Cyber Bullying

[Stramash]

Perhaps aiming some of these tools at the bullies themselves may be beneficial in the long run?

I do have to sort of agree with Dr Glitter. I think it is a huge misrepresentation to say that bullying of LGBT young people is worse than other types of bullying.

ANY sort of bullying is unfair and can cause lasting damage to the 'victim'. (hate that word)

So what would be a good tool to measure what's worst than others ?

Suicidal rate among teens. perhaps?

What do we hear more of death causing by discrimination leading to suicide attempt and succeed.... being fat, being black or being gay ?

Gay is the new black, IMHO.

You misunderstand my point Tonia. I do not think any form of bullying is worse than any other. ALL bullying is reprehensible and governments, schools, parents and community groups need to be proactive in fighting it.

[drlovelife8]

Perhaps aiming some of these tools at the bullies themselves may be beneficial in the long run?

I do have to sort of agree with Dr Glitter. I think it is a huge misrepresentation to say that bullying of LGBT young people is worse than other types of bullying.

ANY sort of bullying is unfair and can cause lasting damage to the 'victim'. (hate that word)

So what would be a good tool to measure what's worst than others ?

Suicidal rate among teens. perhaps?

What do we hear more of death causing by discrimination leading to suicide attempt and succeed.... being fat, being black or being gay ?

Gay is the new black, IMHO.

You misunderstand my point Tonia. I do not think any form of bullying is worse than any other. ALL bullying is reprehensible and governments, schools, parents and community groups need to be proactive in fighting it.

What about being a bully on TF. I was told to lay off someone recently, was I being a bully???? I think that was bully-****

[PJack]

why take that damn vdo then?

in that kid's case his roomate set up webcam in the room, he didn't know... he didn't wanna show his private activity.

This was his roomate post

i see ...poor kid.

Yeah..!!! Poor kids... the kids who did this to their friend might be in sorrow in the rest of their lifes... make someone committed suicide.

More importantly it's about outing some gay teenagers when they are not ready, possibly they are still discovering their sexual identity and still experimenting. Outing someone can cause them tremendous stress and embarrassment then leading to suicidal. When you were that young you had no idea what lie ahead of you for the future.

That is why i said so many times that it's not cool to say homophobic slur like "You are so gay" because you want to say that something is silly or lame. It leaves this negative attitude for us to think that being gay is very bad, very sinful and that one should be shamed of to be gay.

We all have our share in school for getting bullied for whatever reason. but gay'/lesbian/bi/trans teenager has it worst in my opinion. As for saying that, i was one of the victim when i was in junior high so i really know how they feel.

Boys Dont Cry is a great film about so many things - sexual identity, how backwards much of the USA is, and what an amazing actress Hillary Swank is.