Twenty years ago as a teenager ChadMichael Morrisette was bullied for being gay. The Daily Grind reported that Morrisette described his school days as: “During junior high and high school I was bullied for being who I am. I was bullied for being gay. I was bullied for being little. I was bullied for every…
BOSTON — A new study, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine and led by Mark Schuster, MD, PhD, chief of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, shows that sexual minority youth (youth who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual) are more likely to be bullied and victimized than their peers. “What really stands…
(CNN) — Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have taken “Thrift Shop” all the way to the bank. The duo have made history on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, as their first two singles, the aforementioned “Shop” and the more recent “Can’t Hold Us” with Ray Dalton, have both shot to No. 1. That makes Macklemore and Lewis…
SAN DIEGO – Pipingo Films and Alma Films have announced the presentation of The Scar, Jimmy Larouche’s first feature film, at the Frequency Film Festival in San Diego. Produced and distributed 100 percent independently by Jimmy Larouche and Patricia Diaz, the film stars Marc Béland, Patrick Goyette and Normand D’Amour. The Scar is a psychological…
I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences at the loss of your son this week. I cannot imagine the pain the tragedy has created in your family, as well as with your friends and flock. Suicide is a painful situation for any family that experiences it: whether it is created by mental illness, drug…
LA GRANDE, Ore. (CNN/KPTV) — A La Grande teenager passed away at OHSU Sunday afternoon, after he was taken off life support earlier in the week. The family of Jadin Bell, 15, spent the last two weeks in the hospital after hanging himself because he was bullied for being gay. Bell was on life support…
