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When will real change happen in Anoka-Hennepin schools?
Today — over 2 years after that awful summer day when I first learned about the bullying and harassment that Justin faced in school on a continuous basis, and confronting the Anoka-Hennepin school board for my first time at a public meeting about what my son and other gay students like him have endured in the schools — my family is still not able to heal the way we should have been able to…
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Parent raises concerns over appointment of gay rights opponent to anti-bullying task force
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — The parent of a gay teen who committed suicide as a result of bullying is speaking out over the decision by the Anoka-Hennepin School District to appoint a leading gay rights opponent to its newly created anti-bullying task force.
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Organizers of Halloween parade deny admittance to gay youth group
ANOKA, Minn. — An LGBT youth group founded in memory of Justin Aaberg, a 15-year-old Anoka High School student who killed himself after he was repeatedly bullied because he was gay, has been denied participation in the Anoka Halloween Parade, presumably because there are already too many participants.
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Anoka-Hennepin official now acknowledges bullying as a ‘factor’ in teen suicides
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Just weeks after denouncing a Rolling Stone article on bullying and teen suicide as a “brutal and distorted attack,” the Superintendent of the Anoka-Hennepin School District in suburban Minneapolis now says “there can be no doubt that in many situations bullying is one of the contributing factors” to suicide.
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Minnesota school board labels conversations about LGBT students ‘controversial’
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — During its meeting before a packed room with a standing room only crowd Monday, the Anoka-Hennepin Minnesota School District’s board proposed a new “Controversial Topics Curriculum Policy” to replace the current “neutral policy” that prohibits the district’s teachers from talking about homosexuality in the classroom.
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Bachmann responds to anti-bullying petition: ‘Bullying is wrong’
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), this week has finally issued a follow-up response to her previous assertion that bullying is “not a federal issue” — Bachmann now adds, “bullying is wrong.” The Minnesota Independent reported that Bachmann responded Monday to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office by Tammy Aaberg, […]
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Mother of Justin Aaberg delivers petitions calling on Bachmann to denounce anti-gay bullying
The mother of a 15-year-old Minnesota teen who took his life last year after enduring years harassment and bullying because of his sexual orientation, has called on GOP presidential hopeful and Minnesota Congresswoman, Rep. Michele Bachmann, to denounce anti-gay bullying in her district.
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Remembering Justin Aaberg — in the year since his death, much has changed, much has not
On this day one year ago — July 9, 2010 — just weeks after finishing his freshman year at Anoka High School in Minnesota, 15-year-old Justin Aaberg killed himself in his bedroom. In the year since Justin took his life, much has changed, and much has not…