Indiana Teen’s Suicide Thought To Be Result Of Anti-Gay Bullying – LGBTQ Nation
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A 15-year-old Indiana teen took his own life last week in what is thought to be another suicide at least partially connected to school bullying, a result of the teen’s perceived sexual orientation.
Billy (William) Lucas, a student at Greensburg Community High School in Greensburg, IN, was was found dead in a barn at his grandmother’s home Thursday evening — he had hanged himself.
Friends of Lucas say that he had been tormented for years. [WTHR-TV](http://bit.ly/aO5c0G)
> “He was threatened to get beat up every day,” friend and classmate Nick Hughes
> said. “Sometimes in classes, kids would act like they were going to punch him and
> stuff and push him.”
> “Some people at school called him names,” Hughes said, saying most of those
> names questioned Lucas’ sexual orientation, and that Lucas, for the most part, did
> little to defend himself.
> “He would try to but people would just try to break him down with words and stuff and
> just pick on him,” Hughes said.
Decatur County Coroner Doug Banks said Lucas left a note, but that it didn’t refer to bullying or blame anyone; Lucas reportedly never self-identified as gay.
A Facebook memorial page(http://bit.ly/d5PGWw) created in Lucas’ honor, begins with this bio: “Everyone made fun of him at school and he couldn’t take it anymore so he decided to end his life”.
Billy (William) Lucas, a student at Greensburg Community High School in Greensburg, IN, was was found dead in a barn at his grandmother’s home Thursday evening — he had hanged himself.
Friends of Lucas say that he had been tormented for years. [WTHR-TV](http://bit.ly/aO5c0G)
> “He was threatened to get beat up every day,” friend and classmate Nick Hughes
> said. “Sometimes in classes, kids would act like they were going to punch him and
> stuff and push him.”
> “Some people at school called him names,” Hughes said, saying most of those
> names questioned Lucas’ sexual orientation, and that Lucas, for the most part, did
> little to defend himself.
> “He would try to but people would just try to break him down with words and stuff and
> just pick on him,” Hughes said.
Decatur County Coroner Doug Banks said Lucas left a note, but that it didn’t refer to bullying or blame anyone; Lucas reportedly never self-identified as gay.
A Facebook memorial page(http://bit.ly/d5PGWw) created in Lucas’ honor, begins with this bio: “Everyone made fun of him at school and he couldn’t take it anymore so he decided to end his life”.
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oppressed1
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WE have so pussified our children that a little hazing turns them to kill themselves. Good job america maybe spanking and feeding your kid transfats could have saved them from being little limp wristed divas.
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oppressed1
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oppressed1
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Becoming a fad at this point.
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oppressed1
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littlwarrior
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This is just too sad. This is your fault America, you let the hatred fester and breed, you encourage it in your homes and on you tvs and then you are surprised when it happens.
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littlwarrior
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dreamsenvoy
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littlwarrior:
Agreed....You have a valid point there
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dreamsenvoy
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toyotabedzrock
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This is so sad. There are kids all over the world that just need someone to talk to, and current efforts are still falling short.
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toyotabedzrock
