11-year-old buried today after gay taunts drive him to take his own life

Posted by duy |
April 13, 2009 4:47 PM |

''They were always saying, 'you're gay, you must be gay, you act like a girl.''

Sirdeaner Walker, mother of Carl J. Walker-Hoover, an 11-year-old 6th-grader who is reported to have hung himself with an electrical cord after enduring a barrage of bullying. His mother says she contacted his Charter School officials but did not receive an effective response. (WCVB)

Vigil for Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover

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