Students and staff of Huntsville High School, Huntsville, Alabama have been paying tributes to gay boy Nigel Shelby, the 15-year-old high school student who committed suicide last week.

Nigel Shelby reportedly killed himself after being bullied by his schoolmates for being gay.

According to multiple Facebook reports, Nigel Shelby who was a student at Huntsville High School committed suicide on Friday after being bullied relentlessly.

“We were saddened to learn this morning of the death of Nigel Shelby, one of our 9th-grade students. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time,” said the principal of the school.

“We are heartbroken over the death of Nigel Shelby, a 15 year old freshman at Huntsville High School,” Rocket City Pride, the local LGBTQ+ Pride organization said in a statement. “Nigel took his life because he was bullied for being gay. There are no words that can be said to make sense of this devastating news.”

Huntsville High principal, Aaron King addressed the tragic death in a post to parents, writing:

“We were saddened to learn this morning of the death of Nigel Shelby, one of our 9th-grade students. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.”

Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Christie Finley also addressed it at Monday’s school board meeting, saying:

“I want to take a brief moment to speak about the recent loss of a Huntsville high school student, Nigel Shelby. I spent most of the weekend really processing this loss and I’m sure many of you have as well. And we will for a while to come.

It’s clear to me that the simple word of the golden rule has really become more difficult for many to understand and to practice and it is time as a society to value, respect and uplift one another.”

She added:

“It is time for us to come together. Now is the time for us to teach our children and our students the values of acceptance, kindness, generosity, helpfulness and basically just being a human being.”

A candlelight vigil was held for the late student on Sunday night.

Radio show host Amir Diamond wrote:

I dedicated tonight’s show to Nigel Shelby. He was a 15-year-old boy who committed suicide after being bullied for being gay. I see myself in him. I was also bullied when I was young, because of my sexuality. I made an instagram video last year that discussed my coming out experience, because I wanted kids like Nigel to see me and know that it’s okay to be who they are.

My hope and my prayer is that kids who identify with the LGBTQA community will be able to be stand strong in who they are (despite what anyone else has to say about it).

I hope that the rest of the world supports those who are in the LGBTQA community (even if they don’t understand it). We have to teach the younger generations coming up to love EVERYBODY. You never know what someone’s going through.

Rest In Peace, Nigel.

We now have an angel who we know by name.

-Diamond

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well well,have fun in hell with the demon who pushed you to commit such act...

15 years old boy and gay?

Na wa ooo

RIP to him

R.I.P baby.


No one should be bullied or hated for who or what they are as long as they're not harming anyone.

Being gay doesn't make him a bad person. There are tons of "straight" people he's better than. But the world doesn't seem to care. Sad. Just sad

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Even tho I totally abhor and dislike Gays because of their disgusting and abominable nature. I also ,in the same way condemn the bullying of kids, because you don't like something doesn't mean you can't tolerate it, well it's USA those kids will get what they deserve....Rip

Unbelievable

it is finished 15 years old? gay? the world we live in now is worse than sodom and gomorrah

It's a shame that even a country as liberal as America is still battling the issue with sexuality! So many gay men have better heart than the straight men! we don't have to judge and have no moral justification to condemn orders just because they sin differently! Fornication is a sin and we all indulge in it with pride but we are all quick to condemn a gay as a sinner,Shame on you if you celebrate this poor boy's death!

Rest easy

You go sha meet your gay fans for hell

Fisiryorh:
well well,have fun in hell with the demon who pushed you to commit such act...

Just like the demon who pushed you to have premarital sex.

Well, God is the best Judge.



Hope 'they' ain't using this to draw sympathy.

MayorK4319:

stop spamming

15 years gay na wa o

Cc

The ignorance on this thread speaks volumes.

czarina:
R.I.P baby.


No one should be bullied or hated for who or what they are as long as they're not harming anyone.

Being gay doesn't make him a bad person. There are tons of "straight" people he's better than. But the world doesn't seem to care. Sad. Just sad

Useless comment.

I have no sympathy for gay people.
Zero sympathy.

So person go wake up one morning say Na to Fvck Nyash and Svck C0ck de sweet am

Someone above me:
"No one should be bullied or hated for who or what they
are as long as they're not harming anyone.
Being gay doesn't make him a bad person. There are
tons of "straight" people he's better than. But the
world doesn't seem to care. Sad. Just sad"
Really Neega ??
As long as they're not Harming Anyone ??
Are you Mad ?
For your info Gays are the Reason Human race is facing Extinction.

In the Beginning God created Adam&Eve not Adam&Steve

Mind you I have Zero Sympathy for Gays!

Putting your boyfriend on your Dp doesnt scare me, i have entered toilets that says staff only

Small boy like dis don already sabi poke pesin for nyash?

Tufiakwa.

Uwa mmebi.

I can bet he was initiated into gayism by nyanmiri's

An underage gay? Na wa for this life o

candlewax:
most people don't know the whole world is bleeped

Hian, who fúçked the world

I wanted to say something...

But I just remembered I have a US Visa interview coming up...

So therefore...RIP TO THE DEAD