Gay Student Gets Hate Mail From Adults

Isn't sweet when adult bigots pick on a gay high school kid as the target of their intimidation? And people ask why we need No Name-Calling Week and the Day of Silence. Sheesh.

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:

Ronnie Childers, Harbor's senior class president, said Monday he's received about 50 letters attacking his sexuality since his complaints about national blood donor rules, and his photo, were published in a Sentinel story last month. The story later attracted state and national attention.

Some of the letters were hostile enough that Childers forwarded them to police, "just to be on the safe side"

"There are a couple key phrases, 'I know where you go to school,'" he said. "I think adults need to understand that letters like this are inappropriate"

Gay Student Gets Hate Mail