Adam Kizer didn’t need to die.
The 16-year-old sophomore at Sonoma Valley High School in Sonoma, California, was taken off life support Saturday after attempting to take his own life four days prior. Kizer was bisexual and faced years of bullying, including being doused with gasoline and almost being set on fire by his classmates because of his sexuality.
Kizer’s death falls approximately one month after 12-year-old Alyssa Morgan, from Iowa, took her own life after relentless bullying because of her bisexual identity.
Kizer’s and Morgan’s deaths are not anomalies. They represent an overlooked epidemic of violence and harassment faced by bisexual people.
