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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:12 PM
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New York: Buffalo Teen Kills himself after years of anti gay bullying
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-york-buffalo-teen-kills-himself.html

Heartbroken Buffalo parents Tracy and Tim Rodemeyer say they found their 14 year-old son Jamey dead yesterday morning in a presumed suicide. Jamey had long complained of vicious homophobic bullying at the hands of his classmates.

Jamey Rodemeyer needed help. At 14, he was grappling with adolescent demons that could torment grown men. And when he was online, he wrote about it. "I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens," he wrote Sept. 9. "What do I have to do so people will listen to me?" Just over one week later, Jamey was found dead outside his home of an apparent suicide. In the months prior, he routinely blogged about school bullying and thoughts of suicide in between upbeat posts about his pop star idol Lady Gaga and the ordinary types of teen rants typical for kids his age. On Sept. 8, he wrote: "No one in my school cares about preventing suicide, while you're the ones calling me and tearing me down."''

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Hate to bring this here on today's celebratory day but sometimes we need to be reminded that not everything is well. He apparently even made an it gets better video.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:13 PM
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1. DUPE
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:14 PM
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2. Sorry I usually check
I was in a bit of a hurry.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:58 PM
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3. unspeakable. n/t
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