Anthony and Charlotte had just had a baby, Lily, who was born in September. Although the stresses of teenage parenthood can be overwhelming, Anthony's mother Denise doesn't believe that was the problem.
Denise says he was sexually conflicted and was bullied for it at school.
"Anthony was getting bullied by girls for two years. He would get shouted ‘gay boy’ at, get slapped in the face, come home with his school jumper ripped and even got his phone stolen."
It was when he announced he was going to be a father that she got the courage to tell him it was OK to be gay. Denise recalls: “He shouted that he wasn’t gay and loved Charlotte, but eventually confessed he might be bisexual. I told him I knew he loved his girlfriend but that he needed to be honest with her.”
Even Anthony's girlfriend would get made fun of, being told things like, "You’re going out with a fa**ot’."
Denise had found out her son had been flirting with guys online and was worried he might be leading a secret life. Girlfriend Charlotte had found suspicious texts and had wondered if he had not been dating girls behind her back. After Anthony went missing, both mother and girlfriend decided to text back the suspicious number.
"Our fears were confirmed as the person said they were male and then said something sexually explicit."
Anthony's body was found January 14th in the woods near his home, 6 weeks after he went missing. In his school bag was a suicide note.
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