Designated Targets: bullying of particular groups

I'll never forget the people I met
Braving those angry skies;
I remember well, as the shadows fell,
The light of hope in their eyes.
And though I'm far away, I still can hear them say....
'There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow -- just you wait and see!
There'll be love and laughter and peace ever after
Tomorrow -- when the world is free.'
-- Nat Burton and Walter Kent

LesBiGay Bullying Victims

Hatred in the Hallways -- 203-page report on the harassment and bullying experienced by homosexual and transgendered students in U.S. schools, based on interviews with 140 students and 130 teachers. Web-published by the Human Rights Watch.

Anti-Homosexual Bullying "Endemic" in Schools, Study Says -- News article about a 2005 online survey of 1732 homosexual teenagers conducted by GLSEN. Article by Nathan Burchfiel for CNS.

Anti-Gay Bullying Common in Ga. Schools -- Article by Zack Hudson for the SouthernVoice.

Gay Rapper Highlights School Bullying -- Article about a video made for British schools in which the rapper QBoy talks about having been bullied in school. Article by Tony Grew for PinkNews.

Anti-Bullying Activist Robert Perrin-Hayes: You Need To Know Me -- Article about a student who came-out to his small town high school. Article by Garth Bardsley for MTV.

Safe to Learn: Combating the Bullying of Gay Children in Schools -- September 21, 2007. -- London, England, U.K. -- News article on new anti-bullying resources produced by the British government. Article web-published by UKGayNews.

A Story to Start the New Year... -- An openly gay teen who dropped out of school because of bullying has been urged to return in a petition signed by 300 of his schoolmates. Article by the Patriot-News, web-published by Proud Parenting.

Sad to Be Gay -- Guardian article about the bullying of gay students in Britain.

New! Lonely Road -- Article about bullied transgendered students by Rachel Pugh for the Independent.

Bullied Girls

Bullied Girls Who Skip School -- Article web-published by the BBC.

Girls Can Be Cruelest Bullies in School -- Article by Karen Roebuck for the Tribune-Review.

Bullies Target Tall Girl Caroline -- 6' 4", 13-year-old Caroline is being homeschooled to escape physical bullying, but she's still being verbally bullied in cyberspace. Article web-published by the BBC.

The Cruel Reality of Social Bullying -- Article by Jane Clifford for the Union Tribune.

Play Spotlights Bullying Among Girls -- Article by Erin Castaneda for the Lawrence Journal-World.

Crackdown on Schoolgirl Bullying Epidemic -- Article by Anushka Asthana for the Observer.

Middle School Anti-Bullying Program Helps Girls Prevent -- Article by Marty Denzer for the Catholic Key.

New! Female Bullying Gets Physical -- Article by Susan Edelman for the Reading Eagle.

Hazing

See also links to accounts of recent hazings in Raven Days' Radio Free High School.

Football Camp Hazing Incidents Not Uncommon -- Article by Milan Simonich for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A Special Report: Hazing -- Article by Mike Kalil and Todd Dewey for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The Gay Side of Hazing -- Article by Cyd Zeigler, Jr. for Outsports.

Saint John High School Fights Hazing Ritual -- Article web-published by the CBC.

Huron High Gears Up for Freshman Friday -- Article by David Jesse for the Ann Arbor News.

Drawing the Line: When Fun Stops and Hazing Begins -- Article web-published by the Viking.

New! Wilson Not Alone in Hazing Gone Awry -- Article by Paul Westmoore and Aaron Besecker for the Buffalo News.

Celebrities and Bullying

Bullying Victim's Appeal to Prime Minister -- An English teenager, who's been bullied by agemates all her life, is lobbying Prime Minister Tony Blair to ask him to appoint a Commissioner for Children in England. Article web-published by the BBC.

Schoolgirl's Story Inspires Cherie -- The wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks out against bullying. Article web-published by the BBC.

Coolio Was a Victim of Bullying, web-published by TeenMusic.

Church Bullied at School -- Article web-published by ContactMusic.

Star's Still Haunted by School Bullies -- Article about former NBA star John Amaechi, web-published by theSouth Manchester Reporter.

Swedish Princess Reveals Bullying Secret -- Swedish Crown Princess Victoria was laughed at by classmates because she was dyslexic. Article web-published by the BBC.

Chantelle Beats the Bullies -- Brief article about Chantelle, winner of Celebrity Big Brother. Article web-published by Sky News.

Kym Ryder Reveals Her School Torment -- Article web-published by Life Style Extra.

New! Bullied Madonna a Weirdo at School -- Article web-published by iAfrica.

Bullied Schoolboy Seeks Royal Favour -- An 11-year-old boy ran away from his home near Nottingham and made his way to the gates of Buckingham Palace, where he asked to see the Queen. He told the guards there that he was being bullied at school and he thought that the Queen "could do something to stop the bullies." Article web-published by the BBC.

['Ozy and Millie' comic strip about bullying]

"Ozy and Millie" © 1999 by D.C. Simpson, and appears here by permission.

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