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http://www.newsweek.com/2008/07/18/young-gay-and-murdered.html

There is little I can add to this article. I thought to post it here because it was considered a murder and not a suicide. You will have to ask yourself if the boy's actions were responsible for ending his life.

The writer does give a well rounded examination of the situation. In all our postings this past month we have seen the ignorance and carelessness of the administrators who allowed the bullying to go on in their schools. I don't see that in Larry King's case, he was a unique individual and it looks like they did their best to accomodate him. It was just not enough.

Was he gay? There will never be an answer for that. It appears he was playing a role, an immature adolescent boy in drag. Was his death a hate crime? I'm sure we each have our own thoughts on that.

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