Tag Archives: suicide

NEW YORK CITY: Subway Officials Consider Barriers To Stop Jumpers

New York City’s MTA is considering installing a system of sliding subway platform doors as the number of deaths and injuries from suicide attempts and falls continues to rise. Ninety people were struck by subway trains in 2009, resulting in 40 deaths. The proposed barrier/door system would be similar to that used by the JFK Airtrain, seen above. NYC Transit …

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2010: Soldier Suicides Vs. Combat Deaths

For the second year in a row, last year the number of U.S. soldiers who killed themselves exceeded those killed in battle. One of the problems hindering the military’s attempt to address soldier suicides is that there’s no real rhyme or reason to what kind of soldier is killing himself. While many suicide victims are indeed afflicted with Post Traumatic …

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MINNESOTA: Gay Teen Commits Suicide

Openly gay Minnesota high school student Lance Lundsten, 18, committed suicide this weekend. Friends are blaming bullying. Around 10 p.m. Saturday the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to an emergency call at the Lundsten’s residence in Miltona. When officers arrived, they discovered 18-year-old Lance Lundsten needing emergency medical care. Lundsten was transported to the Douglas County Hospital where he later …

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Sony Pictures Staffers – It Gets Better

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Captain America Fights Teen Suicide

Marvel Comics has responded to the national discussion about teen suicide by issuing a free episode of Captain America in which a boy decides not to kill himself after watching the superhero fight villains. John Draper, director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a network of crisis centers across the country, told The Associated Press that Marvel approached the organization …

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Parents Of Dead Student May Sue Rutgers

The parents of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi have filed notice of possible intent to sue the school. Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge earlier this year after other students webcast a sexual encounter he’d had with a man in his dorm room. The parents, Joseph and Jane Clementi of Ridgewood, N.J., filed legal notices with the …

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Dallas Morning News Names Joel Burns Finalist For “Texan Of The Year”

The Dallas Morning News has named openly gay Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns as a finalist for their annual Texan Of The Year award. Burns gained national attention for his heartfelt and heartbreaking “It Gets Better” message delivered from his seat during a city council meeting in October. From an editorial in today’s paper: Joel Burns was the picture …

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Dow Chemical Staffers – It Gets Better

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SAN DIEGO: Publisher Of Defunct LGBT Newspaper Dead Of Apparent Suicide

The body of Michael Portantino, the publisher of San Diego’s recently defunct Gay & Lesbian Times, has been found outside a local gay hotel. The San Diego County coroner is calling it an apparent suicide. The decedent was a 52 year old single White male who resided in a home in San Diego. On 12/08/10, he apparently jumped from a …

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UTAH: Parents Upset Over Gay Suicide Signs Posted Near Elementary School

Administrators and parents at a Utah elementary school are upset because a man who lives adjacent to the school has posted the above signs. Leonard Ridley lives next to Art City Elementary in Springville. He recently posted three signs on his fence, facing the playground after he read news about the recent rash of gay suicides. “The signs of course …

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Pixar Staffers – It Gets Better

(Tipped by JMG reader Anthony)

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Texas Radio Host Attacks Joel Burns

The day after openly gay Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns made his now-famously impassioned speech about bullying and gay suicides, local radio host Chris Krok launched a vile and homophobic attack on Burns that is just now getting wider attention. “Stop lying, you don’t have a ‘husband.'” Etc, etc.

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Gay Orthodox Jews – It Gets Better

The first kid in the clip rode to last week’s NARTH protest with Wayne Besen and me and spoke at the rally about his abuse at the hands of an “ex-gay” counselor. (Via – Dan Savage)

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SF Fog Rugby Club – It Gets Better

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Canadians Agree – It Gets Better

I’m told there’s lots of famous Canucks in this. (Tipped by JMG reader Mark)

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Second City – It Gets Worse

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Kermit The Frog – It Gets Better

Unofficially voiced by JMG reader Chris Tuttle.

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HHS Secretary Sebelius – It Gets Better

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Anderson Cooper Interviews Clint McCance, Ellen, Parents Of Suicide Victims

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Arkansas School Board VP Clint McCance To Resign After Anti-Gay Facebook Tirade

Arkansas school board member Clint McCance announced on CNN tonight that he will be resigning. McCance has faced a week of national condemnation for celebrating the suicides of LGBT youth on his Facebook page “I’m sorry I’ve hurt people with my comments,” Clint McCance, vice-president of the Midland School District in Pleasant Plains, Arkansas said. “I’m sorry I made those …

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