The Parents of a gay teen who committed suicide last month say bullying is to blame for their son’s death. Seventeen-year-old Josh came out to his mother just two months ago, and was frequently bullied both inside and outside of school prior to his death on Nov. 27, MLive is reporting.
"My son was very funny and exceptionally sensitive and loving to other people’s feelings,” his mother told the publication. "He was having problems with bullying. He didn’t really want to tell us very much…it was very disheartening to me.”
As MLive pointed out in a second article, the boy’s suicide was the second such case in in his county in the state of Michigan. In Januarynother teenager also committed suicide after experiencing bullying in school, according to his parents.
The case follows news that a performing arts teacher in the same state was suspended for playing a pro-marriage equality song to her students in class. Though her suspension has since been reversed following some very public outcry, teacher Susan Johnson has since said, "It’s been really difficult to go to work every morning and have this hanging over me, this anxiety."
