Q&A: Were the gay teen suicides due to bad parenting?

Mx, there was a time when being an homosexual wasn’t an issue with anyone, except maybe for the individual concerned.

Since they have been encouraged to leave their lockers all that has happened is that they have set themselves up for ridicule from those on the other side of the divide and unfortunately suicides as you have described will be one of the consequences of that ridicule.

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Kojac: I would question the research that you claim that you have made. Viz.

“BTW Psychologists say that people who get angry and violent about homosexuality….. are usually latent homosexuals…..”

By that logic it would follow that when people riot against government policies they are latent government supporters.

It is more about culture, religeous beliefs and other factors that determines the position that the individual will take on the matter.

You are out of touch. When we are young, our parents are not only our role models, they are the only buffer between their children and the world. That stops when children go to school. Children are often bullied mercilessly. It doesn’t have to be because they are gay. It could be because they wear glasses, or don’t dress as nicely as they other children, or have a speech problem, etc. They no longer have that buffer to protect them. They must go to school and be subjected to cruelty by other children. Parents can call the school, meet with teachers and administration, to no avail. The child feels even more like an outcast. The issue is not homosexuality. Its cruel children who bully.

…… the dangers of homosexuality?? Honestly I feel people are born gay, it’s not due to lack of strong male role models. One of my brothers is gay and was teased starting in 1st grade! Before he even knew what ‘gay’ meant. It was horrible for him. I remember going to his school to threaten the kids that were picking on him. My parents never took the bulling seriously. I saw how hard it was on my brother and it breaks my heart just thinking about it. I remember him having to go to counseling in elementary school for depression and anxiety. He hated being around people other than our family because he would constantly be thinking about what they were thinking about him. He also had a coach to help him walk and talk like a ‘boy’. My brother also felt like my mom harassed him a bit…. she has never had an issue with him being gay, she just wanted him to come out of the closet. She was always asking him and trying to force him out… IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WTF?! He really didn’t know what gay was, other that it was different and he didn’t want to be different. My brother was picked 1st grade up until 8th grade. We moved to a different city and he didn’t have any issues with being picked on after that. He is a big guy 6′1, 180 and you can’t tell he is gay. It’s was really hard for my brother and he had suicidal thoughts in 4th grade and up, it’s sad horrible and the ONLY reason my brother wanted to die was because of the teasing and feeling alone because no one else was like him. Teachers should be held more accountable for what goes on in there classrooms. There is no excuses for this crap(bulling) happening to the point where a child wants to kill themselves, gay or not. Terrible, terrible, terrible. I think the parents of the kids who bully other kids, should be held accountable to some extent.