Jamey Rodemeyer

14 year old Jamey Rodemeyer commited suicide a few days ago due to being insanely bullied for being gay. And all I can say is, I'm angry and upset. Angry at those who drove a 14 year old to take his own life, and angry at the people who sat by and did nothing to help him. I'm upset at the loss of such a young man, in May he posted a video on youtube entitled "it gets better, I promise" and regularly blogged about the homophobic bullying he suffered at school.

This is supposed to be the 21st century, and yet most of the world is still in the dark ages. People still find the need to ridicule everyone who is just a little bit different from them. Sure we can change laws, but it doesn't stop the hate in people's hearts. It's that hate, which destroys people's lives. It sickens me to know the world is full of darkness.

I know I've used the term homophobic at the beginning of the article, but to be completely honest is it really the right word? To have a phobia of something is to be scared. These people aren't scared at all, it's hate, pure and simple.

There needs to be more support for young people who are suffering from bullying for being gay or trans or just plain different, bullying shouldn't be so rife in this day and age.

The sad thing is, even days after Jamey took his own life, people are still making hateful comments on his videos.

This has to stop.

Rest In Peace Jamey and everyone who has been driven to taking their own life thanks to shit like this.