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Wed, Oct. 13th, 2010 07:32 pm

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In light of some recent.. opinions floating around campus, I kind of feel like I should speak up. Finally.

Bullying for any reason is unacceptable. Ostracizing and terrorizing other people is something that I never quite understood, but I guess everybody has their pass times. Whether it's because of race, social standing, sexuality, physical appearance, or just for no reason at all, people always seem to pick on each other for something. I know it's impossible to change everybody's mind; sometimes it's impossible to change anybody's mind. But if I can change even one person, that's still progress in my eyes. I took the liberty of looking up a couple of statistics for you all about the specific spree of bullying that is currently sweeping our nation;

◦ 9 out of 10 lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered students have experienced harassment at school.
◦ LGBT teens are bullied 2 to 3 times as much as straight teens.
◦ More than 1/3 of LGBT kids have attempted to commit suicide.
◦ LGBT kids are 4 times as likely to attempt suicide then their straight peers.
◦ LGBT youth with rejecting families are 8 times more likely to attempt suicide than those whose families accept them.

So if you're reading this, and tomorrow you decide to have a couple of laughs and throw a "faggot" into a locker or bust someone's lip for being "queer", or talk down to another human being just because they happen to love your idea of the "wrong" person? Maybe consider these little numbers I just showed you. These people are dying because you think you have the right to make their lives miserable. And you absolutely do not.

I don't care what color a person's skin is, who they kiss, who their friends are, you have no right to treat them rudely based on these factors. We're just lucky that no one here has ever taken their life for how they're treated, and I hope that they never do. But I know for a fact, people here are bullied based on a number of things, including sexuality, and it is wrong. I've stood by a long time at this school, ignoring the stupid way people act, and the stupid things they do, but I've had enough. I will personally report back any bullying incident that I witness to Headmistress Pendragon, and I encourage any other decent human being to do the same. If those facts aren't enough for you, maybe a threat of disciplinary action will be.

If you act this way, and show no regret for your actions, then these deaths are in your hands, and you should be punished for these crimes like the monsters that you are.

Thank you.

[Private to Student Council]
We should have a some kind of.. vigil. Or seminar. Or something. I don't know, but I feel helpless. I feel like we should be doing something to show that we aren't just going to stand by and tolerate behavior like this.

Current Mood cranky
Current Music Drake - Over


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