“I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens,” he wrote Sept. 9. “What do I have to do so people will listen to me?”
Those were the words Jamey Rodemeyer published online, a week before he killed himself. He was 14 years old. Jamey had been questioning his sexuality for a year, all the while being submitted to personal and online attacks. The current habit of posting every thought online might be a plus in cases like this, as it allows us actual evidence as to the torment that kids go through while dealing with the impossible teen age years. We don’t have to question what Jamey went through or why he did what he did. It’s all available online.
On Sept. 8, he wrote: “No one in my school cares about preventing suicide, while you’re the ones calling me [gay slur] and tearing me down.”
He put up a separate post that day letting everyone know it was National Suicide Prevention Week.
On Saturday night, he posted a lyric from Lady Gaga’s song “The Queen” on his Facebook page: “Don’t forget me when I come crying to heaven’s door.”
Comments from others to Jamey included…
“JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY, FAT ANND UGLY. HE MUST DIE!” read one post.
Another read: “I wouldn’t care if you died. No one would. So just do it 🙂 It would make everyone WAY more happier!”
Jamey is the second student to commit suicide at Williamsville High School in Buffalo.
