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Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – With four suicides related to gay bullying making national news this month, Ellen DeGeneres recorded a tearful video message urging that something must be done about the current crisis of bullying amongst teenagers which has lead to four deaths just this month.

In the video, DeGeneres express her devastation with the deaths of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student who killed himself after being outed online after his roommates recorded him in a sexual act with another male, as well as 13-year-old Seth Walsh in Tehachapi, California, 13-year-old Asher Brown of Cypress, Texas and 15-year-old Billy Lucas in Greensberg, Indiana.

“This needs to be a wake-up call to everyone: teenage bullying and teasing is an epidemic in this country, and the death rate is climbing,” DeGeneres said. “One life lost in this senseless way is tragic. Four lives lost is a crisis.

“My heart is breaking for their families, their friends and for a society that continues to let this happen,” DeGeneres continued. “These kids needed us. We have an obligation to change this. There are messages everywhere that validate this kind of bullying and taunting and we have to make it stop. We can’t let intolerance and ignorance take another kid’s life.”

DeGeneres also lists ways to help stop bullying and also ways to seek out help for those who are being bullied. Among them are the Trevor Project, a 24-hour national help line for gay and questioning teens, the National Center for Bullying Prevention, Matthew’s Place run by the Matthew Shepherd Foundation, and Angels and Doves.

“Things will get easier, people’s minds will change, and you should be alive to see it,” DeGeneres said.

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