Fifth Gay Teen Suicide in Three Weeks Sparks Debate

Dan82 · Oct 3, 2010

http://abcnews.go.com/US/gay-teen-suicide-sparks-debate/story?id=11788128

Mourners at Rutgers University honored the memory of Tyler Clementi, whose death last week was one of five suicides by gay teenagers in the last three weeks.

Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge Tuesday, days after his roommate allegedly posted video on the Internet of him having sex with another man.

The recent eruption of gay teen suicides has been across the country, from the East Coast to Indiana, Texas to California, where 13-year-old Seth Walsh, who recently hanged himself, was memorialized Friday night.

Walsh, whose family said he was harassed by bullies for being gay, died Tuesday, after being in a coma for nine days...

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LiamAU · Oct 4, 2010

That's heartbreaking. Good on Ellen for taking a stand, too (message in the video on the website).

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