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GAY
STUDENT SUICIDE AT RUTGERS
Tragic Death of
Tyler Clementi
September 2010
Tyler Clementi committed suicide
Sept. 22, apparently after
discovering that his Rutgers
University roommate, Dharun
Ravi, and friend Molly Wei,
live-streamed Clementi in a
sexual encounter with another
male student without his
knowledge, a lawyer for the
Clementi family announced.
Clementi's family attorney, Paul
Mainardi, said that after
learning of the violation of his
privacy Clementi jumped off the
George Washington Bridge, which
connects New Jersey with upper
Manhattan. Clementi's car, cell
phone and computer were found
near the bridge and his wallet
was found on a walkway on the
bridge.
There was reportedly no note at
the scene, but
ABC News reported that
Clementi left a final goodbye on
his Facebook page that read
"jumping off the gw bridge,
sorry."
Investigators have not confirmed
the suicide because no body has
been found, but sources within
the investigation told the
Star-Ledger that witnesses say
they saw him jump.
Ravi and Wei were charged with
illegally taping Clementi having
sex and posting the images on
the Internet, after they turned
themselves in to the campus
police.
According to investigators, the
first incident happened Sept. 19
when Ravi set up a web cam in
the room to capture Clementi and
his partner after Clementi asked
to have the room alone for a few
hours.
Ravi allegedly broadcast that
encounter but investigators
would not say what video site it
was posted to.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of
the gay rights group Garden
State Equality, said in a
statement Wednesday that his
group considers Clementi's death
a hate crime.
"...We are sickened that anyone
in our society, such as the
students allegedly responsible
for making the surreptitious
video, might consider destroying
others' lives as a sport,"
Goldstein said.
The accused were classmates at
West Windsor-Plainsboro High
School North in Plainsboro, N.J.
LINKS:
CBS News: Tyler Clementi Suicide
NPR News: Student's Suicide is
Deadly Reminder of Intolerance
NY Times: Private Moment Made
Public, Then a Fatal Jump
Huffington Post: Rutgers Student
Commits Suicide
ANTI-GAY BULLYING
Remembering Carl J.
Walker-Hoover
On April 6, 2009, an 11-year old
Massachusetts boy, Carl Walker-Hoover, took his life after enduring
constant bullying, including anti-LGBT bullying. Though Carl did not
identify as gay, his story is a tragic reminder that anti-LGBT bullying
and harassment affects all students.
Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, a junior at
New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, hanged himself after
enduring bullying at school, including daily taunts of being gay,
despite his mother's weekly pleas to the school to address the problem.
TRAGIC INCIDENTS
Violence Against
LGBT Individuals
Matthew Shepherd
In 1998, college student Matthew Shepherd was taken from a bar
and beaten nearly to death and hung
on a fence in the freezing cold.
He remained in critical condition
in the hospital for several days until he died.
Four youth, ages 18-22 were charged with first-degree
murder.
Laurence King
15-year-old Lawrence King was murdered at school
on February 12, 2008.
On that morning, Lawrence was in
the school’s computer lab with 24 other students. Classmate
Brandon McInerney walked into the room with a gun and shot
Lawrence in the head, then ran from the building. Police
officers caught him a few blocks away.
Friends say the reason was his sexual orientation
and gender expression.
The victim had said publicly that
he was gay, classmates said, enduring harassment from a group of
schoolmates, including the 14-year-old boy charged in his death.
Billy Jack Gaither
Billy Jack
Gaither, 39, of Sylacauga, Alabama was bludgeoned to death by
two men on February 19, 1999, then set on fire with automobile
tires because he was gay.
Scotty Weaver
Scotty Weaver, 18 year old from Bay
Minette, Alabama was found on July 22, 2004, beaten, strangled,
stabbed and brutally burned.
His roommates and childhood friend were arrested and charged
with the heinous crime.
Danny Overstreet
On
September 22, 2000, a man looking to "waste some faggots"
entered a gay bar in Roanoke, Virginia and opened fire, killing
Danny Overstreet, and injuring 6 others.
Brandon Teena
Born Teena
Brandon and raised as a girl, he was living as a man known as
Brandon Teena in Falls City, Nebraska, when he was murdered at
age 21. In December of 1993, two men who discovered his gender
raped him. His attackers later shot and killed him after
learning Brandon had reported the rape and was to help police in
the investigation.
His story is told in the film, "Boys Don't Cry," starring Hilary
Swank.
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