BULLYING A GROWING CONCERN

This topic is in the news a lot lately and such a tragic subject to. Something has to be done about it and soon... the Blogger's article is about what happened to him and what can be done to stop this atrocious behavior. The other articles are what I have compiled over the year.  There will be following blogs on other types of bulling that may not seem to be relevant but are none the less bulling. There is a lot to cover so I'll sign off and let you get to it.  Sleepy Sally Sandman

News articles that deal with bulling or outing gays & forced religion & rules on captured audiences. 

 

Yesterday a 13 year old boy in Texas shot himself in the head because he was bullied and tormented at school for being gay. This is the second teenage boy this week who has committed suicide because of this type of bullying.  I received this last night… (2 articles)

http://perezhilton.com/2010-09-28-Texas_teen_kills_himself_after_years_of_bullying

http://blogs.chron.com/momhouston/2010/04/texas_teen_commits_suicide_aft_1.html

One town in Ohio and 4 children’s suicides from bulling: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bullying_one_town

Blogger: I was a bullied kid: http://www.danoah.com/2010/10/memoirs-of-bullied-kid.html

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­1. Mississippi schools sued for canceling prom over lesbian student: http://us.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/11/mississippi.prom.suit/index.html

2. I was sent to a fake Prom: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/04/05/ACLU_Investigating_Fake_Prom/

3. Follow up on above: http://www.americanhumanist.org/news/details/2010-03-humanists-prepare-to-hold-lgbt-inclusive-prom-in-miss

4. Follow up: Bleckley school officials allowing gay prom date: http://www.macon.com/2010/03/23/1069261/bleckley-school-officials-allowing.html?storylink=addthis

Gay Jesus Play stopped because of receipt of vile messages: http://wbztv.com/watercooler/gay.jesus.Play.2.1596827.html