9-year-old Boy Commits Suicide after Coming Out to Classmates, Says Mother
Jamel Myles (Photo via Fox 32/Twitter) A 9-year-old boy from Denver, Co. was found dead after he was bullied by classmates for coming out as gay. Denver Police say the death is being investigated as a suicide. Leia Pierce found her son Jamel Myles unresponsive just four days after he told his fourth-grade classmates at Joe Shoemaker Elementary School he was gay. According to Fox 31, Jamel came out to his mother over the summer before the school year started. “And he looked so scared when he told me. He was like, ‘Mom I’m gay.’ And I thought he was playing, so I […]