Lately teen bullying and cyber-bulling has increased and has gotten out of control. Kids are beating other kids to death or worse, the kid getting bullied decides to take his own life. Recently though, those kids getting bullied are homosexual boys and/or girls.
Seth Walsh was just 13 years old when he took his life outside in his backyard on September 19, 2010. He tried to hang himself from a tree and didn’t succeed, but was put on life support. It wasn’t until nine days later that he was taken off life support. When investigators asked around it was said by many students that Walsh was tired of getting bullied and tired of the school officials and school board of knowing about the bullying and not taking any action. Walsh asked for help many times and was ignored, just like many other gay or lesbian teenagers are. Gay bullying and gay cyber-bulling is getting extremely out of hand and more and more kids are taking their lives for it. Walsh was just one of many teens that took their life in 2010.
Additionally, many people are voicing their opinion about the bullying and cyber-bulling of gays. TV host Ellen Degeneres wrote on her blog September 4, 2010 once it was known that college student, Tyler Clementi killed himself after being outed online. Degeneres says “One life lost in this senseless way is tragic. Four lives lost is a crisis. And these are just the stories we hear about. How many other teens have we lost? How many others are suffering in silence? Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.” And she’s right. Many lives have been getting cut short from not being accepted for who they are from someone they may know or from a fellow classmate. No mother or father should ever have to bury their child before they die. The pain these families are feeling will never go away.
Another heartbreaking suicide was of Jason Aaberg from Minnesota. He was one of the five kids that committed suicide in the district that he lived in. And out of those fives supposedly three of them were homosexual teens. Jason’s mother Tammy talked to some of Jason’s classmates and learned that her son wasn’t the only person who felt like that. That many teenagers that are homosexual actually wish they were dead. They feel like an outcast. But, then again students feel like they aren’t being heard from school officials. Asking teachers to remain “neutral” seems more of a step back then a step forward in helping these teens that don’t want to live anymore. Teachers, more than anyone, should try and help these teens that feel like that, not just sit back and watch something like this unfold anymore.
Degeneres goes on to say also on her blog that teens that feel like they are all alone aren’t and goes on and lists many organizations that want to help. Like The Trevor Project or anti-bullying non-profit organizations like Angles and Doves. And she lists many more.
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/09/its_time_to_end_teenage_bullying_0930.php
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail?entry_id=73326
http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/yet-another-gay-teen-lost-to-bullying-suicide-in-minnesota.html
I really wish people wouldn't bully the gays or lesbians. Some of my best friends are gay and its hard enough for them to try and fit in into there families just think about how much harder it is when they get to school or have jobs. Everyone should be accepted for who they are not who they "should be"
ReplyDeleteBullying shouldn't be okay, whether you're gay or straight. No one should ever judge one for their sexual orientation. School officials should help the child no matter what, it's wrong on their part. A child shouldn't have to be afraid of going to school or anywhere else because he or she is gay.
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