9-Year-Old Boy Who Came Out as Gay Died by Suici

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• COLORADO MOM SAYS 9-YEAR-OLD SON WHO CAME OUT AS GAY DIED BY SUICI AFTER SCHOOL BULLYG
• THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’
• PARENTS OF GAY TEEN WHO DIED BY SUICI SUE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR IGNORG HIS PLEAS FOR HELP
• BOY, 9, MS SUICI AFTER G OUT AS GAY, BEG BULLIED BY CLASSMAT: MOM
• TYLER CLEMENTI, STUNT OUTED AS GAY ON TER, JUMPS TO HIS ATH
• MOTHER OF GAY ALABAMA TEEN WHO DIED BY SUICI HOP HIS ATH ENURAG TOLERANCE
• DENVER 9-YEAR-OLD BOY MS SUICI DAYS AFTER G OUT AS GAY

COLORADO MOM SAYS 9-YEAR-OLD SON WHO CAME OUT AS GAY DIED BY SUICI AFTER SCHOOL BULLYG

A 9-year-old Colorado boy who died by suici last week had been bullied at school after announcg over the summer that he was gay and exprsg his sire to share the news wh his classmat, his mother said. Pierce said her son told her over the summer that he was gay while they were together her r and he was ridg the back seat. “He was like, ‘Mom I’m gay, ’ ” she said, reports KDVR.

The revelatn apparently eed Jamel to share the rmatn wh others, his mom said: “He went to school and said he was gonna tell people he’s gay bee he’s proud of himself. In April 2013, Joe Bell left his home La Gran, a small town the northeast rner of Oregon, to walk across the untry honor of his 15-year-old son, Jad, who had died Febary a few weeks after attemptg and his wife, Lola Lathrop, told lol and natnal news outlets at the time that Jad was bullied for beg gay, both onle and at school.

He was the only out gay stunt at La Gran High School. In addn to beg the only out gay stunt at his school, he was also the only boy on the cheerleadg squad, and Bell told Salon 2013 that he was bullied for said he uld relate to Jad and his story, bee he was also bullied growg up Texas. 19, 2010, Seth Walsh, a gay 13-year-old livg Southern California, died by suici after beg bullied.

THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’

Three days later, Tyler Clementi, a gay stunt at Rutgers Universy-New Bnswick, killed himself after beg rerd on a webm kissg another man.

PARENTS OF GAY TEEN WHO DIED BY SUICI SUE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR IGNORG HIS PLEAS FOR HELP

Attorneys for the fay of Nigel Shelby said school staff vlated Tle VI, which prohibs tentnal discrimatn on the basis of race, lor and natnal orig, and Tle IX, which prohibs public schools om ignorg harassment based on genr attorneys, civil rights lawyers Benjam Cmp and Jasme Rand, said Shelby, 15, who was gay, had repeatedly reported beg bullied at school and on social media, but was told by Huntsville High School's then-hman prcipal Jo Stafford that beg gay was a prcipal "did not offer any assistance or take any rponsibily to make sure that this child was protected and nurtured and loved, " Cmp said.

BOY, 9, MS SUICI AFTER G OUT AS GAY, BEG BULLIED BY CLASSMAT: MOM

"Consistent wh the district’s Core Valu, HHS [Huntsville High School] has a strong Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) place to provi support to LGBTQ+ stunts, and the district has partnered wh GLSEN and the Anti-Defamatn League to support s schools and stunts, " the statement Tuday, Rand said: "To make a statement and to enforce policy are two different thgs. "Lbian, gay and bisexual youth are almost five tim more likely to have attempted suici as pared to heterosexual youth, acrdg to the Trevor Project, which provis crisis terventn servic to LGBTQ youth. Jamel Myl was found ad of suici jt days after his mom said he me out as gay to his classmat, the Denver Post reports.

TYLER CLEMENTI, STUNT OUTED AS GAY ON TER, JUMPS TO HIS ATH

An timated 34% of gay, lbian or bisexual kids face bullyg at school, which may make them pecially sceptible to suicidal behavr, says John Ackerman, a clil psychologist and the suici preventn ordator for the Center for Suici Preventn and Rearch at Natnwi Children’s Hospal.

A JAMA rearch letter based on 2015 CDC data found that about 40% of gay, lbian, bisexual or qutng high school stunts reported serly nsirg suici durg the prr year, pared to almost 15% of heterosexual adolcents. But, he says, lbian, gay, bisexual and queer or qutng kids may face challeng that their peers don’t.

MOTHER OF GAY ALABAMA TEEN WHO DIED BY SUICI HOP HIS ATH ENURAG TOLERANCE

Suici is the send leadg e of ath among young people aged 10 to 24 (Hegaard, Curt, & Warner, 2018) — and lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth are at signifintly creased youth are more than four tim as likely to attempt suici than their peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020) Trevor Project timat that more than 1. Among gay or lbian youth, 37% serly nsired suici and 19% attempted.

DENVER 9-YEAR-OLD BOY MS SUICI DAYS AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Journal of Gay & Lbian Mental Health, 21(3), 194–202. Associatn of sexual orientatn acceptance wh rced suici attempts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng youth. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth and fay acceptance.

(2003) Prejudice, social strs, and mental health lbian, gay, bisexual populatns: Conceptual issu and rearch evince. Fay rejectn as a predictor of negative health out whe and Lato lbian, gay, and bisexual young adults. High school gay–straight allianc (GSAs) and young adult well-beg: An examatn of GSA prence, participatn, and perceived effectivens.

A Colorado mother says her 9-year-old son took his life last week bee of anti-gay bullyg om his Piece, of Denver, told FOX 31 Denver she found her son, Jamel Myl, ad her home Thursday – months after her son told her he was gay over the summer. He was like, 'Mom, I’m gay.