On January 14, 2013, Bell went to a local elementary school and hanged himself from the play structure. He was a member of the La Grande High School cheerleading team in La Grande, Oregon, where he was a sophomore. Bell, a 15-year-old gay youth, was allegedly intensely bullied both in person and on the Internet because he was gay. Jadin Bell (1997–2013), age 15, was an Oregon youth known for his suicide which raised the national profile on youth bullying and gay victimization in bullying.Friends said she suffered from depression, and Ames had previously discussed struggles with bipolar and " multiple personality" disorder. Some members of the gay community suggested her comments were homophobic and ill-informed about STI testing in the adult industry. Ames wrote that the decision was out of concern for her health.
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Media outlets have insinuated Ames died by suicide following successive comments on Twitter in which she defended her refusal to perform in a pornographic movie with a man who had previously worked in gay pornography and sparking an "online firestorm". Her death was ruled a suicide by the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office. On December 5, 2017, Ames was found dead at her home in Camarillo, California, at the age of 23. August Ames (1994–2017) (born Mercedes Grabowski) was a Canadian pornographic actress and model.
The following is a list of suicides attributed to bullying - both in-person and via the Internet (aka cyberbullying).įor a list of people who died from suicide, regardless of reason, see List of suicides and List of suicides in the 21st century.