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Canada: Pink T's defend bullied student

Sat 29 Mar 2008 In: International News View at Wayback

Two Canadian students are being praised across North America for the way they turned the tide against bullies who picked on a fellow student for wearing pink to school. The victim -a Grade 9 boy at Central Kings Rural High School in the small Nova Scotia community of Cambridge- wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. Bullies harassed the boy, labeling him gay for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, CBC news reports. DavidShepherd and Travis Priceheard the news and decided to take action. Theywent to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day. Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a "sea of pink." But a tsunami of support poured in the next day. Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe. When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, someof his classmatessaid it was a powerful moment. "Definitely it looked like there was a big weight lifted off his shoulders. He went from looking right depressed to being as happy as can be," said Shepherd. The story continues on the CBC news website link below.    

Credit: GayNZ.com News Staff

First published: Saturday, 29th March 2008 - 7:09pm

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