Etats-Unis: Harcelé sur Facebook, un ado supposé gay se suicide. School District Probed in Walsh Suicide. Federal education officials have launched a probe into the Central California school district where Seth Walsh, who was 13 years old, took his own life after suffering antigay bullying from classmates. According to the Associated Press, a spokesman for Education Secretary Arne Duncan confirmed the investigation. “The probe was launched in response to a complaint from Seth Walsh's mother that Tehachapi Unified School District employees failed to adequately address the years of bullying that preceded her son's death last Sept. 28, spokesman Justin Hamilton said,” the AP reported. Wendy Walsh said that investigators from the Education Department spent two days in the school district last week interviewing students, teachers, and administrators. Although federal civil rights laws do not cover sexual orientation, the AP reported that the investigations can be pursued under laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender stereotypes.
Tyler Clementi's Parents Will Sue Rutgers University Over Suicide. Kate Walsh's Hunky Fragrance Test. Madonna Full Interview on Ellen DeGeneres Show (11/09/2010) Lawyers: No Sexual Content in Clementi Broadcast. Lawyers and friends of the two former Rutgers University students charged with invasion of privacy for secretly broadcasting the gay encounter of Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide, say that captured images were only viewed on one computer and did not show the men having sex. According to The Star-Ledger, attorneys and friends of Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, both 18, have come forward to discuss what the two students saw. The students, school officials, and investigators have refused to discuss the contents of the Internet feed. “The students watched the live internet feed on Wei’s computer in her room, the attorneys and friends said,” The Star-Ledger reported.
“It showed Clementi and another man hugging and kissing, but nothing more, they said.” Rubin Sinins, an attorney for Wei, said, "I’m unaware of any evidence of sexual contact. The statute defining sexual contact refers to nudity and private parts, and, to my knowledge, nothing like that was seen. SUICIDE (HOAX?): Terrel Williams, 17, Hangs Himself In Bedroom Closet After High School Beating (Updated) 50 Cent Encourages Gay Suicide | News. No stranger to antigay tweets, 50 Cent has posted a particularly ill-timed message on his Twitter page, suggesting that any man who isn’t into women should kill himself right now. “If you a man and your over 25 and you don’t eat pu**y just kill your self damn it. The world will be a better place. Lol.” The tweet didn't go unnoticed in gay media or among gay youth advocates grappling with recent suicides nationwide, many the result of antigay bullying.
Now the hip-hop star claims there was no antigay sentiment intended. In a serious of follow-up tweets, 50 Cent wrote: The other night I made a joke about a blow job. Earlier this month the rapper tweeted, "Perez Hilton called me douchebag, so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. wasnt his, but made me feel better. " 50 Cent vs. Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Une autre façon de réagir aux propos homophobes.
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