You know, I really that this thread was done with. That was until I saw this at MSNBC:

Gay teen's family blames school for death

Well, I thought it was pretty well established that they had no control over him, considering he was living at a halfway house by the time he started crossdressing. Obviously, they have every right to be angry at his death, especially considering he lied about being beaten to get away from them before the trouble started, and they couldn't do anything about the situation because other people were enabling or encouraging him while they had no access to him to try to rein him in. A lot of people could have stopped the situation along the way, and his family isn't included in that number.

And from what I've read, they're really upset that the Vice Principal that everyone gave the complaints to, but never did anything about it, is simply being transferred to another school and not really getting any punishment what-so-ever.

From the looks of it, Epstein (the Vice Principal), was almost trying to make Lawrence a pet project. She was going to set an example of absolute acceptance of gays, and refusing to do anything about the complaints about how he dressed and acted, stating that he was simply who he was and they shouldn't restrict him. Teachers are going on record stating that they've had students complain about him rubbing up against them in the halls, but Epstein never did anything about it.

Frankly, I'm amazed she's still allowed to work in the school system. If I were more blunt, I'd say it'd probably look bad to fire a gay person after a gay student just got shot, but I guess it simply must have been easier to transfer her away.