Ok, now this is fucked

Here's a charming story from Brisbane's Courier Mail to start your week, people.

Gay student safety fear

Vanessa De Groot

November 03, 2006 11:00pm

KEITH Phillips once told his teacher he would die for the right "to be himself".

The Year 10 Alexandra Hills State High School student is openly gay and says Year 12 students have bullied and taunted him with verbal abuse.

Yesterday Keith, 15, missed school because of a warning of possible violence.

Keith's mother Trudy Lillicrap said the school had called her on Thursday night asking her to ensure Keith took the next day off because the school had received information his safety was under threat from a group of Year 12 students.

Although unsure if he would return to school, Keith said he was willing to face the situation. "I'm not going to sit at home and hide . . ." he said. Ms Lillicrap said that she was worried the boys would not face any consequences because it was the end of the school year.

"I'm really glad they (the school) rang me . . . but . . . there was nothing done," Ms Lillicrap said.

She said the school simply told her it was watching a handful of students and feared what would happen if Keith appeared at school."

So, the school sends the gay kid home, but does nothing to the homophobic young thugs threatening him with violence? How fucked is that?!