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The father of an openly gay teen who committed suicide earlier this year will walk across the country to raise anti-bullying awareness.

The mother of a British teen who committed suicide says her son took his own life because he was constantly bullied by girls who made fun of his sexuality.

Police say a love triangle between three men led to a murder-suicide in an apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Officials in Wilton Manors, Fla., are alarmed over the increasing numbers of suicides that have taken place over the last few years.

Welsh football fans were shocked to hear the news of Gary Speed’s apparent suicide last weekend. But with no apparent reason to have hung himself in his home, the blogosphere is buzzing about one theory: that he was going to be outed as gay.

Three teenagers admitted Thursday that they participated in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who later committed suicide, with one of their lawyers complaining that they had been unfairly demonized as "mean girls."

Suicide attempts by gay teens - and even straight kids - are more common in politically conservative areas where schools don’t have programs supporting gay rights, a study involving nearly 32,000 high school students found.

Add to the depressing list of gay teens who have committed suicide over bullying Lance Lundsten, 18, of Milton, Minn. Openly gay, he was subjected to relentless taunting.

A conference focusing on suicide prevention among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people was held Thursday in New Jersey, where the suicide of a Rutgers University freshman in September cast an international spotlight on the issue.

A new report on suicides among GLBT youth suggests that the phenomenon--which has taken on the appearance of a national crisis in recent months--be given corresponding resources in order to gain an understanding of exactly why teens who self-identify as sexual minorities are more likely to kill themselves.