"It hurt me so bad" [Nasima Nastoh, mother of 14-year-old Hamed Nastoh, who committed suicide after being taunted that he was gay, is refused permission by Surrey School Board to address students; Hamed wrote in his suicide note that it was the school's fault; this school board is "notoriously homophobic"; Hamed's suicide note is reprinted in this news report; Mary Polak, chair of Surrey School Board, says "the student body is not ready for this kind of presentation"].
P143 (v19n2)(March 14, 2001): 25 (41cm.)