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Bullied for being gay

13-year-old Australian Tyrone Unsworth was relentlessly bullied by other teens at school for being gay. This bullying included an incident where Tyrone was maliciously hit in the face with a fence plank and had his jaw broken. On November 22, 2016, Tyrone took his own life.

Read the story of a life lost too soon.

Friend Says Teen Who Committed Suicide was Bullied for Being Gay

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References:

Musumeci, N. (2016, December 6). Bullied gay teen who committed suicide said peers wanted him dead. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2016/12/06/friend-says-teen-who-committed-suicide-was-bullied-for-being-gay/

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Bullied for being gay

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

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Bullied for being gay

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Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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