ABSTRACT
The fall of 2010 marked a moment of crisis in which the United States was beset with anxieties surrounding queer youth suicide. For a period of months, it seemed as though every week another teen suicide was announced in the news media, with at least ten reported in September alone (Badash 2010).
Billy Lucas (15) Indiana; Cody J. Barker (17) Wisconsin; Seth Walsh (13) California; Tyler Clementi (18) New Jersey; Asher Brown (13) Texas; Harrison Chase Brown (15) Colorado; Raymond Chase (19) Rhode Island; Felix Sacco (17) Massachusetts; Caleb Nolt (14) Indiana; Zach Harrington (19) Arkansas.
(David Badash, “Breaking: ELEVENTH September Anti-Gay Hate-Related Teen Suicide” [The New Civil Rights Movement, 2010])