It is true that most kids are taunted and so e are even beaten up
Gay kids, or some gay kids, clearly get more of this
Kids don't like gender nonconformist kids and their parents teach them not to like them
It's considering more acceptable to beat up a feminine boy or ostracize a masculine girl than it is to do the same to someone for being fat or poor or having glasses or braces
On Saturday, March 31, 2012, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Makitta Noble, 13, outside Cashmere Middle School in Cashmere, is
> wearing Rafael's favorite sweatshirt. She said some students would
> taunt and call her friend names.
>
> I don't know of a single person that I went to school with that was
> not "taunted and called names".... If that's all it takes then the kid
> had more problems than simply being gay.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 31, 8:30 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Photographer reflects on gay teen's suicide
>>
>> Posted by Erika Schultz
>>
>> STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
>>
>> Malinda Morelos cries while describing her son on the day before he
>> committed suicide from a bridge near their home in Cashmere.
>>
>> Staff photographer Steve Ringman and staff reporter Lornet Turnbull
>> visited the small, agricultural town of Cashmere, Wash. earlier in
>> this month.
>>
>> They were working on a story about 14-year-old Rafael Morelos who
>> killed himself in January near the small cabin where his family had
>> been living. Rafael was openly gay. His death has raised uncomfortable
>> questions among family, school officials and this rural Washington
>> community.
>>
>> From Steve Ringman:
>>
>> It's one of those stories where you feel very bad for the mother and
>> for the family. It's a delicate time to be taking pictures. You want
>> to be as sensitive as humanly possible.
>>
>> Steve said during emotionally difficult assignments, he shoots less
>> frames than usual. He keeps aware that it is hurtful for the family to
>> talk about feelings. He tries to be in the background and maintain
>> some distance.
>>
>> Wait for the moment instead of forcing the moment out.
>>
>> It's a tragic story, but Lornet told it in a way that was very
>> compelling. It's a story a lot of people here should read about.
>>
>> STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
>>
>> A memorial poster is filled with messages for Rafael Morelos, 14, who
>> hanged himself in January.
>>
>> STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
>>
>> Makitta Noble, 13, outside Cashmere Middle School in Cashmere, is
>> wearing Rafael's favorite sweatshirt. She said some students would
>> taunt and call her friend names.
>>
>> Read Lornet Turnbull's story, Soul-searching in conservative Cashmere
>> over gay teen's suicide.
>>
>> April 7: A benefit concert by the Seattle Men's Chorus, called "Come
>> Together: The Music of the Beatles," is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the
>> Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee. Sponsored by the Sleeping Lady
>> Foundation and KOHO Radio, the concert will benefit the Morelos family
>> as well as the Partnership for Children and Families. Tickets are $25
>> for adults and $15 for students.
>>
>> Photos and More:
>>
>> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/picturethis/2017851894_c.html
>>
>> --
>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>> Have a great day,
>> Tommy
>>
>> --
>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>> Have a great day,
>> Tommy
>
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