Jamey Rodemeyer, 14 years old from Buffalo, NY, committed suicide last weekend because of gay bullying. Rodemeyer was a big fan of Lady Gaga, as seen from the last Twitter message of his life.
“@ladygaga bye mother monster, thank you for all you have done, paws up forever,” tweeted Rodemeyer on Sept. 18, just before he was found dead.
“Don’t forget me when I come crying to heaven’s door,” he wrote on his Facebook page as he posted lyrics from Lady Gaga’s song “The Queen.”
Rodemeyer endured constant bullying for being homosexual from classmates at Williamsville North High School in Buffalo, N.Y. both in person and virtually. In reaction to the tragic news of his death, Lady Gaga advocated for laws against bullying.
“Jamey Rodemeyer, 14 yrs old, took his life because of bullying. Bullying must become illegal. It is a hate crime,” Lady Gaga tweeted on Wednesday. “The past days I’ve spent reflecting, crying, and yelling. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someone’s life.”
“I am meeting with our President. I will not stop fighting. This must end. Our generation has the power to end it. Trend it #MakeALawForJamey.”
In May, the 14-year-old posted a Youtube video for “It Gets Better” project, assuring himself that it gets better, and saying that Lady Gaga always made him happy, letting know that he was “born this way.”
“Hold your head up and you’ll go far. Because that’s all you have to do, just love yourself and you’re set,” said Rodemeyer in the video.
Tragic and heartwrenching. RIP Jamey.
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