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Anti-Gay School Torment (and Suicide) Not Limited to the U.S.

“An incident of gay-bullying has been reported at Pinetown Boys’ High near Durban [South Africa] after a student was allegedly beaten up and dangled by his ankles from a second story building. ‘My son is gay. They (the bullies) came to know this and he was victimised. In one incident they held him by his ankles over a second-floor balcony. He went through a very bad phase because of this and tried to commit suicide,’ his mother, who has chosen to remain anonymous, told The Mercury newspaper. ‘He ended up in rehabilitation and his grandfather decided to pull him out of the school.’” [Mamba Online]

By:           editor editor
On:           Jun 12, 2009
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  • 5 Comments
    • No. 1 · HayYall

      What’s a tormet?

      Jun 12, 2009 at 10:13 am · @ReplyReply to this comment ·
    • No. 2 · Tallskin

      Well, we know this. Anti-gay bullying in schools is very bad here in the UK, which is why the dept of education are (rather belatedly) acting to do something about it.

      http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId=challenge-homophobia&

      http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jan/20/homophobia-schools-british-beadle-phil

      Jun 12, 2009 at 11:00 am · @ReplyReply to this comment ·
    • No. 3 · Captin Obvious

      In before the “In other news: Bears shit in the woods” and “Someone got paid to point out this fact.”

      But really, the title is obvious.

      Jun 12, 2009 at 12:26 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment ·
    • No. 4 · galefan2004

      @Captain Obvious: This is different because its a personal story not a study. I feel for the person that had to go through this abuse.

      Jun 12, 2009 at 1:48 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment ·
    • No. 5 · CaptainObvious

      @galefan2004
      I know that, I was mostly focusing on the inappropriate title, rather than the story itself.

      To give an example, it’s kind of like titles the following:

      Title: Red is a color.
      Subject: Brutal murder left walls red.

      Title: Garbage is smelly!
      Subject: The increase in landfills throughout the world and a search for an alternative.

      The title just doesn’t fit and detracts from the article.

      Jun 12, 2009 at 5:12 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment ·

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