A woman who was part of a group which attacked a lesbian teenager on a train after spotting her kissing her girlfriend has been jailed.

April James, 20, of Carfax Close in Bexhill, Sussex, England, was sentenced to six weeks in prison at Hastings Magistrates’ Court yesterday (14 May) after pleading guilty to assault by beating.

The 16-year-old victim was attacked on 15 October last year while travelling by train to Bexhill with her girlfriend, also 16, after attending the Hastings Bonfire celebrations.

Darnell Young's mother gave him a stun gun for protection at school in Indiana, USA after months of bullying.

Now, Young faces expulsion for firing the stun gun in the air when he was surrounded and taunted by fellow students on campus last month.

Young's mother Chelisa Grimes said in a CNN interview yesterday: 'I do not promote violence- not at all- but what is a parent to do when she has done everything that she felt was supposed to do? I did feel like there was nothing else left for me to do, but protect my child.'

Singer and actress Aubrey O'Day seemed expecially proud of winning a challenge on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice Sunday because it meant she was able to present a check of $50,000 to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

GLSEN is an is an organization that seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

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.

Rugby champion and straight ally to the gay community Ben Cohen joined a host of international sporting stars, activists and politicians at the launch of Ireland's annual Stand Up! Awareness Week on Homophobic Bullying last night in Dublin City Hall.

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 group of UK lesbian musicians are releasing a charity single to combat homophobic bullying.

The L Project will release the single It Does Get Better on February 11 and will donate every penny raised from sales to anti-bullying charity Diversity Role Models and gay rights group Stonewall.

Incensed residents of a town in Tennessee have called for a review of anti-gay bullying policies following the suicide of a local teenager.

Openly gay 18-year-old Jacob Rogers shot himself on 7 December.
Authorities have claimed that there was no mention of school bullying in the letters he wrote before his suicide.

But since his death a friend has revealed that Rogers was subjected to persistent name-calling at Cheatham County Central High School in Ashland City, Tennessee.

A school in the US state of Utah has defended its decision to ‘out’ a pupil to his parents.

Staff at Willowcreek Middle School asked the 14-year-old boy if he wanted them to tell his parents after he had come out to his classmates, a spokesman said.

However they admit he was reluctant for his parents to know and only agreed they should be told if he was not present.

The school’s approach has been criticized as wrong and dangerous by activists.

A teenager who posted a video about being bullied by homophobes became a YouTube hit but some people are now questioning if it was true.

In the original video Jonah Mowry, aged 14, describes how he considered suicide and holds up a list of the abuse that has been thrown at him by bullies.

The school student, now entering the eighth grade, also describes how he has self-harmed. He shows the scars on his arms and shoulders, holding up a sign which reads: ‘I have cut a lot, I still have the scars.’