It was on this date a year ago that a young Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, took his own life rather to take another day of bullying and harassment. Carl's classmates picked on him, calling him a "faggot" and "gay". How sad that those words beat out of Carl the will to stay alive.
To mark this sad date, the Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network (GLSEN) is asking people to contact their U.S. Representatives and urge passage of the Safe Schools Improvement Act. GLSEN has set up a web site which you can get to HERE to get specific information about this anti-bullying bill.
To mark this sad date, the Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network (GLSEN) is asking people to contact their U.S. Representatives and urge passage of the Safe Schools Improvement Act. GLSEN has set up a web site which you can get to HERE to get specific information about this anti-bullying bill.
Let's learn something from Carl's death, and put an end to the benign neglect of school administrators to anti-gay slurs and harassment and bullying of kids.
We have a bill in our legislature too.
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