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Ohio School Scene Of Second Homophobic Bullying Incident

Westerville South High School in the Ohio town of that name is the site of a second homophobic attack on a student. Yesterday, a student at the school was called ‘fag’ and ‘faggot’ and then punched in the head several times and has had to undergo emergency medical testing in order to determine if he suffered a concussion. The student is not gay, from reports, but does have a lesbian sister. He has been harassed for the last four years with little or no response from the school system.

The student’s mother, identified as Stacey, stated that “Ever since the 5th grade we’ve been dealing with the bullying and harassment. The school is brushing off it’s responsibilities by just suspending the bully.”

This surfaces a week after a 15-year-old teenager in Chillicothe, Ohio was severely beaten in his high school class room for being gay. That attack was at Unioto High School.

Equality Ohio Executive Director Ed Mullen states that the incident proves that policies and training are needed in order to end the epidemic of bullying in the schools. Mullen stated that “All students — gay or straight — need to be protected from attacks and harassment in schools.”

The Westerville City School system does have a bullying policy that prohibits bullying and harassment based upon sexual orientation or gender identity. The attacker has been suspended from school for five days.

Via Back2Stonewall