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The father of an openly gay teen who committed suicide earlier this year will walk across the country to raise anti-bullying awareness.

Some parents’ complaints about an Upstate New York middle school allegedly asking female students to ask each other for a kiss as part of an anti-bullying campaign have sparked a firestorm in the right-wing blogosphere.

The mother of a British teen who committed suicide says her son took his own life because he was constantly bullied by girls who made fun of his sexuality.

A 15-year-old openly gay high school student, who was the victim of anti-gay bullying, died on Sunday after attempting suicide in January.

An Oregon gay high school student, 15, is not expected to live after attempting suicide. Family members say he had endured severe and relentless anti-gay bullying.

Wrestling students from an Arizona high school have been accused of hazing and bullying a fellow student.

The parents of a gay Michigan teenager said he took his own life last month because he suffered frequent bullying inside and outside of school. The high school’s superintendent, however, says staff was not informed of the bullying.

A high school football player recently received brain surgery and is now in an induced coma after enduring physical bullying from his teammates.

GLAAD announced that all six major pro sports leagues would wear purple on Spirit Day, an annual event to bring awareness about anti-gay bullying. Many musicians, actors and personalities also participated.

A conservative Christian group is attacking a national program that aims to prevent bullying by getting students to sit with different classmates at lunch. The group claims that a cheerleader meeting a special-needs student promotes the ’gay agenda.’