Exemplification Essay: Homosexual Bullying

Homosexual Bullying There are many innocent teenagers who identified themselves as being gay, lesbian, and bisexual and they have been bullied and harassed in school property and through social media from other students. Bullying is aggressive behaviors where majority of teenagers are being harassed, teased, and threatened in elementary school through high school and are repeatedly abused physically or verbally almost every day. Why should these innocent teenagers be treated differently because he or she is attracted to the same sex? Majority of students who bully homosexual students make threats, spread rumors, and judge the way he or she look, act, talk, and dress. Many students who are bullied tolerate and face these negative and abusive …show more content…
Morgan stated that police investigated Kennan-Olson setting on his computer to research suicide methods. Kennan-Olson’s father found his son dead in his bedroom. His father, mother, and close friends were devastated and broke down in tears from hearing his death. Morgan stated that Keenan-Olson left two suicide notes saying that he couldn’t tolerate the amount hatred from students who bullied him at his school. Before he killed himself, Keenan-Olson wanted to start his own anti-bullying campaign to help others as well, since he was suffering with verbal and physical abuse. Many individuals do not realize the hurtful words said online could hurt someone emotionally and physically.
Many students who watch or pass by students being bullied are scared to be involved with other student’s problem. He or she would rather keep quiet to avoid ‘drama’ and protect themselves instead of others who are being harassed, teased, and beaten, which could actually lead to more deaths. This is called the bystander effect. The bystander effect is when individuals do not help those who are in danger and would just walk way from the