A teenager threw herself under a train in front of her horrified classmates because she was being bullied at school, it has emerged. Felicia Garcia...
A Ryanair crew member has been accused of bullying and intimidating behaviour towards a customer after she mislaid part of her ticket stub. Fiona K...
A New York blogger and her project on sizeism has found herself catapulted into the spotlight after a photo of herself in a bikini went viral. Ste...
A Christian group has attacked a school anti-bullying campaign for "promoting homosexuality". "Mix-It-Up" is an initiative by the Southern Poverty ...
A hacktivist group claims to have identified the tormentor of Amanda Todd, the teenager who bravely shared her story of bullying and torment on YouTub...
If you thought Amanda Todd's suicide was the biggest tragedy you'd be reading about this week, think again.
A schoolgirl who was driven to suicide by bullies had documented her heart-breaking story in a YouTube video weeks before her death, it has emerged. ...
While the hunt for Megan Stammers and her maths teacher Jeremy Forrest continues, much of the teen’s hopes and dreams have been laid bare online. ...
A Sikh woman whose photo was surreptitiously taken and posted on an online forum in order to mock her facial hair has gained praise for her "graceful ...
Nearly 70% of all LGBT youths in Scotland have experienced homophobic bullying and are being driven out of schools, colleges and universities as a res...
If you're a parent whose child has just completed their first weeks at secondary school, your son or daughter is beginning a journey through one of the most formative periods of their life.
Bullying sadly takes many forms. It's heart-breaking for parents to witness the effect bullying has on their child: we love our children, and we hope bullying will never happen to them. Sorry, I have bad news...
Throughout the years of my being bullied, attempted suicide and consequent hospitalisation I hadn't once considered how my parents had felt. The pain now firmly etched on their faces, it was something I would have to tackle head on.
It's been a summer of role models and positive images of young people. August 2012, in contrast to the riots of last year, has given us plenty to look forward to, to celebrate and to shout about.
The racism was straight out of the traps when Ireland's Olympic boxing heroes won silver and gold in London. It was disheartening, predictable, and widely supported.
This week, a journalist in a popular newspaper used the word 'gay' in a manner that reinforced negative connotations; yet again I was reminded me that there is still a long way to go in ending the use of the word gay as a pejorative term.
Laws should be applied to cyber space in the same way we apply laws for other public spaces. More and more people live part of their lives on social networking sites.
Trolling hurts, it hurts bad. The worst thing about trolling? When people say 'it's part of the job' when you're in the public eye.
A sick online game in which users are invited to ‘Beat up Anita Sarkeesian’ is the latest online bullying exercise to hit the web. When America...
Until now I have been ashamed of and never fully embraced my illness. There has always been a stigma attached to mental health issues and I would only ever share my fears with friends and family.
Our whole world has shrunk since the internet became so easily accessible. Unfortunately, there is a dark and dangerous element to the wondrous world of instant communication.
To NCSL and OFSTED I say thank you for putting homophobic bullying on the agenda, now let us all be courageous, make a difference and change the lives of countless children (and also of many teachers and parents) for the better. Let our schools lead the world on this vital issue. Schools that fully include and represent all pupils see standards rise - what better driver could we need?
A 14-year-old girl suffering from an eating disorder after being bullied at school was found hanged at home, an inquest heard on Tuesday. Public sc...
Name-calling is rife in many schools, but is often dismissed as simply "banter", according to a new Ofsted report into bullying. It found that pupi...
A teenager who became an internet sensation after posting a video of herself covering her severe acne with make-up says she was overwhelmed by the kin...
