9-year-old US boy kills himself over homosexual bullying at school

Jamel Myles revealed to his mother, Leia Pierce, that he was gay and wanted to go to school and tell his classmates because he was "proud" to be homosexual. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/LEIA PIERCE.

DENVER, Colorado (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A nine-year-old boy in the United States has killed himself after being bullied for being homosexual at his school in Denver, Colorado.

His mother, Leia Pierce, said that her son, Jamel Myles, had revealed to her over the summer that he was gay and wanted to go to school and tell his classmates because he was "proud" to be homosexual, the BBC reported.