Tag: bullying

An Australian man said alleged workplace homophobic bullying has derailed his career and caused depression. Glenn Hall worked as a marketing director in the southern city of Melbourne. He claimed staff routinely excluded him and made homophobic comments about him. One of the company’s directors even allegedly called him a ‘greedy faggot’ when he asked the company to pay his entitled bonus. ‘Those two words completely destabilised me, they left me powerless.’ Hall told the Herald Sun. Hall posted a photo of text messages...

"All of a sudden I felt something hit my face, and then my head hit against the locker." A Oklahoma teen says a classmate smashed his face into a locker because he was gay. Cell-phone video captured the gruesome incident, which happened in full view of classmates at Highland West High School. “All of a sudden I felt something hit my face, and then my head hit against the locker,” says the victim, a seventh-grader named Blake. He sclaims the boy...

The father of Andrew Leach, 12, says his son tragically died after bullying intensified following his coming out at school A 12-year-old bisexual boy in Mississippi tragically took his own life after allegedly being bullied for coming out. Andrew Leach was found dead on 6 March at the family home after death by hanging. However his father Matt said Andrew was tormented by classmates for talking about his sexual orientation. ‘He was struggling a lot internally with sexual orientation. Bisexual boy ‘always seemed happy’ ‘He...

Bullied Boy Is Now An Honorary Avenger! Please excuse me as I wipe all the tears from my face!! Bullying hits home for me on so many levels. I was in a glass closet my whole life and the other children’s fear of flamboyancy caused them to be cruel to me during my youth. Some of the comments from my past still haunt me today, but now I laugh at them and can only move forward in my fantastic life....

August Ames was labeled "homophobic" for choosing not to work with men who do gay scenes. On Tuesday morning, 23-year-old porn star August Ames was found dead from an apparent suicide after she was bullied and branded a homophobe for refusing to shoot with a man who has sex with men on camera. Ames made it clear that she was, of course, refusing to do such work for safety reasons and was not homophobic. According to The Blast, “Law enforcement sources...

'We’re not all from one group, but we’re all united' When 14 year-old Garrett McCann started getting bullied at school for being gay, he told his teachers. They told him to go to the principal, who sent out a letter to parents Garrett’s classmates, however, wanted to go further. On Monday (23 October) morning, over 200 students showed up to York High School in Maine at 6:30 am. They carried rainbow flags and posters of support for Garrett’s plight. Several remained even after...

An issue that remains a constant one for the LGBT community is how many of us are treated at the workforce. Work is supposed to be a place where you get your job done, but it seems as if there are many other issues going on in terms of bullying that are directed towards members of our community. A new study done by CareerBuilder shows that four out of 10 LGBT workers report feeling bullied at work, or 11 percentage...

Archbishop Glenn Davies says same-sex marriage would have "irreparable consequences." The Anglican church has donated $1 million Australian (or about $85,000 U.S.) to fight same-sex marriage in Australia. The Sydney archdiocese’s donation is the largest public contribution to the “No” campaign, which is urging Australians to vote against legalizing marriage equality in the national postal survey ending November 15. “Brothers and sisters, the stakes are high and the cost is high,” said Archbishop Glenn Davies. “Yet the cause is just and it...

... all in one day Talk about going the distance. Joe McGurk, an assistant for a Glasgow MSP, is standing up to LGBTI school bullying in a big way. McGurk, 22, will participate in a half marathon, skydive, and shave his head, as part of a fundraising effort. All in one day. He’s working with the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign. Jordan Daly and Liam Stevenson founded TIE in 2015 with an aim to address issues of LGBTI inclusiveness within the...

A teen who was beaten and sexually assaulted by former classmates now lies brain dead in a hospital in Malaysia. Eighteen-year-old T. Nhaveen had just finished his shift at a supermarket in Bayan Lepas when he and best friend Previin, 19, went to get a bite at a nearby burger joint. According to police, the two were accosted outside the restaurant by two former schoolmates who began to taunt Nhaveen. (The pair had previously bullied him in school for being effeminate.)...

"Asking youth to accept negative experiences as the only coping strategy potentially exacerbates stress," claims researchers at the University of Arizona. The It Gets Better projects was launched by Dan Savage and Terry Miller in 2010, in response to a chilling number of suicides by LGBT teens facing bullying. Sine then, it’s added more than 50,000 videos from people of all walks of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcVyvg2Qlo But a new study suggests imagining a better future may not be an ideal coping mechanism for...

'I have encountered a number of tragic stories about LGBT young people who have sadly felt unable to cope with the abuse they face in their lives' The second-in-line to the British throne, HRH Prince William, has been given the Celebrity Straight Ally of the Year at this year’s British LGBT Awards. The awards took place this evening at the Grand Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden, London. Special guests included Caitlyn Jenner. Prince William was unable to attend the event in person,...

'Being gay is no different than being straight...' Chris Salvatore made headlines earlier this year when he took in and cared for an elderly neighbor. Before that, he already had a sizeable following for his roles in a number of queer cult classics. Watch and listen as Salvatore talks about coming out and being teased in elementary school. Watch his video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEccUahmzcVAixSzZ725E3UUe9S4PRJ-1&v=NTEGy8s8qa0 Source

"I’m not a victim, I’m a survivor." Remember adorably precocious child star Jonathan Lipnicki, who won America’s hearts in films like Jerry Maguire and Stuart Little? https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ_ej4NgXia/ Now 26, the hunky actor is opening up for the first time about what he calls a “lifelong battle with anxiety and depression.” Lipnicki took to Instagram last week to reveal that his anxiety issues stemmed from the fact that he had been bullied throughout his childhood, following his early success in Hollywood. “As a kid/teen I...