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Mom’s Plea, After 9-Year-Old Gay Son’s Suicide Over Bullying: ‘Show Love to Everyone’

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After 9-year-old Jamel Myles killed himself after suffering homophobic bullying at school, his mother Leia Pierce asks we ‘stand together as equals, with acceptance of everyone.’

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Courtesy Leia Rochelle

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