[Washington Post] Bullied teen who made ‘It Gets Better’ video, commits suicide

Sep 21, 2011

· Anger, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Gay Rights/Equality

I honestly don’t know how many more of these stories I can take. Are we EVERY going to learn and thus teach our children to STOP the hate which leads to bullying in our schools? Of course that would require grown ups [and I use that term lightly] like Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry to stop promoting hate under the guise of religion or whatever excuse they use to spread their message.

Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year old boy from Buffalo, NY, who made a “It Gets Better” video just 4-months ago, took his own life on Monday apparently because…it didn’t.

Here’s Jamey’s video…

So unbelievably sad….AND MADDENING!

Jamey Rodemeyer, bullied teen who made ‘It Gets Better’ video, commits suicide

By Sarah Anne Hughes

Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old high school freshman in Buffalo, N.Y., was bullied. A lot. After years of being called gay slurs at school and being told by anonymous people online that he should die, he killed himself Monday.