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Man’s homophobic childhood bully hits on him on Scruff
What if your former bully wanted to sleep with you?
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20 years later, man writes apologetic letter to the gay couple he publicly taunted
“Outwardly I had acted as if it was you who should be ashamed,” he writes, “but for over 20 years it ahs been me who carries this shame.”
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Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano understand the pain of being bullied
The two friends have an important message for queer youth: they know what it’s like to have been bullied as kids and they got through it.
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Teased to death
Growing up in my neighborhood, kids got teased, not bullied. Bullying happened, it was just called teasing. Often, it was called harmless teasing. I don’t know if the adults were being polite or they believed themselves and thought I was over sensitive. They sure didn’t stop it.
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N.Y civil liberties group: State fails to protect transgender students from harassment
Transgender students are often harassed in public schools across New York, and education officials have failed to carry out a legislative mandate to protect them, the New York Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
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Students told ‘Gay O.K.’ t-shirts to support bullied classmate was ‘disruptive’
Two students at a Texas middle school were sent home on Wednesday, and several others were told to cover up their “Gay O.K.” message they wore emblazoned on their T-shirts because school officials said the message was a “distraction.”
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Pastor tells high school graduates they’re going to Hell if they are gay
A North Carolina pastor told graduating seniors at Kings Mountain High School’s annual baccalaureate service that they’re going to Hell if they are gay.
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Nevada Legislature passes LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying protections for students
The measure, which includes protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, now heads to Sandoval’s desk for final approval.
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Tulsa students suspended after LGBT poster defaced
Nearly a dozen students were suspended after a poster encouraging awareness about bullying and harassment of LGBT students was defaced.
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Bullied Wisconsin transgender teen dies by suicide
Just days after Cameron Langrell announced to friends and classmates online that she identified as a transgender girl, the 15-year-old took her own life.