A boy of 9 years commits suicide for the bullying that suffers when saying that he was gay
GAYLES.TV.- After the holidays Jamel Myles, 9 years, he returned to his school of Denver (Colorado) with false nails decided to explain to his classmates that he was gay. During the summer he became honest with his mother, Leia Pierce, about your feelings. He said that "she would love to dress as a girl«. So Jamel faced the new course with enthusiasm and desire to tell the other children that "He was proud to be gay«. Four days of bullying they were enough for suicidal.
«I am convinced that Jamel he committed suicide because he was made bullying at school«Declared his mother. «My son was honest and told to kill himself. Now I have lost it»Explains desolate. Her sister said that her classmates had told her to commit suicide.
Jamel began the fourth course in a public elementary school when the homophobic bullying took his life. The families of the public schools of the city received a letter in which the events that occurred were explained. The authorities sent social workers and experts to help the students manage the situation.
Read he wants to raise awareness about the effects of bullying and harassment on children and says that he makes his story public so it does not happen again. It wants to awaken consciences about the nefarious consequences of bullying.
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Sources: with the BBC, El Periodico, CCMA
Photographs: Leia Pierce Facebook
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