Death By Bullying: This Centuries Leading Form of Persecution

In some previous posts, SHC has covered the topic of bullying in some depth giving both examples of some of the most incredible cases of bullying and its consequences as well as giving opinion on various elements. Back in December 2008, we featured an article about homophobia and the Prop. 8 in California. Now it seems that both bullying and homophobia are back in the media and for all the wrong reasons. In the past few weeks, stories about 5 teen suicides emerged in the media. Each of the teenagers was either outed as gay or perceived as gay by their 'peers' and as a result of immense taunting and bullying, took their own lives.