Return Of Gay Teen Suicide Over Facebook Taunts?

Two teenagers from Monroe Woodbury High School in Orange Country, New York, committed suicide within a couple of weeks, and the media has cited bullying on Facebook as a possible factor.

It saddens me to have to write about two teenagers committing suicide within a couple of weeks, both of them from Monroe Woodbury High School in Orange Country, New York, and at least one who had been taunted on Facebook because of his alleged sexual orientation. Unfortunately, neither teen has the ability to confirm nor deny whether bullying of any kind led to their personal tragedy. The bigger picture here: high school students continue to post insults on the social network riffing on whether or not their classmates are heterosexual; this fall’s effort to combat homophobia on social media by raising awareness was a lovely start, but we hope such endeavors will continue.

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