Son's Suicide Attempt Has Mother Calling on School to Do More

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http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/23/Son_Suicide_Attempt_Has_Mother_Calling_on_School_to_Do_More/



A 15-year-old Ohio boy is in a coma today after attempting to kill himself because of bullying that began after he came out.

Austin Rodriguez's mother is calling on the Wellsville, Ohio, high school where he was a student to change its policies.

"If I would have known anything, then I would have done something," Bonnie Rodriguez told local TV station WKBN. Rodriguez said she only learned of the bullying when "friends came out of the woodwork" after the suicide attempt.

Bonnie Rodriguez told another station, WFMJ, that the bullying was both electronic and in person. "They were hiding his gym clothes because they didn't want him changing in the locker room with them," she said. "They didn't want him to eat by them, or in the school lunchroom."

[WillParkinson]

1. People are awful...

It's hard to believe that they might actually one day grow up and look back at this with regret. At least I hold out hope that they will.

[William769]

2. I was hoping 2012 was going to be better than 2011.