Thursday Watercooler: Judge Walker will retire in 2011
Sometimes you wonder. Tyler Clementi jumps off the George Washington Bridge because knuckleheads (allegedly) thought it would be a grand idea to videotape him making out with another guy.
View ArticleEllen: 4 lives lost is a crisis
Ellen DeGeneres took to the web in an emotional talk to encourage teens who feel alone and bullied to seek help. From her website: I am devastated by the death of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi.(...)
View ArticleWeekend Watercooler: Bullies, Bullies, Bullies
• Get Angry. The recent suicides and injuries of young gays has got me raging mad. What kind of a world do we live in? How is it possible that bullying gets to be so bad that kids take their(...)
View ArticleMonday Watercooler: A weekend of memorials for dead students
Bishop Long stays mum. Bishop Eddie Long is only offering cryptic comments about the sexual allegations against him. In his sermon yesterday he said something about not being “pulled into a(...)
View ArticleDA to look into suicide of bullied teen Asher Brown
(Houston) Prosecutors said Friday they will look into what led to the suicide of a 13-year-old Houston boy whose parents say was relentlessly bullied at his middle school for two years because(...)
View ArticleCulhane: What can be done about bullying?
Bullying and harassment. Consider a few stories from the past few weeks alone: Tyler Clementi is dead because the internet dissemination of tapes showing him having sex with another man was too(...)
View ArticleGay teen suicides create a `teachable moment’
(Haddonfield, N.J.) Gay Americans have arrived at a “teachable moment.” Often feeling marginalized in political discourse or grousing that they’re used as political pawns, they have the nation’s(...)
View ArticleSuicide surge: schools confront anti-gay bullying
(New York) A spate of teen suicides linked to anti-gay harassment is prompting school officials nationwide to rethink their efforts against bullying – and in the process, risk entanglement in a(...)
View ArticleThursday Watercooler: Perez Hilton turning the page
Next time you want to rant about gay politicians, think about Joel Burns. Check out this video of Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns. Don’t know where he stands on the issues, but if he ever(...)
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