RIP Jamey Rodemeyer

[mrk2010]

Oh whoops sorry marshalander. If I was a teacher at that school while this happened I would expel the lot permanently. Sorry fir hijacking your thread, been at university and not on here as much.

I just watched the video and it mentioned about lady gaga's song queen which is one the student listened to and next thing i know im a big softy and shedding tears... l think in life if anyone knows anyone whos LBGT and struggling to comes to terms give them this forum link as we all stand proud together helping one another through tough times in life... We are all unique in our own ways as what jamie was...

Kindest regards

zeon x

Originally Posted by Lovelyraveboy

My friend Armando Cosio posted jamey's it gets better video on facebook as a tribute to him, he has actually friended Jamey's best friend on there ... this not only saddens me, but deeply pisses me off.... at school, this year is the first year i have ever seen anti bullying posters posted up on the walls, which really suprised me.... i believe that bullying period should be considered a federal crime, it's just not right, and it needs to stopnow... if we do nothing at all, it's never gonna stop

Unfortunately, bullying is a difficult thing to contend with legally, as, in some instances, bullying laws could directly contradict one's freedom of speech. Perhaps if it went under laws of harassment, bullying could be dealt with without impinging on the rights of free speech.

One thing we should all recognize is that bullying tends to happen most often outside of the ear and eye shot of adult supervision, as bullying tends to be a cowardly behavior. It is not always this way, however--I can remember specific instances from my youth when some teachers ignored bulling and it was actually students who stopped it. I can also remember an instance when something a teacher said prompted students to bully.

[mrk2010]

Originally Posted by Inchante

Perhaps if it went under laws of harassment, bullying could be dealt with without impinging on the rights of free speech.

Plus in some cases and I mean rare cases people do make things up so they need to make sure the claims are legitimate. I remember a boy at school who used to say he was bullied and teased but he used to start the confrontation. But in this case the poor boy was victimised, I just hope his family can feel comforted at this time.

Originally Posted by Inchante

Unfortunately, bullying is a difficult thing to contend with legally, as, in some instances, bullying laws could directly contradict one's freedom of speech. Perhaps if it went under laws of harassment, bullying could be dealt with without impinging on the rights of free speech.

One thing we should all recognize is that bullying tends to happen most often outside of the ear and eye shot of adult supervision, as bullying tends to be a cowardly behavior. It is not always this way, however--I can remember specific instances from my youth when some teachers ignored bulling and it was actually students who stopped it. I can also remember an instance when something a teacher said prompted students to bully.

When its bullying online it can be recorded as evidence such as this forum if the police were investigating the forum member known as X???? they could do it as online evidence is stronger evidence however karma shall dish the bullies what they deserve and thats not a pot to piss in espcially when they gloat over his death!

[dfiant]

Bullying has been discussed in GaySpeak frequently since I have joined the forums and it is something that we are passionate about stamping out and reaching out to the victims of bullying.

What can we actually do about it? How can we as a community reach youngsters like Jamie whose stories are becoming all to frequent for our likings?

We have the desire to help and save these victims from bullying and from taking their precious lives away from us, we want to nurture them so they become part of the wealth of our society, SO how do we make a tool that we have at our finger tips (Gay Speak) a first port of call for those desperate enough to take thier lives? How do we reach them before they get to that point of no return?

We all want to be able to do something, so how do we do it? How do we let desperate kids know about Gay Speak and that we can help them?

Lets do something, lets make an impact on youth suicide.

[mrk2010]

No one should have to hide them selves

Hello,
With regards to making this tool we know as gayspeak be a voice for those amongst us who need help the only way is word of mouth... It is a successful proven method and within time it will get bigger and better... Of course you could go down the road of leaflets and adverts but to be honest who reads them and where would you target for it??? I think if a event is having a LGBT moment then maybe mention it amongst people to put the word out... But be warned as the word gets around you always have the chance of unwanted attention seeking in so as a forum if we go forward with this idea we need to unite together not against each other or anything

Kindest regards

zeon x

Originally Posted by Xandor

True. But it was the 1980s. This town is not very understanding to people who are different. This town was founded in 1950. At that time, if you bought a house, there were rules you had to follow. One rule was no blacks. Either as homeowners or visitors. That rule was recinded in 1961. Homosexuality is taboo here. Even now. The nearest gay clubs are in Philadelphia. We used to have a gay club in a town called New Hope, which is about 15 miles from here. I used to go. But it "mysteriously" burned to the ground in 2005. No effort has been made to rebuild. So yeah, we had gays in high school that were open about themselves, but they were truly taking a chance. I didn't want to take that chance.

Examples like this remind me that we are not humans but animals

[dfiant]

Originally Posted by zeon

Hello,
With regards to making this tool we know as gayspeak be a voice for those amongst us who need help the only way is word of mouth... It is a successful proven method and within time it will get bigger and better... Of course you could go down the road of leaflets and adverts but to be honest who reads them and where would you target for it??? I think if a event is having a LGBT moment then maybe mention it amongst people to put the word out... But be warned as the word gets around you always have the chance of unwanted attention seeking in so as a forum if we go forward with this idea we need to unite together not against each other or anything

Kindest regards

zeon x

I was thinking more along the lines of technology, like somehow getting GaySpeak to feature more prominently in searches for 'suicide', 'bully', 'Gay' and words like that becuase I think if a teen is going to look for help, a web search is going to be their first port of call 9 times out of 10 due the anonimity of the internet.

[Craig]

This is really heart breaking