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Fla. Teen Hit With Felony Charges for Same-Sex Relationship

By Jason St. Amand | Monday May 20, 2013
An 18-year-old high school student has been slapped with felony charges for having a relationship with a 15-year-old female fellow student.

Father of Gay Teen Suicide Walks Across US to Fight Bullying

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Apr 25, 2013
The father of an openly gay teen who committed suicide earlier this year will walk across the country to raise anti-bullying awareness.

U.K. Man Sentenced for Setting Fire to & Killing Gay Teen

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Mar 25, 2013
A 20-year-old British man has been sent to jail for three-and-a-half years after he admitted to lighting a gay teen on fire at the teen’s 18th birthday last summer.

NJ Teen Activist Launches Campaign Against Conversion Therapy

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Mar 1, 2013
The teen whose coming out speech went viral in January now aims to ban conversation therapy in New Jersey. His online petition currently has more than 100,000 signatures.

Anti-Gay Slurs & Swastika Painted on Gay Fla. Teen’s Home

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Feb 13, 2013
Police say an 18 year old from Florida was the victim of a hate crime after vandals spray-painted his home with anti-gay graffiti.

Bullied Gay Oregon Teen Dies After Attempted Suicide

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Feb 5, 2013
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.

Parents Say Bullying Caused Mich. Teen’s Suicide

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Dec 7, 2012
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.

14 & 16-Year-Old Charged With the Murder of Gay Chicago Teen

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Nov 1, 2012
Two teens have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a gay Chicago 18-year-old high school student. While police have called the incident a robbery, the victim’s family insists he was killed because of his sexual orientation.

Family Says Chicago Teen was Shot Dead Because He was Gay

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Oct 23, 2012
The family of a Chicago teenager is calling his murder a hate crime but as of now local police are investigating the incident only as a robbery.

Mich. HIV+ Teacher Gets up to 20 Years in Jail for Sex With Male Students

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Sep 19, 2012
A former high school teacher from Michigan faces up to 20 years in prison for having had sex with several male teenage students and not telling them that he was HIV positive.