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In memory of Jacob Rogers, 18 »

timekiller-s:

gaywrites:

Jacob Rogers, a high school senior from Tennessee, ended his life yesterday after enduring years of bullying at school. 

Friends say classmates tormented him with anti-gay slurs and left behind notes including passwords to online accounts, so friends and investigators could see evidence of the harassment he endured. 

Bloggers started a fund to help his family pay for the funeral and very quickly reached their goal amount of $5,000. Extra money will go to the GLSEN, the It Gets Better Project, the Trevor Project and the ACLU.

Please get help if you need it. Look out for your friends. Stand up for strangers. We cannot handle the loss of another innocent life. This community needs you - these kids need you. Prayers go out to Jacob’s family and friends.  

Too fucking much of this going on.

Which makes me ever angrier at conservative Republicans and Christian Nationalists who decry anti-bullying programmes.

 Until I started checking, I never realized how much of this shit goes on.  As a reformed (recovering?) homophobe I am ashamed that this goes on.  What the fuck is wrong with the human race?  BTW, I want to take this time to do something I’ve never done before.  I want to thank my wife, my daughter, and my friend Greg for opening my eyes, my mind, and more importantly, my heart-and I hope making me a slightly better person in the process.

397 12.09.11.
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