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• GAY TEEN TCH BULLI ON MERA VIRAL TIKTOK VIO
• GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
• GAY TEENAGER SHAR VIO OF BULLI TARGETG HIM OVER HIS SEXUALY: ‘EXAMPLE OF WHAT’S GOG ON MY LIFE’
• TEENS SPEAK OUT WH 'MAKE IT OUT' GAY BULLYG VIO
• VIRAL VIO OF TEEN PUNCHG CLASSMATE DRAWS ATTENTN TO ANTI-GAY BULLYG
• VIOTAPED BULLYG OF GAY RSIAN YOUTHS HIGHLIGHTS GROWG HOMOPHOBIA
• WATCH HILARY DUFF RECREATE 2008 ANTI-BULLYG COMMERCIAL CONMNG PHRASE "THAT'S SO GAY"
• TRAGIC TEEN POSTED VIO ON GAY BULLYG
• BRANDON ELIZAR, GAY TEEN, COMMS SUICI, WRG 'I COULDN'T MAKE IT. I LOVE YOU GUYS' (VIDEO)
• TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
• HILARY DUFF RECREAT VIRAL ANTI-GAY BULLYG PSA 14 YEARS LATER
• 10 CELEBRI STICKG UP FOR GAY TEENS
• JAB ROGERS, TENNSEE TEEN, COMMS SUICI AFTER YEARS OF ANTI-GAY BULLYG (VIDEO)
• MORMON PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN PRODUCE 'IT GETS BETTER' VIO
• HOW BULLYG HELPED ME LOVE MYSELF AS A FEMME GAY MAN

GAY TEEN TCH BULLI ON MERA VIRAL TIKTOK VIO

They said no actns have yet been taken that they are aware Jon shared the vio of the two homophobic cints, over 11, 000 people have shared ments, most of them “Amerin Idol” nttant David Archuleta, who me out publicly last year, was among the menters: “Oh gosh… sorry you’re alg wh that there’s no jtifitn for what they’re dog to you and so shallow of them. ”And Landon Jon is not alone when to anti-gay bullyg: A report published last year by The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth crisis terventn and suici preventn nonprof, found the majory of LGBTQ youths (52%) enrolled middle or high school reported beg bullied eher person or electronilly the year prr to participatg the survey.

Gay bullyg statistics dite that gay teens are two-to-three tim more likely to m suici than other youths and about 30% of all suicis have been lked to a genr inty crisis. Gay bullyg statistics dite that 9-out-of-10 gay youth have been subject to bullyg and that, of those, almost half were physilly harassed and a quarter report beg physilly asslted. Any dividual mor cince of gay bullyg or gay bashg may be somethg that someone n al wh but the ma problem wh is s pervasive and nsistent nature to the pot where jur an dividual's self-teem and sire to live.

GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG

Many anizatns are dited to stop gay bashg and gay bullyg and there are more and more iativ lolly, like high schools, to stop gay bashg. Over 4000 Gay-Straight Allianc are now registered wh the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network and iativ such as "No Name-Callg Week" now exist to put the spotlight on all typ of bullyg and bashg.

GAY TEENAGER SHAR VIO OF BULLI TARGETG HIM OVER HIS SEXUALY: ‘EXAMPLE OF WHAT’S GOG ON MY LIFE’

Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, nonbary or otherwise genr non-nformg (LGBTQI+) youth and those perceived as LGBTQI+ are at an creased risk of beg bullied. High school stunts who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) report havg been bullied on school property (23%) and cyberbullied (27%) the past year than their straight peers (7% and 13%, rpectively). Historilly, YRBS and other studi have gathered data on lbian, gay, and bisexual youth but have not clud qutns about transgenr, non-bary, genr non-nformg, tersex, or queer youth.

Gay teenager shar cints where he’s been bullied as he nmns harassment (TikTok / @allclearforlandon)A gay teenager has shared exampl of the bullyg he’s faced over his sexualy while speakg out agast the school bulli he claims have targeted him for Jon, 18, om California, opened up about his experienc a vio posted to his TikTok late last month, which he began by sharg vios he’d ptured of what appears to show him beg targeted by bulli two separate the first clip, a teenager uld be heard llg Jon a “f**kg f**got” as he walked by his r.

TEENS SPEAK OUT WH 'MAKE IT OUT' GAY BULLYG VIO

“They jt simply know the fact that I’m gay and I’m out at school, and they choose that and they hang on and they jt give me that attentn. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry.

VIRAL VIO OF TEEN PUNCHG CLASSMATE DRAWS ATTENTN TO ANTI-GAY BULLYG

”He advised an “appropriate fancial award” should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed forc, an pennt review has Etherton’s report remend: “An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims. "And so I thk that the kids felt like there was an opportuny to send a msage to other kids, " Ga took the full school year to plete, he said, and half of the kids who ntributed to the vio intify themselv as gay.

