http://blog.glsen.org/teaching-tolerance-mag-are-lgbt-friendly-schools-the-answer-to-anti-lgbt-bullying/ the GLSEN blog Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.glsen.org/teaching-tolerance-mag-are-lgbt-friendly-schools-the-answer-to-anti-lgbt-bullying/#comment-161 kim mcnaughton Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:59:08 +0000 http://ec2-50-17-9-83.compute-1.amazonaws.com/?p=147#comment-161 >I would like to say that I learned about your sight from Entertainment Tonight from the story about the children who have committed suicide.I am from Milwaukee and not only do we have Alliance school we also have Gay Lesbian clubs at Riverside and Hamilton high schools by the age of these boys it seems that clubs should also be available to middle schoolers.I have four family members who are gay including my daughter who did not come out until she was 21 years old.She is exactly the same girl she was before she told us except that she immediately seemed to have a peaceful calmness and relief after she told us she has four sisters and I think in her mind the outcome was probably ten times worse then what it was.I have never seen her as happy as she is now it seemed as if a piece was missing and she found it and is able to share it with everyone.I can not comprehend how tormented those young boys must have felt how alone they must have thought they were.I really do think that starting education and tolerance at the earliest ages possible of everyone across the board is the way to go,bullying needs to be stopped on all levels and in all areas.Children should always feel accepted and loved for who they are no matter what that package comes in.Schools are the best place to start and the farthest reaching.I think Milwaukee is a good model for other states and hope we will be copied. >I would like to say that I learned about your sight from Entertainment Tonight from the story about the children who have committed suicide.I am from Milwaukee and not only do we have Alliance school we also have Gay Lesbian clubs at Riverside and Hamilton high schools by the age of these boys it seems that clubs should also be available to middle schoolers.I have four family members who are gay including my daughter who did not come out until she was 21 years old.She is exactly the same girl she was before she told us except that she immediately seemed to have a peaceful calmness and relief after she told us she has four sisters and I think in her mind the outcome was probably ten times worse then what it was.I have never seen her as happy as she is now it seemed as if a piece was missing and she found it and is able to share it with everyone.I can not comprehend how tormented those young boys must have felt how alone they must have thought they were.I really do think that starting education and tolerance at the earliest ages possible of everyone across the board is the way to go,bullying needs to be stopped on all levels and in all areas.Children should always feel accepted and loved for who they are no matter what that package comes in.Schools are the best place to start and the farthest reaching.I think Milwaukee is a good model for other states and hope we will be copied.

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