tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post993131263453898135..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Gay Love and the Schoolboy KillerSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-66277492666454924332006-10-21T02:22:00.000-04:002006-10-21T02:22:00.000-04:00Hi Scout....I wasn't trying defend a 14-year-old g...Hi Scout....I wasn't trying defend a 14-year-old guy coming on to an 11-year-old girl.Just that kids are having sex earlier and it happens thta's all. The problem for a gay kid is that finding another kindred soul in that threatening environment isn't always easy. You have to make a few educated guesses.Be prepared for a little rejection. But if you are a gay kid and come on to the wrong person it can sometimes be fatal. And love being love that's so wrong. But JJ you got it exactly right. Teaching kids about diversity, about respecting and celebrating our differences, and innoculating them against the hideous evil of bigotry in all its forms, is the only way to go...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85088747802005958072006-10-18T12:02:00.000-04:002006-10-18T12:02:00.000-04:00Wow. Well said... awful story.
While there may ...Wow. Well said... awful story. <br /><br />While there may have been something else going on with the kid (ie. emotional/mental probs) I imagine the pressure of being bullied <i>just for being who he is</i> would be enormous. When you're 13/14 yrs old, everything has such overwhelming significance, and nothing is more important than peer group relationships. This is why you get gay kids committing suicide -- if they could wait another 5 years, they could probably withstand the pressure, but for an adolescent it has to be almost intolerable.<br /><br />That's why the schools need to teach kids about diversity at a very young age, it might help innoculate them against being infected with bigotry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13270332088422688332006-10-17T19:10:00.000-04:002006-10-17T19:10:00.000-04:00a straight 14 year old boy coming on to an 11 year...a straight 14 year old boy coming on to an 11 year old girl? as a mother if that had of happened the hurricane forces would have flown....to get the boy help, make sure he stayed away from my girl, get a restraining order , blah blah blah.<br /><br />as this has happened in our small community before, 'the kids' didn't ignore the boy, he just got razzed for being an idiot....that was it. nothing harsh. a lot of the adult attitude was , 'oh ya, that's be 'bill', but look at his dad'. <br /><br />if it had of been a boy to boy situation things would have been different.....while our community is pretty tolerant , it's still tough coming out in a small town. i can't even IMAGINE what it's like for gays in small red neck towns. <br /><br />end result of boy coming on to several girls? eventually he was diagnosed schizophrenic, is on medications and has stopped his innapropriate behavior.<br /><br />i wonder if michael had something more going on then just the frustrations of being gay, bullied, and having no guidance?scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620666432383256799noreply@blogger.com