Late last week, the film Bully was screened at the White House. As described by Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, the audience included people associated with the documentary and policy makers.

Kathy Griffin has spoken out against bullying in a public service announcement inspired by the documentary Bully.

The gay friendly comic created the PSA in response to the film that explores children’s stories as they face being bullied every day.

The film released tomorrow (30 March) in select US cinemas has drawn controversy over the Motion Picture Association of America’s initial decision to award it an ‘R’ rating, meaning people under 17 years old must be accompanied by an adult to see it.

Last week's winter finale of Glee tackled the subject of gay teen suicide when a closeted football player is outed then bullied and tries to kill himself.

The character of Dave Karofsky (played by Max Adler) is a former bully himself who channeled his own self-loathing by tormenting one of the school's most openly gay students, Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer). It is Kurt who is there for Karofsky and when he visits his former bully in the hospital, helps him imagine his future.

I was feeling a little nervous – Ben Cohen, rugby legend and chairman of the StandUp Foundation, was scheduled to call me at 9:30am.

It was 9.27. I sat staring at my phone. ‘What if he doesn’t call? Should I get a glass of water? Maybe I should change my shirt?’

Colton Boettcher, a young gay man from Madison, Wisconsin (USA) has produced, directed and edited an anti-bullying music video for the It Gets Better Project.

The video, choreographed to Lady Gaga's song Hair, stars members of the local LGBT community.

The YouTube video description explains: 'Hair is about being yourself, being true to who you are; as the song exemplifies, "you are the spirit of your hair, it's all the glory you bare", YOU are your #hair.

A 14 year old in Tennessee, US, has become the latest gay teenager to commit suicide after a year of constant bullying at school.

Phillip Parker hanged himself in his foster parents’ bathroom in Gordonsville, leaving a note in a trash can reading 'please help me mom', family members told US news channel WSMV.

'He kept telling me he had a rock on his chest,' Ruby Harris, Phillip's grandmother, told the station.

As education watchdog Ofsted announce plans to toughen up the language of inspections used in English schools, Schools Out co-chair Sue Sanders has called for more equality training of teachers and school inspectors.

The change to the grading system comes after the official body for inspecting schools decided to address the number of schools who have been coasting by on 'satisfactory' for several years.

On Friday, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released a report that examines the effects of bullying in the nation's schools.

Bullying in Schools: An Overview,  is the first of five bulletins that will study bullying and what schools in the United States can do to offer support to intimated students.

In light of rampant homophobic bullying at school, Hong Kong LGBT rights group Nu Tong Xue She is set to put online an interview with a noted figure in each of the coming 12 months, aiming to draw people’s attention to the underlying problems.

Named 'I am who I am', the education project believes youngsters who fail to meet gender stereotypes – be they gay, bisexual, or straight – should have the right to learn and grow in a safe and caring environment.

An award-winning campaigner against anti-gay bullying, Roger Crouch, was found hanging in his garage, 18 months after his teenage son committed suicide, an inquest heard.

Crouch, 55, was discovered by his wife, Paola, at their home in Gloucestershire, UK on 28 November.

His death came a matter of a few weeks after he was named Hero of the Year by leading British gay campaign organisation, Stonewall, at a ceremony in London.