Last month, my niece’s best friend/girlfriend committed suicide due to bullying at school and in her family

I’m so sorry. My niece had similar struggles while at school. Things have improved for her over the years and she has a longtime partner. And in our family we’ve always shown her love and acceptance, and embraced her friends.

When my niece first came out, my late mother told her, "We love you, and anyone you love is welcome in our home.” My sister told me later that my niece was so relieved that she cried.🥹

Oh that’s horrible, I’m so sorry for your niece. 😞

Pride is about protest and resistance and we all need to do our part in that fight. Not one more kid. Fuck I'm so sad about her.

I should go to the event here. Yet know very few here now. Sort of a pain to get to the event.

I've always felt like kids should have guidance on how to prepare for school in terms of the social dynamics and how to best avoid unwanted conflicts. That's not to say that you can ever eliminate bullying completely but it strikes me that kids are just thrown into this wilderness and expected to sink or swim. School kids can be brutal.

the bully is a person we should treat fairly because somehow they didnt grow the same as some others and its important to reach out to others to communicate because thats what healthy persons do

That's awful ! I'm very sorry to hear this ...

I'm so sorry for you, your niece and her best friend's family. Personally, I was bullied for my whole school attending time. Even in higher education some couldn't stand using anything out of ordinary to single the person out. Most of the teachers let it happen, in the sense that it gets just enough attention to look right instead of ameliorating the situation.

I’m so angry and sad when stuff like this happens just because a person belongs to a minority, it’s not fair and people pushing them doesn’t own any empathy or humanity!