I forgot to add one more thing that should be known and should have been addressed when it kept…read morehappening, daily. I recently had to have a Cervical Spinal Fusion done in my neck. Want to know why? The damage to my neck and spine happened at Helena High. I would have my head slammed and kicked into my locker, and this happened every, single day I was there. I would be attempting to put my books and schoolwork away and wouldn't see them coming for me. Then WHAM! So yes, my neck and spine are incredibly damaged now. I already have a Lumbar Spinal Fusion that is failed, and that was caused at Helena High, as well. I am now on Disability, since I can no longer walk or turn my head and am in constant chronic pain. Probably not much longer though, since Trump has vowed to destroy Disability, Social Security and Welfare. That is what America voted for, however. My Neurosurgeon here in Minnesota, told me that the damage was totally caused by my time at Helena High, and specifically by having my head slammed or kicked into my locker every day. I know many will insist that I am exaggerating or making it up. Nope! Many, many other students and teachers were witness to it, so it can be proven true. Am I supposed to be ticked off about it? Probably. Nothing, not one thing was ever done about it. Even though it was reported to the principal and front office, I never even got an acknowledgement that it was actually happening. They chose to ignore me. What? Am I supposed to just forget that it happened? Well, I have tried, but you cannot. It stays with you for life. Why the Helena School Board allows that kind of behaviour, I do not know. Maybe it has changed by now, and bullying and attempting to kill other students is frowned upon. I somehow highly doubt that though. I will never receive an apology from them, I know that. I mean, they condoned that type of thing themselves. Did those in Helena really think that I would just forget? Not going to happen. Now that I am getting elderly and am disabled by what happened to me in Helena, I am going to tell the world how people treat others in that town and at the public schools. I wouldn't wish what happened to me, on my worst enemy. It is just obscene, really. Then, on top of all that, Montana chooses to become one of the Hate States recently. That is how it is known as here, where I live now. Good. I want others to know my story and know that although I survived, it was just barely. My extremely painful disability was caused by those in Helena, and now I have to live with it. I had so many bad things happen to me in that town and state. I could write a book, and perhaps should. About my whole experience growing up, and almost being murdered in Helena, at both Capital and Helena High, mostly the latter. Again, you'd think they would be ashamed of how they acted. But nope, no apologies, no nothing were ever proffered to me. I am sure I am still known and hated in Helena and Montana. Especially now. Even if the Board of Schools/Education knew about the violence done to me, they would do nothing anyway. I am sure they did know, and simply chose to ignore it. It is just the way those of us who are gay, are and were treated in Helena and Montana. Likely still are, which is a shame. It is 2025 now and it appears that not much has changed in Helena.
