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Since cov cath is currently being EXPOSED, I would like to share my personal experience with the students and the school itself.
It all started in 8th grade when I came out as gay. Some kids from cov cath started to say things about me and my sexuality. Of course there were little things but after awhile it started to build up.
I was getting fed up with kids from this school calling me a faggot and wishing death upon me. So I decided to take a stand and defend myself.
As soon as I started to defend myself things started to take a turn for the worse. I would go to parties and large groups of boys from this school would be there. I would try and mind my business but they would just keep harassing me which resulted in me having to leave.
Then our beef flipped over to social media. Another group of boys from cov cath made twitter profiles for the sole purpose to make fun of me and many others that live in the NKY area.
Here are the screenshots of the tweets from these accounts. There were far worse tweets out there but these were the only ones I could get my hands on.
And I had this guy from that group of boys personally come to me and tell me who all ran these accounts and guess what... They went to cov cath.
After this incident a girlfriend of mine invited me to a school dance. I was really hesitant on going because all the cch boys would be there, but decided to go anyways because a few of my friends were also attending.
When I arrived at the formal I immediately went to the dance floor where everyone was. They started to form a circle and expected me to dance (for those of you who dont know, I love to twerk at school dances because its funny to most and I enjoy doing it)
As soon as I walk into the circle, damn near every single boy that goes to cch started chanting and heckling at me. I tried to be the bigger person and ignore it, but that giant crowd of boys started marching into the circle trying to stop me. I tried my hardest not to let them
but then they started pushing and shoving me as a result. This next story is where it gets JUICYYYYY.
About a year ago I went on vacation with my family. I was having the time of my life until I got a text from a few of my friends. They told me that students from cov cath were printing out pictures of me then handing them out to people at school, putting it on there cars and...
Hanging them up inside the schools bathrooms.
This is the picture. this Snapchat is from a cov cath student confirming that it did in fact happen.
The picture itsef does not bother me. What bothers me is that they took the time out of their day to do all of this just to be cruel and make me feel like complete shit for no reason.
Ive also heard from many sources coming from INSIDE THE SCHOOL that they put my name on a prayer board and have called my name over the morning announcements.
I am in no need of prayers and they did this only because of my sexuality. This is something that the school itself could of done something about but refused to do so.
This is not an isolated incident and is not an issue that has only happened once. Im tired of the school and the students not getting punished for their heinous actions.
Im tired of being afraid to go certain places because of cov cath. Im tired of being depressed and treated unfairly. Im tired of it all.
I hope everyone is now realizing their true colors
Cov cath. You deserve everything coming your way
lunasun
(21,646 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)at this institution that seems to not notice things.
more than meets the eye here
womanofthehills
(8,702 posts)87 victims of Covington priests (over 50 yrs) shared $100 million.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/jul/06/kentucky-diocese-okd-to-settle-sex-abuse-suit-for/
dem4decades
(11,288 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)dsc
(52,160 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)but there's no context that would suggest the gender of the recipient or intended audience.
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)I even read the entire thread and went to twitter & still can't tell.
One vein seems to be being put on the prayer list because of his homosexuality - but that seems to be unrelated to this image.
salin
(48,955 posts)by the administrators/adult powerholders at this school.
Someone not related to the school (not a student, not part of the direct community) included on a school "prayer board" and mentioned on school wide announcements.
The village raising these kids is torching the individual humanity of the community of kids.
I am not absolving these kids. But they are young enough to grow past. But not if their villages (at school at home) keep exhibiting zero ability for empathy and expression for the dignity of the humanity inherent in others.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am so sorry for how this person was treated. What a horrible place.
badhair77
(4,217 posts)Were there no teachers in charge of those announcements?
Were there no chaperones at that dance?
As a teacher I chaperoned many dances and field trips and I knew what my assigned kids were doing.
yardwork
(61,599 posts)B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Sounds like a holy cracker nightmare.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Seriously, it needs to be shut down.