Bully Page #2

Any time someone comes around

that's the least bit different,

they make sure to put 'em down.

This is where I got the most crap.

Playing basketball.

I loved basketball.

But they just told me many times

they don't want to touch me.

It's pretty much on that court

was my worst year ever.

Every time I look at that board,

I know my name

should be up there.

I was told many times I could

have got a scholarship.

I was a cutter.

I've tried to commit suicide

three times.

Once Kelby came out

and the town learned about her,

it was overnight.

We've pretty much been

isolated here.

There are people that we spent...

years with, side by side,

coaching their children...

that will not even wave to us

anymore, won't look at us.

We were sitting in the car one day,

driving down the street

and I looked over at her,

and it was just me and her in the car,

and I said, "Kelby, are you gay?"

And she started crying and saying,

"Don't hate me.

Please don't stop loving me."

She never said yes,

but I could tell by her reaction

that she was

and she was scared to death.

I mean, she grew up in a family

that taught Sunday school

and raised her to believe that...

that was a sin.

And I think you feel that way

until you're in that situation,

and... and then it's personal.

They made it very clear

that I wasn't welcomed at the school.

When I opened my locker,

there was a note that said,

"Faggots aren't welcomed here."

And the teacher was calling roll

and said, "Boys,"

and then he said, "Girls"

and then paused and said, "Kelby."

And another teacher told me

how they burned fags,

and kept talking about it

with me in the classroom,

and everyone was laughing.

And they knew it was hurting me,

and they kept going.

And I offered her the out.

I said, "You know,

we can go somewhere bigger.

Somewhere where it's not

gonna be like a microscope

and you're not

gonna be an outcast,

and if you want to do that

I understand. We'll go."

And from the very first day,

she said, "No, if I leave, they win."

The school doesn't care.

We've had so many meetings

with the principal

and the superintendent.

And they all give you

the same plastic smile

and say, "Yes, I understand.

I'll do everything I can."

And nothing's ever done.

- I love you too.

- I'll see you here in a bit.

- OK.

- Bye. I'll see you.

This was Troy's room,

and this was Tyler's room.

And when David opened the door,

that was Tyler's bed.

And he saw the note

lying on the bed.

But, of course, you can't see

into the closet from here

because it's just a door.

So when David walked in

is when he saw the inside of the closet,

and there was Tyler.

And then, of course,

David yelled for me, and Troy got up.

So Troy... saw everything.

He saw everything.

So we had to switch them.

That's what we thought was best.

We put Troy

on that side of the house

and moved Teryn on this side

of the house and just repainted.

Because that was the only way

we could get through.

Because all we see

when we come in here still...

is the picture

of Tyler hanging there.

So we had to change everything,

and now this is headquarters.

Headquarters for the e-mails,

headquarters for...

our project of working

to keep Tyler's voice alive.

We took the shelf down.

We took the shelf down,

you can see.

Breathe, breathe, breathe.

Ready?

One, two, three, four, and five,

six, seven, eight.

Turn around,

and ball change, and turns.

Your turns have been

phenomenal today.

And drop over and roll. Up.

- Bye. Thanks.

- Bye.

When I found him

that morning...

we knew...

why Tyler did what he did.

There was no doubt in our minds.

When... you're in the shower

and your clothes are taken,

and you have no way

of getting out of the gym

other than walking out naked.

When you're standing

in the bathroom

and you're urinating,

and kids come up

and push you from behind

up against the stall

and against the wall

and you urinate on your pants.

When you're sitting in the classroom,

somebody comes by and grabs your books

and throws them on the floor

and tells you, "Pick them up, b*tch."

Those are things that happened to Tyler.

Did he ever come home

with blood running down his face? No.

It was the mental abuse

and the not-so-physical abuse

that Tyler endured.

We can control what goes inside

those walls, inside the school.

And the atmosphere has to be set

completely by all the administration.

They all are part

of the school system,

and they're there

to protect the kids.

And if they don't,

then this is what happens.

He had a target on his back.

Everybody knew that.

Hold on, hold on.

Wait, wait here. Come by me.

Come on.

There's a car coming.

I don't want to go on...

Here, I just got

these new shoes so...

I got my own princess shoes!

- Yeah, water?

- Turn the water on.

- How'd it go?

- Good and...

nobody did anything

to me today, so...

That's good.

How was your day?

Are you in there?

- Yeah.

- Good to know.

I'm glad you didn't have

any problems today.

Next time I get

the whole story, OK?

He doesn't share a whole lot.

He was always pretty quiet.

He was born at 26-weeks gestation.

So that's pretty far from 40.

Um... and...

they came in and said that...

They said he wouldn't live 24 hours.

It's 13 years, so he made it.

My biggest goal for him

is I need him to learn to communicate.

You spend all your free time

with these little people.

It's crazy to think you

don't really know them

or what happens to them or...

It's scary.

- What?

- You feel that?

Hey, I texted you back.

They must be coming in.

Bringing them in, Vicky?

You all right, Cole?

Mrs. Lockwood,

I'm in the middle of this,

- and I'm sick and tired of it.

- No, no, no. You just go, OK?

Cole, stay right here.

Right here.

I'm gonna ask you guys

to shake hands. Can you do that?

- Yeah.

- Shake hands.

Cole!

- Cole!

- What?

You are not going anywhere.

He is offering his hand.

And let this drop.

You may go.

Cole, I expected more.

He criticizes me every single day.

- Then why are you around him?

- I don't. He comes to me.

I try to get away from him,

he follows me.

And he criticizes me,

calling me a "P-U-S-S-Y."

OK, honey, that's not right,

and he shouldn't do that.

- I don't even know why.

- You know what?

He was trying

to say he was sorry.

He already did,

and he didn't mean it

because it continued on.

You didn't mean it when you

stuck out your hand, either.

So that means you're

just like him, right?

- What you don't like in him, you...

- Except I don't hurt people.

By not shaking his hand,

you're just like him.

Like someone who

pushes you into walls,

threatens to break your arm,

threatens to stab you and kill you?

Shoot you with a gun?

He apologized.

Have you reported

all that sort of stuff?

- Yes.

- OK, then it's been taken care of.

And all of them said,

even the cops said...

told him to stay away from me,

- and he doesn't.

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