Rodemeyer's suicide also sets off a somber beginning to LGBT History Month in October. ![]() "School systems need to do more to protect LGBT students from bullying, and not turn their back on them because of their sexual orientation." "Justin was a smiley, happy boy who loved to play his cello," said his parents. The parents, Tammy and Shawn Aaberg said that one form of the bullying came from a student religious group whose members told Justin that he was going to hell because he was gay. Speaking at the second annual Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit were the parents of Justin Aaberg, a gay 15-year-old from Champlain, Minn., who hanged himself after being bullied. ![]() Department of Education in Washington, D.C., an effort to stem the toll of bullying on school children. His death coincides with a national summit today sponsored by the U.S. But everyone, including his mother, thought he had grown stronger. So just do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier!"įriends reported the bullying to guidance counselors. Another read, "I wouldn't care if you died. HE MUST DIE!" one post said, according to local reports. A student at Williamsville North High School, Jamey had been tormented for the past 12 months by cyberbullies who made disparaging comments with gay references on his Formspring account, a website that allows anonymous posts.
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