"They didn’t set out to tell 'gay stori, ' but stori about feelg isolated when you’re surround by people, feelg that you have lovg parents that you n’t turn to and talk to, even if they are good parents, " Ga said. That a teenager might thk his life is total hell, you know, but how do you thk a gay and lbian teen who has to stay the closet jt to not get beaten up every day feels?

"I played the red-head kid that got beat up and almost jumped off the bridge but didn’t bee Ashaad saved me, " Kennedy character is gay, but Kennedy is not. I mean, I had to act as a gay kid and I was totally fe wh that, " Kennedy said while stg among his filmmakg peers at Raw Art chimed : "I was surprised at that e a lot of people would’ve turned that role down. Now the mician wants as many gay and straight teens as possible to see the “Make Out” vio onle, and adms she wish she had seen somethg like when she was stgglg to fd her way as a LGBT kid high school.

VIOTAPED BULLYG OF GAY RSIAN YOUTHS HIGHLIGHTS GROWG HOMOPHOBIA

It’s been nearly a year sce Vladimir Put’s stnchly anti-gay regime passed legislatn allowg the beatg and asslt of any LGBT person for any reason. In the vio above, she is referred to as a “homosexual, ” kicked the head and body, thrown onto the grown, and stripped of her cloth. As you n see the vio above, police tervened only to arrt Kalug for the promotn of “homosexual propaganda, ” allowg his attackers to walk away st-ee.

Members of the femist punk rock prott group Psy Rt were immediately beaten, whipped and pepper sprayed after stagg an impromptu prott of Rsian anti-gay legislatn outsi an Olympic venue Sochi this Febary. Members of extremist vigilante group Occupy Pedophilia ma headl last summer when they began lurg gay men to meet so they uld bully, harass, and sometim beat them — acts that are pletely legal unr Put’s anti-gay regime. The performance was not related to the LGBT muny any way, but participants were attacked bee they were merely perceived to be gay.

WATCH HILARY DUFF RECREATE 2008 ANTI-BULLYG COMMERCIAL CONMNG PHRASE "THAT'S SO GAY"

The film follows a small town Oregon father who embarked on a cross-untry walk to raise awarens about bullyg after his teen son was bullied for beg gay and mted suici.

TRAGIC TEEN POSTED VIO ON GAY BULLYG

Wahlberg stars and produced the film, which is directed by Realdo Marc Green (Monsters and Men), and wrten by Diana Ossana and Lary McMurty, who won an Amy Award for their screenplay to Brokeback Bell, origally tled Good Joe Bell, tells the story of a workg class father who's son died by suici at age 15 after beg relentlsly bullied for beg gay. A viral vio of a gay teen punchg a classmate who had allegedly been harassg him unrsr “a systemic failure” to addrs the prevalence of anti-LGBTQ bullyg schools, acrdg to some experts and advot. @maylarose42The vio shows gay stunt Jordan Steffy, a junr at LaPorte High School Indiana, yellg at a classmate who n be seen slowly walkg toward him.

In the vio — which has been wily shared on Twter sce was first posted by Steffy on Friday — the gay teen n then be seen shovg and punchg the other stunt. Angela Fillmore told NBC News that her son had started beg bullied the send gra, and that the bullyg grew worse after he me out as gay seventh gra. Ceno, who me out as gay upon his arrt, stabbed a classmate to ath and serly wound another at a Bronx high school 2017 after he was allegedly bullied for his perceived sexualy.

Campaigners blame this on a ntroversial new law outlawg so-lled "homosexual propaganda" that was passed unanimoly by the Rsian State Duma and signed to law by Print Vladimir Put last month. Nikolai Alekseyev, founr of Gay Pri Rsia, believ the law sends the wrong signals to society and the mds of some legimiz vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muni.

BRANDON ELIZAR, GAY TEEN, COMMS SUICI, WRG 'I COULDN'T MAKE IT. I LOVE YOU GUYS' (VIDEO)

"They have received signals om the hight officials the state -- the Duma, the print -- that basilly you n do whatever you want if ncerns gay people bee they are not first-class cizens; they are send-class or even third-class.

Ined, groups like the one Kamensk-Uralsky -- which belongs to a Rsia-wi work operatg unr the banner "Occupy Pedophilia" -- have so far enjoyed almost total impuny for their treatment of homosexuals. Martskevich, who sports a mohawk and often appears bare-chted his vios, found Occupy Pedophilia and enuraged his followers to pour ure over their victims' heads to "cure" them of homosexualy.

The graphic imag, which were posted on the popular webse and elsewhere, have turned gay rights Rsia to a e celebre the Uned Stat.

TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

22 vio the origal d om the PSA which featur two teenagers tryg on tops a clothg store, and g the word "gay" a rogatory way, Lizzie McGuire steps to te the pair. Dpe the mercial—which was ma for the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network's (GLSEN) mpaign—beg ma more than a ago, 's still a topic that's close to Hilary's heart.

