Goobdye Brandon Elizares, of El Paso
Another teen gone. This time it's 16-year-old Brandon Elizares, of El Paso, Texas.
Elizares had battled bullying in school for two years, according to his mother, Zachalyn Elizares, because he didn't want to live in the closet. From KFOX14:
"He got bullied simply for being gay," Elizares said. "He's been threatened to be stabbed. He's been threatened to be set on fire."
Elizares said the El Paso Independent school district did everything it could to help solve the problem.
"They've reprimanded several kids and they did everything that they could," Elizares said.
Elizares said that Brandon's friends told her that there was an incident on Friday at school where someone insulted her son and planned to fight him the next week.
Saturday, Elizares was running errands and came home to discover her son's body.
The time has come for LGBT people to form their own security guard groups to protect LGBT children from these anti-gay Christians who think they have the right to harass gay children until they kill themselves. Anybody who cares about children could join and help stop the madness that these anti-gay Christian bullies are doing to the children in America. The anti-gay Christian bullies have been getting away with murder for years now and it is time to stop them before they kill another child.
Posted by: Dave | Jun 10, 2012 11:59:38 PM
We have the "It's Get Better" ... which is a start, but we need something more than this. What can help educate the schools, students, teachers, administration, police and more.
This has GOT to stop!
Prayers for healing for the family and friends of Brandon who mourn his loss.
Posted by: FunMe | Jun 11, 2012 1:17:39 AM
What about a hotline to report bullying? Perhaps the Trevor project can start this? We need to fight back!
Posted by: FunMe | Jun 11, 2012 1:18:49 AM
It is the essence of schooling that children are left to the mercies of their peers. Teachers and administrators are vastly outnumbered by their charges.
It is the essence of public schooling that no child be left out. While one can hope to exclude a few outliers, the population of bullies and potential bullies far exceeds what a public institution can refuse to serve.
While it is politically incorrect as hell, perhaps the way out of this dilemma is to hold school districts as accountable for meeting the special needs of LGBT students in the same cost-be-damned way we hold them accountable for meeting the special needs of the physically and developmentally disabled.
Posted by: Rich | Jun 11, 2012 1:48:56 AM
I am saddened by the content of this article that I didn't even notice the spelling error on the headline.
How many more gay kids have to die before this terror will end? Kids go to school to learn, not to be taunted and bullied for who they are. Now Brandon and other deceased gay kids will never have the opportunity to live the life they dreamed of. I hope he will find peace in heaven. This is the product of hatred and wipespread homophobia championed by homophobes and crazy clerics. I hope these people will rot in hell.
Posted by: JP | Jun 11, 2012 2:51:01 AM
This is so ... :( I feel so powerless.
criminal threatening is a crime. Don't TX schools have police resource officers?
Posted by: grego | Jun 11, 2012 2:54:07 AM
Hopefully Mitt will ban DADT too bad we cant ban interacial marriages think about the children .
Posted by: Kimono | Jun 11, 2012 7:34:12 AM
Theatening to stab someone or set them on fire is NOT bullying.
Theatening to stab someone or set them on fire is HARRASSMENT and STALKING and is (or should be) AGAINST THE LAW.
Posted by: elg/edwin | Jun 11, 2012 8:37:00 AM
oh DeJae, you worthless troll.
chug a bottle of drano. :D
Posted by: LittleKiwi | Jun 11, 2012 8:43:16 AM
I still blane the parents for not advocating for their bullied kids. Get them the hell out of that school.
Posted by: mikeflower | Jun 11, 2012 11:36:14 AM
Eric's comment should be read on NBC Nightly news.
Posted by: Sam Molloy | Jun 11, 2012 1:09:39 PM
Working hard to make sure WA can be the first state to win in the ballot box. We have prop 8 and DOMA going to SCOTUS. Times are changing, it may not be as fast as we want, but it is getting better.
Posted by: Bryce Ageno | Jun 11, 2012 2:27:12 PM
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Posted by: Virtual Receptionist | Jun 12, 2012 2:07:53 AM
That's not bullying. That's psychopathy. The school did not do "everything they could." RIP Brandon
Posted by: Will | Jun 12, 2012 2:25:57 AM
Pflag El Paso and the Elizares Family would like to extend an invitation for the community to attend a Memorial Service on Friday, June 15th at 7:00pm at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church - 10500 Kenworthy Street.
Donations may be made to a special anti-bullying fund in the memory of Brandon Elizares at any El Paso Area Teachers Federal Credit Union - Acct.: 168783.
Please help us in forwarding the message about anti-bullying initiatives and this memorial service. For more information or further details, call: (915) 209-AMOR (2667).
Posted by: Brenda | Jun 12, 2012 9:17:36 PM