INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Denver, Colorado, has committed suicide on the first week of school after being bullied by classmates for coming out as gay, his mother
says.Leia Pierce told local media that her son, Jamel Myles, killed himself at their home last Thursday after enduring several days of
homophobic bullying."Four days is all it took at school
I could just imagine what they said to him," Pierce told KDVR
"My son told my oldest daughter the kids at school told him to kill himself
I'm just sad he didn't come to me."Pierce said her son, who was enrolled at Joe Shoemaker Elementary School, told her he was gay over the
summer and that he wanted to come out as such to his classmates when he started school."He went to school and said he was gonna tell people
he's gay because he's proud of himself," she said.The school said grief counselors had been made available to students and staff and a
letter was sent to families about the tragedy and help available.Pierce said she hopes her son's death will raise awareness about the
"I think the child should, because the child knows it's wrong
The child wouldn't want someone to do it to them
I think the parent should be held (accountable) because obviously the parents are either teaching them to be like that, or they're treating
them like that."(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated
