Hundreds Of High School Students Stage Walkout In Support Of Bullied Gay Student

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Hundreds of students walked out of Lee’s Summit High School in Kansas City, Kansas on Monday in support of a gay student who has allegedly faced harassment and severe bullying, which culminated in a recent fight that left one student injured.

A Change.org petition calling for “LGBTQ+ safety at Lee’s Summit High School” had garnered nearly 2,700 signatures as of Monday afternoon.

Danny Lillis, a senior who is openly gay, said that he and his friends have been targeted and bullied by another group of students since the beginning of the school year.

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“They have given them a hard time for Danny being

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