“Nigel was loved at home, but that wasn’t enough, obviously,” the mother said. “I just want kids of the LGBTQ community, Black kids, all kids really to be able to go to school and feel comfortable and not feel closed in, alone, alienated.”
Four years after a gay Black teenager in Alabama died by suicide following an onslaught of bullying at school, his mother said she finally feels as though she can almost breathe again, now that the civil litigation against her child’s school district has been settled.
As a result of the $840,000 settlement reached in March, the Huntsville City Board of Education is required to implement a number of policies aimed at ensuring the safety and security of LGBTQ students in the district. “These cases are not just about accountability. It’s also about trying to make a systemic change to change the culture of the school district,” said Adele Kimmel, Shelby’s lawyer. “That requires policy changes, training programs, climate surveys and then some way to make sure that all of these things are actually happening.”Alabama’s anti-bullying policies do not include protections on the basis of sexual identity or gender orientation.
Stafford and spokespeople for the Huntsville Board of Education did not immediately respond to requests for comment.“moving forward, I think it’s a process of rigorous implementation and a plan of strategic implementation and working with our staff and administration to make sure that that implementation is consistent across the district.”
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