On the heels of last night’s approval of an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy by the Dallas school district, comes this sobering reminder that the LGBT community’s work has just begun.
For one thing, these policies don’t mean squat without training and enforcement. And for another, only a fraction of students even in North Texas attend DISD schools.
Fox 4 reports on one North Texas mom who says the Keller ISD is failing to protect her son from anti-gay bullying:
The boy’s mother said he has been roughed up more than half a dozen times at school. He’s been punched, pushed and had his head slammed into a locker. FOX 4 has agreed not to identify her to protect the boy’s identity.
“I don’t want him to be physically assaulted anymore. I want him to get an education, that’s all,” the boy’s mother said.
The woman said her son is depressed and suicidal because of bullies.
“They say to him you’re gay, you’re a faggot or you’re retarded,” she said. “A boy told him you need to go get a gun and shoot yourself.”
