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“If these bills go into play, what was I actually fighting for?” said a mother of a gay teen who died by suicide. “We all deserve protection. We all deserve to feel comfortable. We all deserve to feel love."
Camika Shelby wants her 15-year-old child remembered for being full of light, not as a depressed and bullied teen.
Nigel Shelby's mother says school officials told him being gay was a choice, and they knew he intended suicide but did not intervene.
Shelby, a victim of suicide, was laid to rest over the weekend.
One administrator allegedly blamed the gay student for his social media post and said being gay was a choice.
They allege that school officials knew their son was considering taking his life.
Jeff Graves resigned after ridiculing the LGBTQ movement after Nigel Shelby's death, but now has a new job with a different agency.
