| | The 1994 Suicide of Bobby Steele |
 | | Bobby's father "thought his son had been slandered and that Cambly was trying to use Bobby for the gay cause." Both his father and his mother "could accept neither that Bobby was gay, nor that his sexuality was the main reason he had killed himself. |
 | | Bobby did not reveal his gay nature to his family for good reasons, in spite of the fact that his mother stated: "If Bobby was dealing with sexuality, [I] wish he would have come to [me] and talked." Bobby's closest family member was his sister, Sharon, who was of little help. |
 | | Bobby's confusion was partly the result of the aforementioned conflict between his gay identity and personal/social expectations, and it was exacerbated by having to simultaneously live in different worlds; because this is what we continue to inflict on most gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. |
| www.youth-suicide.com /gay-bisexual/news/steele.htm (4647 words) |