Tragedy at Rutgers University turns attention to privacy, homophobia, bullying issues
The death by suicide last week of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi—which occurred after the online posting of private information—has been linked to several problems, including the bullying of queer youth in school and university settings. Tyler Clementi’s death was the fourth highly-publicized death by suicide among gay teens in the U.S. over a four-week period.
The deaths come amid the release of research showing that [opens to PDF] American LGBT students were significantly more likely to experience harassment when compared with their heterosexual counterparts and were seven times more likely to indicate the harassment was based on their sexual identity. (more…)
The Vancouver Island Crisis Society has been “taking 
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In 2009, an adolescent health survey revealed that a quarter of gay and lesbian youths in Canada have attempted suicide at least once. And a total of 37% of gay and lesbian youngsters felt like outsiders at their schools. [Source: 
Two of Clem Martini’s brothers have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. One is Ben, the youngest. The other is Olivier, or Liv, an artist. Olivier illustrates this graphic memoir with a subtle hand…his side in a long conversation, spanning some 30 years, with his brother Clem, a Calgary playwright.
Two recent deaths, by suicide, of bullied teens has again raised the issue of bullying in school settings. Ashkan Sultani, 15, of Lantzville, died January 12th. His parents have revealed he had moved schools but 