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James T. Rodemeyer (March 21, 1997 – September 18, 2011) was an American teenager from Amherst, New York who was known for his activism against homophobia and his videos on YouTube to help victims of homophobic bullying. Rodemeyer died by suicide on September 18, 2011, after having been a victim of homophobic bullying himself.
Bullying had been scheduled as a topic before Todd's death and was addressed by speakers Magic Johnson, musician and anti-bullying advocate Demi Lovato and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark. [58] Initially, Todd's mother was denied entry to an anti-bullying conference for fear that her presence would upset other attendees. [59]
He and the bully were both sent to the school office. Ty served a three-day suspension, but the bully only served one day of his victim's suspension. After school that day, Ty died of suicide by shooting himself in the head with his father's .22 caliber pistol. [59] His story was also told in the 2011 documentary Bully. [60] [61]
Image credits: reality_of_ty Parents are suing a school in South Carolina, USA, after it allegedly failed to protect their 12-year-old daughter, Kelaia Turner, from severe bullying.The abuse ...
Megan Taylor Meier (November 6, 1992 – October 17, 2006) was an American teenager who died by suicide by hanging herself three weeks before her 14th birthday. A year later, Meier's parents prompted an investigation into the matter and her suicide was attributed to cyberbullying through the social networking website MySpace.
Amy Jayne "Dolly" Everett (1 May 2003 – 3 January 2018) was a 14-year-old Australian teenager who died by suicide after extensive bullying. [1] Her death sparked debates about teen suicide, racial and gender imbalance in media reporting of suicide [2] [3] and the dangers of publicity around suicides and emphasising victim playing, glorifying and promoting suicide.
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A Girl Like Her is an American pseudo-documentary drama film directed by Amy S. Weber. The film stars Lexi Ainsworth as Jessica Burns, a 16-year-old bullied high school girl who attempts suicide, and Hunter King as Avery Keller, a former friend who has been relentlessly bullying Jessica for months.