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One School District's 's War on Gay Teens

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 14:22 — Dave Culver
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  • The Anoka-Hennepin (MN) school district finds itself in the spotlight not only for the sheer number of suicides but because it is accused of having contributed to the death toll by cultivating an extreme anti-gay climate.
  • That denial (of a problem) reaches right up to the pinnacle of the local political food chain: Michele Bachmann, who stayed silent on the suicide cluster in her congressional district for months.
  • Neutrality is no answer for the bullied child

Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone

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Every morning, Brittany Geldert stepped off the bus and bolted through the double doors of Fred Moore Middle School, her nerves already on high alert, bracing for the inevitable.

"Dyke."

Pretending not to hear, Brittany would walk briskly to her locker, past the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders who loitered in menacing packs.

"Whore."

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Neutrality is no answer for the bullied child, Jamie Nabozny, Minneapolis Star Tribune | MN

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