Rutgers Student Suicide

Emaheevul07
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:19:25 +0000

I think invasion of privacy in this manner IS bullying, frankly.

Whether or not the crime was related to the fact that he was gay, to me, is irrelevant. Gay people and young gay people in particular live in an emotional pressure cooker related to their sexuality. When it comes to depression and suicide, unfortunately, they are at risk. To have their privacy, particularly in a sexual situation, violated in such a manner is huge and I believe that the trauma it could cause could very well be exacerbated by the intensity of what gay students go through anyway. Whether or not that means it should be a hate crime, I don’t care, I am not invested in that issue. But I think it makes sense for the gay community to react to this and to use it to bring attention to the issue of young gay people and suicide so that more lives can be saved. Arguing about what, specifically, for sure, caused him to commit suicide, I think, is missing the point. At least in terms of whether or not the gay community should be involving themselves. Legally it is a different story of course.