Tehachapi CA

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  Settlement reached in suicide of teen who endured years of anti-gay bullying

  Wednesday, June 4, 2014

  TEHACHAPI, Calif. -- The mother of a Central California teenager who committed suicide after years of anti-gay bullying has reached a $750,000 settlement with her son's school district. Wendy Walsh, whose 13-year-old son, Seth, committed suicide…

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  Calif. Senate approves ‘Seth’s Law,’ aimed at reducing anti-gay bullying

  Saturday, September 3, 2011

  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…

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  Mother of bullied gay teen files wrongful death lawsuit against Calif. school

  Tuesday, July 5, 2011

  Just days after federal investigators concluded that a California middle school failed to “adequately investigate" the bullying of a gay teen who killed himself after enduring years of anti-gay harassment, the boy's mother on Tuesday filed…

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  Federal investigators: Calif. school’s response to anti-gay bullying ‘inadequate’

  Saturday, July 2, 2011

  Federal investigators on Friday concluded that the Tehachapi, Calif., Unified School District failed to “adequately investigate or respond appropriately to the bullying of a gay, 13-year-old middle school student who hung himself in September due to…

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  Feds probe school’s response to bullying complaints that led to gay teen’s suicide

  Thursday, December 23, 2010

  The U. S. Department of Education has launched a probe into a California school district's handling of complaints by the mother of Seth Walsh, a 13-year old gay teen who committed suicide after enduring years of…

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  Hundreds ‘celebrate’ life of Seth Walsh; details emerge of last bullying incident

  Sunday, October 3, 2010

  It was standing room only at the First Baptist Church in Tehachapi, CA, Friday as more than 500 mourners came to bid farewell to Seth Walsh, an openly gay teen who died earlier this week…

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  Calif. teen on life support after suicide attempt — another case of anti-gay bullying

  Sunday, September 26, 2010

  A California boy remains in critical condition and on life support after he attempted to hang himself last week in what friends and neighbors describe as another case of anti-gay bullying.

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