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Father who set up anti-gay-bullying campaign after son's suicide found dead
Roger Crouch's 15-year-old son Dominic leapt off a roof amid rumours he was gay after apparently kissing a boy for a dare
Steven Morris
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 December 2011 15.43 EST
PHOTO: Roger Crouch with his son Dominic, taken from the Facebook anti-bullying website.
Photograph: SWNS.com
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A father who campaigned against homophobic bullying after his son killed himself amid rumours that he was gay has been found dead.
Earlier this month Roger Crouch, 55, who launched a Facebook campaign after 15-year-old Dominic leapt off a roof after apparently kissing a boy for a dare, was named "hero of the year" by the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity Stonewall, beating the likes of Lady Gaga and Joan Armatrading.
He was pronounced dead after Gloucestershire police went to his home in Gretton, near Cheltenham, on Monday following "concerns for the welfare of a man at the address".
A police spokesperson said on Thursday that they were not treating his death as suspicious and that the coroner had been informed.
Crouch, who was clerk of Stow-on-the-Wold town council in the Cotswolds, was also a patron for Diversity Role Models, a charity campaigning against homophobic bullying. He lobbied schools to ensure anti-bullying policies are used and argued young people should be taught coping strategies, and visited the House of Commons to tell MPs what they could do about bullying.
Crouch's wife, Paola, wrote of her and daughter Giulia's heartbreak on the Facebook group she and Crouch created. She posted: "The changes you have started for young people everywhere, the work you have done against bullying, will remain as a towering monument to you."
Dominic leapt from the roof of a six-storey building near his private school, St Edwards in Cheltenham, in May last year. The inquest into his death heard that there had been rumours he might be gay after he was said to have kissed a boy during a spin-the-bottle game.
The inquest recorded a verdict of suicide, and his son's death prompted Crouch to begin his campaign against bullying.
Crouch said at the time: "It is clear that the banter and rumours were based on Dom's alleged sexuality. Some maintain that mystery still surrounds Dominic's death. There's no real mystery around why Dom was driven to take his own life.
"He was desperate that his happiness after the residential trip was punctured by rumours and being the butt of jokes. Over a single morning he felt he went from hero to zero. The real tragedy is not just that he died. It's that his death was preventable."
After receiving the Stonewall award last month, Crouch said: "I see this as an award for Dom. By choosing us for this award you've also chosen to take a stand alongside all the young people whose lives have been ended by bullying.
"We are parents who loved our son. We stood by him in life and we stand by him in death."
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A spokesman for Stonewall said: "His tireless campaigning against bullying following the death of his son was an inspiration."
Joanne Dunning, of the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, said: "It seemed like he was only just getting the recognition he deserved for his anti-bullying work."
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These suicide notes were gathered at the coroners' offices by a suicidologist/psychiatrist who asked to be anonymous. He edited identifying details out of the compiled manuscript, and we changed the names. But the text of each letter plus the age and sex given are real. All these people did kill themselves. Were they ambivalent about it? About half the hundred or so letters we saw seemed to have some element of doubt. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/42960-how-not-to-commit-suicideThese suicide notes were gathered at the coroners' offices by a... more
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For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than... more
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The 24-year-old man, who has not been named, was found dead in his apartment in the city of Sendai early on Tuesday morning. Police had been alerted by viewers of the Ustream web page and were able to locate the man's apartment.
By the time they arrived at 8am, however, the man was already dead.
The man had announced his intention to kill himself in online chat rooms last week, according to the Yomiuri newspaper, after complaining for some weeks about problems he had been experiencing at work.
Employed by a bank, the man had been suspended from his duties since August.
The man, who lived alone, started a live stream on Sunday evening, repeating his plans to commit suicide.
While some people posted messages attempting to talk him out of going through with his plans, others encouraged him to kill himself. Apparently believing they were watching a hoax, some viewers even suggested that he hurry up and get it over with.
Police told local media that the man initially tried to hang himself on the balcony of his flat shortly before 4am on Tuesday. When that attempt failed, the footage showed the man repeating the attempt elsewhere at 5:30am.
People watching online debated whether the footage was genuine until Ustream halted the broadcast and the police were informed.