Moreover, the pa gay teenagers feel when they are tnted affects others around them: Durg adolcence, the mantra is, “I want to be the same.

HILARY DUFF RECREAT VIRAL ANTI-GAY BULLYG PSA 14 YEARS LATER

” Teens feel a powerful need to f , and when they see a gay stunt gettg bullied for some perceived “difference, ” they worry that their own differenc—and we all have them—will be targeted by bulli next. Acrdg to a survey by the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network, approximately 90 percent of gay, lbian, transgenr or bisexual middle and high school stunts report beg physilly or verbally harassed 2009.

Some parents assume that if they are tolerant of different sexual orientatns, their children aren’t affected by the barrage of msag suggtg that ’s abnormal or immoral to be gay. I’m enuraged by the fact that so many celebri—om Cyndi Lper and Ellen DeGener to Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, and the entire st of Glee—are raisg public awarens of anti-gay bullyg and s lks to teen suici. A 14-year-old boy who posted a fiant vio on the ter tellg young victims of gay bullyg "It Gets Better" has killed Romeyer is the latt a strg of suicis by young Amerins, abed or ridiculed bee of their sexualy.

10 CELEBRI STICKG UP FOR GAY TEENS

The teenager said he had suffered at the hands of homophobic bulli for months and had unrgone May, Jamey, om New York, rerd a vio msage for the "It Gets Better" mpaign, lnched rponse to bullyg-related anti-bullyg mpaign was backed by a number of celebri, as well as natnal figur cludg print Barack Obama. A number of menters posted abive msag unr posts Jamey had ma to a social workg se where he discsed his nfn about his read: "Jamie (sic) is stupid, fat, gay and ugly. "A seri of tragedi Ameri have sparked mands for more support for young gay people sufferg om year Tyler Clementi, a stunt at Rutgers Universy, killed himself after a fellow stunt secretly set up a webm to broadst his first enunter wh a man.

JAB ROGERS, TENNSEE TEEN, COMMS SUICI AFTER YEARS OF ANTI-GAY BULLYG (VIDEO)

Due to a seri of highly publicized suicis attributed to anti-gay bullyg, celebri like Lady Gaga and anizatns like the It Gets Better mpaign, found by Dan Savage to let LGBT youth know that they are not alone, have spoken out hop of endg the terror many kids -- LGBT or not -- face on a daily, some feel that the msag are not, and of themselv, sufficient for battg a new terview wh, edian Stt Thompson, perhaps bt known for his participatn the sketch edy show "Kids In The Hall, " gave some ntroversial advice for kids who are alg wh bullyg:"Grow a pair. So much of the bullyg mpaigns are part of the trend that we were jt talkg about - the restg of gay men as eternal victims and 's like, fight back! "A Parents, Fai, & Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) memorial service is schled for Friday the teen's hometown, where donatns n be ma to the PFLAG anti-bullyg fund, the Dallas Voice, see a slishow related to LGBT bullyg:LGBT Bullyg Reports & ViosPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

MORMON PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN PRODUCE 'IT GETS BETTER' VIO

29, 2010— -- It's an epimic that has seemgly touched every rner of Ameri: kids beg bullied for beg bullyg has entire high schools heartbroken, parents childls and fai torn this fall, Rutgers Universy hman Tyler Clementi jumped to his ath after he'd allegedly had an timate experience wh another man that was broadst to the mp via his roommate's September alone, ne young people -- gay or merely spected of beg gay -- took their liv after beg what would people do if they wnsed this kd of hatred takg place right ont of them? "Well, say that's somethg gay when you mean 's bad, " Duff explas before liverg a subtle dig at the girl Hoyg's playg and her qutnable fashn choic.

Duff filmed the viral PSA back 2008 for the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network’s (GLSEN) mpaign to eradite the phrase "that’s so gay" om sual nversatn. In September at least five teenage boys mted suici after beg tormented for beg gay -- most recently Rutgers Universy hman Tyler Clementi. Hilton said he talked wh "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy about havg the st of the Fox h show make a vio and workg an anti-bullyg theme to "Glee's" once been a closeted gay teen an all-boys high school, Hilton said he's wholeheartedly mted to this e.

HOW BULLYG HELPED ME LOVE MYSELF AS A FEMME GAY MAN

The pot is to not be a bully to the pot where someone is gog to want to kill themselv -- threateng vlence, llg them homophobic nam repeatedly. Take a look at ne more of the anti-bullyg movement's loust celebry advot:Kathy Griff"I thk that the way that we had trickle-down enomics the '80s, this is trickle-down homophobia. And I get very nervo when the parents of the so-lled bulli fend them, sayg, 'Oh, kids will be kids, ' when you fd out that the teen suici rate is four tim higher for a gay person.