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Student suspended in bullying incident following Jamey Rodemeyer’s death
The Williamsville, N.Y., Central School District on Friday announced the suspension of a student in connection with an alleged bullying incident of Jamey Rodemeyer’s sister at a homecoming event just days after the gay teen took his own life.
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Parents of bullied New York gay teen say taunts continued after his death
The parents of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide last week, said Tuesday that the taunts and bullying directed at their son continued after his death.
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Lady Gaga performs tribute to Jamey Rodemeyer
Entertainer Lady Gaga on Saturday performed a tribute for Williamsville, N.Y. gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Jamey, 14, committed suicide last week after enduring years of anti-gay bullying at school and online. He was laid to rest on Saturday.
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Jamey Rodemeyer laid to rest
Jamey Rodemeyer was laid to rest on Saturday. .More than 500 mourners, many of who were strangers, turned out in Williamsville, N.Y. to say goodbye to Jamey, a 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide earlier this week after enduring years of bullying at school and online.
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Alarming trend in suicide among LGBT youth nearing pandemic, says CDC
There was a time when faculty members in schools across America bracing for the annual after summer break of their students worried about seemingly inconsequential issues. Now it seems, according to a high school teacher in the western New York township of Williamsville, preventing adolescent death by suicide due to extreme bullying seems to be the prevalent challenge.
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Gay teenager struggled with bullying before taking his life
“I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens,” Jamey Rodemeyer wrote Sept. 9. “What do I have to do so people will listen to me?” Just over one week later, Jamey, 14, was found dead outside his home of an apparent suicide.
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Calif. Senate approves ‘Seth’s Law,’ aimed at reducing anti-gay bullying
The California state Senate late Thursday approved “Seth’s Law,” an anti-bullying measure aimed at giving public schools tools to prevent and address bullying through mandatory policies and systems to help discourage harassment and track incidents when they do occur.
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Dallas mayor declares ‘Stand Up Against Bullying Week’ for Sept. 12-16
Noting that “nine out of 10 LGBT teens have reported being bullied at school within the past year because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has issued a proclamation declaring Sept. 12-16 as “Stand Up Against Bullying Week.”
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Bullied gay teen meets with President Obama, proposes LGBT youth advisor
When we last checked in with Caleb Laieski — a gay teen from Arizona who started his anti-bullying activism when he was forced to drop out of high school at the age of 16 — he was in the middle of a month long lobbying crusade, meeting with legislators on Capitol Hill to garner support […]
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Minnesota school district faces another lawsuit over treatment of LGBT students
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) this week filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Minneapolis on behalf of a sixth student, an out lesbian, who was harassed while attending school in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, where a “neutrality” policy prevents teachers and staff from addressing LGBT issues, including bullying.