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A 12 Year-Old in Tennessee Bullied for Being Gay Committed Suicide

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12 year-old Eli Fritchley was found by his mother Debbey dead of a suicide November 28. Debbey and her husband Steve say they believe he was driven to the extreme act because of the intense and awful bullying he endured at the Cascades Middle School, where he played trombone in marching band and wasn’t afraid to be himself, which included being gay.

A Go Fund Me that will back efforts to end the kind of bullying he endured has raised nearly $45K.

“As parents and grandparents, it is our responsibility to teach our children to love, not hate; to be kind, not mean; to understand that we are all different in our own ways and that is OK,” fund organizer and family friend Shondelle Lewis wrote.

“Hug your children and your grandchildren, tell them this world doesn’t have to be so full of evil because in the end, evil never wins.”

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