AUGUSTA, Ga. -- When an 18-year old Rutgers student jumped off the George Washington bridge after he was "outed" on facebook, it sent shockwaves across the country. Tyler Clementi became the face of gay bullying.

While we're not taking on the issues of homosexuality and genetic or environmental factors, we are looking at a situation that is what it is: kids growing up bullied, even hated, because of who they love.

Kirk Smalley knows first hand that bullying can kill: "You want to learn what bullying and suicide is all about? We haven't washed his sheets because I can go in there and lay on his bed and still smell my boy."
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