TEXAS: 13 Year-Old Boy Commits Suicide After Years Of Anti-Gay Bullying

This stuff is unacceptable. Children are NOT supposed to KILL themselves because the supposed "ADULTS" around them are not willing to protect them from predators. Bullying is WRONG. As someone who was bullied by my peers when I was young -- I do know it leaves a scar. even though we push ahead, move on, regroup and lead productive lives -- it still leaves a mark. There are some kids I still dislike -- others who just leave me confused. I still wonder what it was that made me a "target". Oh well, at least I managed to survive. Today, many kids do not.

This crap is just WRONG -- and the "adults" should hang their heads in shame. Useless bags of rotten flesh. Refusing to protect innocent kids because of prejudice, "religion", or other "reasons". Just wrong!


TEXAS: 13 Year-Old Boy Commits Suicide After Years Of Anti-Gay Bullying

Eighth grader Asher Brown put a bullet in his brain this week after enduring years of anti-gay taunting and bullying at his Texas middle school. His parents say they complained to the school repeatedly. The school, of course, claims no knowledge of such complaints.

Cy Fair ISD officials said Monday that they never received any complaints from Brown's parents before the suicide about the way the boy was being treated at school. School district spokeswoman Kelli Durham said no students, school employees or the boy's parents ever reported that he was being bullied. That statement infuriated the Truongs, who accused the school district of protecting the bullies and their parents.

"That's absolutely inaccurate — it's completely false," Amy Truong said. "I did not hallucinate phone calls to counselors and assistant principals. We have no reason to make this up. … It's like they're calling us liars." David Truong said, "We want justice. The people here need to be held responsible and to be stopped. It did happen. There are witnesses everywhere." Numerous comments from parents and students on the Web site of KRIV-TV Channel 26, which also reported a story about Brown's death, stated that the boy had been bullied by classmates for several years and claimed Cy-Fair ISD does nothing to stop such harassment.

On the morning of his suicide, Asher told his parents that he was gay, but his stepfather says they were accepting of Asher's revelation. "We didn't condemn," he said. The day before, Asher had been tripped and pushed down a flight of stairs at his school. The school claims to have investigated that incident, but says they can find no corroboration.

Texas law does not protect students from anti-gay bullying, no doubt thanks to the work of Christianist groups like Focus On The Family, who lobby nationwide for the right of Christian students to abuse LGBT kids. (This from Joe.My.God> -- please follow link to original)