Jadin Robert Joseph Bell (June 4, 1997 – February 3, 2013) was an American teenager known for his suicide, which raised the national profile of youth bullying and the targeted harassment of gay individuals.
The Huffington Post,[5] Salon,[2] Oregon Public Broadcasting,[6] The Raw Story,[7] GLAAD,[8] PQ Monthly,[9] PinkNews[10] and many other media outlets reported on Bell's death.
The media reported his suicide stemmed from being bullied for being gay, which Bell's father fully believed, stating: "He was hurting so bad.
Bell resigned from his position at Boise Cascade and helped launch Faces for Change, a non-profit anti-bullying foundation, to speak in high schools across the U.S.
[17] Faces for Change created a scholarship program in memory of Jadin Bell "to make awards to scholastic institutions on behalf of individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity and the development of community tolerance in our area of service.