Another Teen Suicide Related to Anti-Gay Bullying
This time in Buffalo, NY.
Parents carry on anti-bullying message: wivb.com
Jamey Rodemeyer’s parents believe years of bullying drove their son to suicide. The Williamsville North freshman took his life Sunday, he was only 14 years old.
Jamey Rodemeyer posted a message online hoping that others would be inspired by his struggle with bullying. A part of the message reads, “That’s all you have to do. Just love yourself and you’re set. And I promise you, it’ll get better.”
Soon after coming home from a family camping trip, Jamey was found dead Sunday. His parents say he was always under pressure because of struggles with his sexuality.
Jamey’s mother Tracy Rodemeyer said, “So he hung around with the girls a lot, so then the teasing started happening like ‘Oh you’re such a girl or you’re gay or whatever and that bothered him for many years.”
For religious conservatives reading this: Isn’t it past time to become part of the solution? Criticizing anti-bullying programs on ideological grounds doesn’t help kids or your ideology.
More on the situation:
I believe that when a student has notified a teacher/principal/parent at least twice regarding the fact that they are being bullied that anything more than that, that those that have been notified by that student which is being bullied should be held accountable as well. To many of our children are reporting incidents with too little being done to prevent bullying. So my advice is to hold the adults which have been notified responsible because more should be done on their part. If you as an educator have been notified at least 2 times by a student, they you as an adult in which the student looks up to, should be obligated to make necessary changes to bring about positive change in this matter.