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Texas dad gives his son a lesson in humiliation as punishment for bullying
KILLEEN, Texas — A Texas boy who has been in trouble at school several times for bullying, has learned a lesson in humiliation after spending an afternoon announcing to passers-by that he is a bully.
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LGBT rights advocates say Utah bullying law may backfire
OGDEN, Utah — Gay rights leaders in Utah say a new law requiring schools to notify parents when their child is a victim of bullying could potentially do more harm than good.
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Lawsuit alleges anti-gay bullying by Charleston, S.C. high school teacher
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A high school math teacher in South Carolina bullied a student so mercilessly as “gay” that the boy tried to kill himself, the teen and his mother claim in court.
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Complaint filed in Ind. school bus anti-gay bullying incident
INDIANAPOLIS — A gay rights advocacy group has filed a complaint on behalf of a gay high school student whose mother says he was beaten by a football player because of his sexuality.
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Ricky Martin’s stunning admission: ‘I bullied kids who I knew were gay’
Grammy award winning pop artist Ricky Martin says that as a child he suffered from intense, internalized homophobia, which led him to bully other kids that he knew were gay.
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Calif. school responds to claims that administrators harassed gay students
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A Southern California school district said Thursday that it will implement policies supporting LGBT students after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) demanded officials step take action to end discrimination against LGBT students by teachers and administrators.
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Settlement announced in N.Y. school district anti-gay bias lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA, N.Y. — A northern New York school district has agreed to a series of measures to combat bullying as part of a settlement of a former student’s anti-gay bias lawsuit.
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Rising Above: Bullying victims express themselves through art
Bullying can happen at home or at school, or both, and each case is unique. Some of the time, bullies themselves have been victimized and opt to use their feelings of hate or frustration and project it on others. Part of the You Will Rise Project’s goal is to create an avenue for expression that prevents kids from continuing that cycle.
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For Carlos Vigil, whose fate could have been my own… Rest in peace, my friend
Initially I could not understand why Carlos Vigil’s story had elicited such a strong emotional response from me. Perhaps it was our shared interest in government and public policy? Maybe it was the clear articulation of his frame of mind that day through a posting I had read on his Twitter account? Or perhaps it was my empathy for his family and what they must be going through during this harrowing moment in their lives? As I pondered these questions I quickly came to the realization that selfishly, my feelings had little to do with Carlos or his family. It was because of me…
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Bullied N.M. gay teen posts suicide note online before taking his own life
LAS LUNAS, N.M. — An openly gay New Mexico high school student who spoke out against bullying died Tuesday after his family removed him from life support following a suicide attempt over the weekend.