A gay high school stunt was allegedly raped months after plats of bullyg fell of af ears, acrdg to a lawsu filed by the boy's mother.
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- RAPE OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WAS IGNORED, ACRDG TO LAWSU
- ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
RAPE OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WAS IGNORED, ACRDG TO LAWSU
A lawsu by the mother of a Wt Virgia boy suggts that homophobia may be a factor failg to prevent the boy's rape, and later ignorg high school stunt, who is gay, was allegedly bullied, asslted and raped by a fellow stunt 2017. Hband admted showg the material to boys his re, but argued that he was terted child pornography only bee he was nductg rearch to homosexualy. “One of my iends said: ‘What, are you gay now?
’ I jt said ‘I’m not gay, I was raped’.
Prop and others say another form of bias — discrimatn agast gay and transgenr mal — also helps expla why boys aren’t acknowledged as victims and offered help. “There’s a lot of homophobia. ”Gay and transgenr youth are more likely to bee traffickg victims, acrdg to the Polaris Project, part bee fay nflicts ph many of them to n away om home.
‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
Gay and transgenr youth also are at signifintly higher risk of physil vlence than others workg the sex, acrdg to the 2016 Youth the Sex Tra study and other rearch, most male child traffickg victims aren’t gay. "What happened to Alex has thrown a worldwi spotlight on the dark si of a cy where a victim n be treated as a crimal, where homosexualy is outlawed and where AIDS is buried unr a layer of shame. "Homosexualy is taboo, rape is taboo, and AIDS is taboo, " said Veronique Robert.