2023-07-10 13:46:50
“Dirty fagot”. Then a student of a prestigious high school in western Paris, the son of Julie Gonssard, a victim of homophobia, saw a real descent into hell. “Indeed, the start of the school year, which he was looking forward to, was spectacularly different from what he expected, with the arrival of a new headmaster and also new students,” says Julie.
Insults, mockery, exclusion… At only 15 years old, the teenager ended up suffering from depression. A visible malaise, recognized by his establishment which did not however react. “You should not live in underprivileged neighborhoods or in remote provinces. In the heart of Paris, in a favored environment, it also happens, ”explains this mother. A situation among many others, still too frequent, which cannot last any longer.
“Minister, we need your help.” In open letter to Pap Ndiaye published in the HuffPost last June, Julie Gonssard and Pierre Garbownik, editor-in-chief of the newspaper The Gifted, aimed at 7/14 year olds, therefore decided to challenge the government. For Pierre: “We clearly felt, in the case of Julie’s son, that the institution, which thought more of protecting itself than of protecting her son, said ‘If this is not really harassment , not every day and he has not been hit, maybe, we can not react”. Well actually yes. We must react immediately to the first alert”.
A testimony to be found in the video at the top of the article.
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