Gay rights group plans rally on Rutgers campus in wake of Tyler Clementi tragedy
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NEW BRUNSWICK - A gay rights group plans a rally Thursday to protest what it says is Rutgers University's failure to confront harassment against gays.
Tyler Clementi
The rally comes less than a month after Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers freshman from Ridgewood, killed himself after his roommate allegedly broadcast Clementi's sexual encounter with a man over the internet.
Queering the Air leaders say they have compiled complaints from LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students about safety, housing and medical and counseling, and plan to present it in a letter to university President Richard McCormick.
The letter will be delivered at a Rutgers University Student Assembly
