All posts tagged "bullying"
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Gay Alabama 15-year-old dies by suicide after homophobic bullying
Nigel Shelby took his own life on April 18 after being bullied at school for his sexuality
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A Wyoming teacher complained about anti-gay flyers appearing in school. The principal fired her.
Kaycee Cook was told she was "no longer welcome" in school after reporting the flyers to Wyoming Equality
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Less than a quarter of transgender teenagers feel safe expressing their gender identity
Gender-variant youth report higher levels of harassment or mistreatment at home and at school
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One in four gay DC teens have attempted suicide. This has to stop.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey reveals alarming details about DC's LGB youth
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Almost half of British transgender youth have attempted suicide
More than four-fifths of trans students have also self-harmed, survey reveals
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Williams Institute: Will Betsy DeVos protect transgender students?
LGBTQ think tank outlines the challenges that continue to face transgender students in schools
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Allies and supporters of LGBT community “go purple” for Spirit Day
Boeing, Kellogg's, the NBA and MLB, and a host of LGBT groups and other allies shared their support on social media
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CDC study: LGB students at higher risk of violence
Study also finds LGB youth are at higher risk of drug use, suicidal thoughts, depression, and truancy
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Kansas teacher under fire for showing gay bullying film
A middle school teacher in Kansas has been asked to resign and is unlikely to ever return to the classroom in the school district where...
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Advocates for LGBT youth call for ending “school-to-prison” pipeline
Mario Vasquez was only a freshman when a vicious rumor nearly got him expelled from his high school in Lancaster, California. “Someone made a false...
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Gay CIA contractor details anti-gay harassment to ABC News
Openly gay former Navy SEAL says fellow contractors targeted him while stationed in Afghanistan
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Gay baker calls gay community “Nazis” over cake-related lawsuits
Jesse Bartholomew scolds LGBT community over nondiscrimination lawsuits against anti-gay bakers
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Texas middle school students disciplined after wearing “Gay O.K.” shirts
—Sammy Heiman, a seventh-grader at Faubion Middle School in McKinney, Texas, and the designer of t-shirts with the words “Gay O.K.” on them, as reported by...
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Democrats reintroduce anti-bullying bill in Congress
Democratic lawmakers are seeking to end harassment on college campuses
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“Bullying players made him feel better,” says former colleague of Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice
“Bullying players made him feel better…. I can’t believe that anywhere else in the country it is worse than this — it’s the absolute worst.”...
