Dallas Voice » deadly consequences http://www.dallasvoice.com The Premier Media Source for LGBT North Texas Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Annise Parker on Asher Brown’s suicide http://www.dallasvoice.com/mayor-parker-comments-asher-brown-suicide-1046946.html http://www.dallasvoice.com/mayor-parker-comments-asher-brown-suicide-1046946.html#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:38:05 +0000 David Taffet http://www.dallasvoice.com/?p=46946
Mayor Annise Parker

Our old friend Michael Petrelis has been making a big deal of the fact that Houston Mayor Annise Parker hadn’t said anything about the suicide of 13-year-old Asher Brown. On Monday, Parker issued the following statement:

“What happened to Asher Brown, his family and friends is a tragedy. This situation is being investigated by the proper authorities, but it is a sign that bullying of any kind can have deadly consequences. It reminds us that young people who are targets of bullying need love and support.”

Asher, who was an eighth-grader at Hamilton Middle School in Cypress in northwest Harris County, is one of six known suicides nationwide over the last few weeks related to anti-gay bullying and harassment.

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