Nationally syndicated sex advice columnist Dan Savage, of Savage Love, is on OPB’s Think Out Loud today discussing bullying. The Seattle Stranger editor is responding to the death of 15-year-old Jadin Bell, a gay La grande teen who recently committed suicide. Bell had been on life support after hanging himself on Jan. 19. He died in a Portland hospital this past Sunday.

You can find the live stream, with Savage, here: opb.org/thinkoutloud

And here’s more on Bell, a teen who brought joy to the lives of others, despite the fact he was bullied continuously:

This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2013.

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