Continuing the discussion of bullying, I found that in the past few months teen suicide has been really big in the media which have all been linked to being bullied in some form for being gay. This is a perfect example of the seriousnes of cyber bullying. This is also a demostration of how bullying doesn't stop when you graduate highschool.
Rutgers University honored the memory of Tyler Clementi:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/gay-teen-suicide-sparks-debate/story?id=11788128
Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge Tuesday, days after his roommate allegedly posted video on the Internet of him having sex with another man.
13-year-old Seth Walsh, who recently hanged himself. Walsh's family said he was harassed by bullies for being gay. "The harassment and the teasing and the taunting just became too much," said Seth's grandmother, Judly Walsh.
Raymond Chase, an openly gay 19-year-old student at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., hanged himself in his dorm room. While his brother told ABC News that it was not brought on by bullying, his suicide has sparked further debate on the nature of support for gay teens and gays on American campuses.
On the nature of why bullies do what they do:
Openly gay singer Lance Bass recently admitted that as a closeted teen he would take part in bullying of other students.
According to a recently released study by Campus Pride on how gay students are treated in higher education, gay students experience significantly greater harassment and discrimination. They were more likely to seriously consider leaving school because of it.
This video is Ellen DeGeneres's responce to the suicides.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/ellen-degeneres-speaks-out-on-rutgers-suicide-11773812
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