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  • Essay / The documentary about the lives of Bully and Kelby - 550

    In the documentary "Bully", Kelby, a 16-year-old girl from Oklahoma, was bullied for being gay. Many people are bullied, and often because they are gay. The problem arose when Kelby admitted to being gay. Since she lives in a small Christian town, the news spread like wildfire throughout town and Kelby and her family were prejudiced about it. The bullying was so bad that even teachers did it. One teacher even excluded her from the list of boys and girls during roll call of attendants and then called her by name, excluded from the other two genders. The bullying made Kelby wish she could make a change for the town, but it would never work. It also caused her to lose a chance to play basketball and possibly get a scholarship because the girls on her team wouldn't touch her. She was rejected by everyone and was only friends with a few other kids at school. Kelby could have gotten so angry with herself for being gay that she might start to think she is a mistake and a sin, believing what the bullies did. I told her and she will start to get depressed...