Posts Tagged: suicide


26
Dec 09

Get Inspired: Seven LGBT Shorts

These seven select short videos from the LGBT Civil Rights Movement, chosen for their particular insight into various facets of the LGBT experience, are now being featured in the Gay Rights Media Facebook application under the Get Inspired tab.

Seven LGBT Short Videos

Seven LGBT Short Videos

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13
Dec 09

My Scars Echo Your Hate

The Bully Suicide Project campaign for Campus Harmony, Inc. photographed by Fashion photographer Tracy Nanthavongsa. Click below to see slideshow of all the powerful photos:

Bully Suicide Project by Tracy Nanthavongsa

Bully Suicide Project by Tracy Nanthavongsa

via Bully Suicide Project – a set on Flickr.


24
Aug 09

Apology Sought for Alan Turing: Persecuted for Being Gay

Scientists including Richard Dawkins are campaigning to get the government to issue a formal apology for the 1952 prosecution for homosexuality of Alan Turing, the great computer scientist and mathematician. Turing was punished via chemical castration and later committed suicide.


10
Jul 09

“..Saying He Acted Gay and Calling Him Faggot.”

Sirdeaner Walker, mother of a bullied 11 year old child who committed suicide, testifies at a hearing regarding Strengthening School Safety through Prevention of Bullying on July 8, 2009.