LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. – A fight between students that led to the suspension of a victim of anti-gay bullying and his friend who defended him, led to hundreds of students walking out of classes Monday in solidarity to protest the school administration punishing them and not addressing the behaviour of the bullies.
Danny Lillis, who is openly gay, told multiple media outlets that since the beginning of the school year at Lee’s Summit High School in suburban Kansas City, he and his friends have been targeted and bullied by another group of students.
This year, Lillis started wearing make-up to express himself. Malani Hohlbaugh, a friend of the Out senior had enough of her friend being targeted with anti-gay slurs and bullying.
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