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April 30, 2012
Tributes pour in for Utah gay teen suicide victim

Jack Reese, 17, killed himself after being allegedly bullied at school for being gay

A 17-year-old in Utah, US, has become the latest gay teenager to commit suicide after allegedly being bullied at school.

The funeral for Jack Reese, who killed himself on 22 April, was held on Friday and a candlelit vigil will be held in his hometown of Ogden tomorrow (1 May).

Last Monday (23 April) his boyfriend Alex Smith had spoken at a community screening of a bullying film about how Jack was the victim of repeated homophobic bullying at school.

But what the 18-year-old didn't realize at the time, was that his partner was already dead.

March 23, 2012
It Gets Better launches in Latin America

Chile joins gay teen anti-bullying campaign with Todo Mejora website

It Gets Better, the anti-bullying video campaign, has launched a Spanish-language version in Latin America called Todo Mejora.

Chile is taking the lead on the project and regional coordinator Julio Cezar Dantas says it appeals to Chile’s concern for others.

He said: 'It looks to show LGBT teens that there is no reason to hurt themselves, because as a country we are here for them, to hear them, embrace them and help them see things in a better light’.

January 24, 2012
Bullied gay teen suicide after cry for help

A gay teenager from Tennessee has hanged himself after being bullied at school.

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.

December 28, 2011
Teen suicide sparks local bullying action

Ashland City organising against gay bullying after Jacob Rogers shot himself

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.

December 9, 2011
Tyler Clementi foundation formed by parents

Family of bullied Rutgers University student who killed himself wants his death to not be in vain

The family of a gay U.S. college student who leaped to his death last year has established a foundation in his name to fight teen suicide and bullying.

Tyler Clementi was just 18 and into his first weeks as a freshman at Rutgers University when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge.