Bullying happens, and it can occur anywhere.
In front of a room of roughly 30 people, 17-year-old Alexandra Tamerius described the time a close male friend wore a dress to school as an experiment to see how students would react.
Tamerius said kids picked on the boy, though the comments stopped the next day. But that's not always the case.
"I'm straight, but I'm a huge ally [of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community]," said the City High School student and Youth Advisory Commission member.
University of Iowa and Iowa City community members gathered at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Thursday evening to view Bullied: A Student, A School, and A Case that Made History, a film about the effects of bullying LGBT students.
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