Some 32,845 Japanese people killed themselves in 2009 and the rate is likely to remain above the 30,000 threshold for the 13th straight year when the statistics for 2010 are released.The 24-year-old man, who has not been named, was found dead in his apartment in the... more
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This is a memorial for Tyler Clementi, who was an 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman when he jumped from the George Washington Bridge in an apparent suicide in September 2010, days after he had been secretly filmed during an intimate encounter which was then broadcast on the Internet.
This piece includes a color photograph, a video message from Ellen DeGeneres and a music video, “The Gorecki Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/in-memoriam-tyler-clementi-1992-2010/This is a memorial for Tyler Clementi, who was an 18-year-old Rutgers University... more
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Sai Kumar Meegada, a 20-year-old straight-A chemical engineering student at a prestigious university here, came home from breakfast one morning early this month, slipped a length of clothesline around his neck, tied it to the ceiling fan in his dorm room and hanged himself.
link : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/world/asia/31india.html?ref=worldSai Kumar Meegada, a 20-year-old straight-A chemical engineering student at a... more
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The Army Times is reporting as many as 14 active duty soldiers killed themselves during the month of Februay. When I was in the Army during the Korean war, we had two guys in our platoon try and fail to commit suicide. One guy was in my squad. He drank a can of bore cleaner.
http://corksphere.blogspot.com/2010/03/14-active-duty-soldiers-killed.htmlThe Army Times is reporting as many as 14 active duty soldiers killed themselves... more
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In recent days, Wilhelm's family has watched as unconfirmed reports of the abuse leaked out in the media. Adrian Wilhelm says he's read that his son was forced to crawl in the dirt until his legs bled, and that he was harassed about his weight.
By MEGHAN BARR, AP
http://news.aol.com/article/us-soldier-keiffer-wilhelm-commits/638820In recent days, Wilhelm's family has watched as unconfirmed reports of the abuse... more
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A second US soldier's plea of guilty to the gang rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her and her family has been accepted by a judge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6384781.stmA second US soldier's plea of guilty to the gang rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl... more
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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.veteranstoday.com/story_images/prison_bars1_400.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php%3Fname%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D6872&usg=__QLuYHiflECgtY4OCZatrWarbx9Y=&h=300&w=400&sz=37&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=RACc5LmPzXytFM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Du.s.%2Bveterans%2Bin%2Bprison%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&um=1http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.veteranstoday.com/story_images/prison... more
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More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that 336,627 were homeless in 2006.
Veterans make up a disproportionate share of homeless people. They represent roughly 26 percent of homeless people, but only 11 percent of the civilian population 18 years and older. This is true despite the fact that veterans are better educated, more likely to be employed, and have a lower poverty rate than the general population.
A number of states, including Louisiana and California, had high rates of homeless veterans. In addition, the District of Columbia had a high rate of homelessness among veterans with approximately 7.5 percent of veterans experiencing homelessness.
We estimate that in 2005 approximately 44,000 to 64,000 veterans were chronically homeless (i.e., homeless for long periods or repeatedly and with a disability).
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.endhomelessness.org/images/editorFiles/Image/p3_map%2520(2).jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/1839&usg=__wyUhWnj6D7FmUD1yFfP8WX8-mPw=&h=297&w=350&sz=86&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=dVWOpTqEvPR8gM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhomeless%2Bveterans%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&um=1More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that... more
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This chart does not note "attempted suicides". Usually attempted suicides far surpass recorded deaths that are a result of suicide. Name the Director of Veteran Affairs that revealed that there were over 1,000 recorded attempted suicides every month by Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans in the U.S.? Hint: He was the last person to fill that position and be fired... The only Director of Veterans Affairs ever fired? "Nah! Cause America cares for It's veterans and appreciates people trying to help them recover from the scars of victory in the battle for freedom. We love veterans, we couldn't have war without them, thanks kids. With kids always dieing for us we will never run out of oil, and if we do we can just drill their blood from the ground by then. True Patriotism!"
http://militaryhealthmatters.pbworks.com/f/army%20suicide%20rates.pngThis chart does not note "attempted suicides". Usually attempted suicides... more
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