A 19-year-old gay man from Norman, Oklahoma has taken his own life, and his parents say a hate-filled recent City Council meeting he attended may have driven him over the edge. Zach Harrington was a talented musician who’d endured years of struggles due to his sexual orientation in high