Due to the popularity of his book, Rounding Third, which deals quite
powerfully with the timely topic of teens being bullied until one of them can't
take it any more and attempts suicide, Walt has been receiving many
requests to speak and write about this tragic topic.
To arrange for Walt to speak to your school or group, or for a copy of his CV,
contact him at walt@waltergmeyer.com
Walt's appearance on Ask Dr. Annie Abram's
radio show talking about bullying.
His talk about school bullying
at Rounding Third at SUNY - Jamestown
was front page news in the
Jamestown Post-Journal
The write-up of Walt's talk in the student newspaper, The
State Press the student newspaper, at Arizona State
University, got picked up by web sites all over the country.
Walt responded to the rash of suicides by gay teens
with an editorial for his hometown paper, the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Walt's piece about being bullied in high school, this one for gay.com's Writes of Passage
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Another piece about bullying, for the lesbian web site Epochalips
Walt writes a regular column for Rage Monthly and did one about
bullying on page 32 of their December 2010 issue.
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Walt's efforts to combat bullying
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Walt with San Diego School Board Member Kevin
Beiser leading an anti-bullying event Walt hosted.
San Diego City Councilmember Todd Gloria asks
the audience how many of them were bullied.
Video of Walt, Kevin Beiser, and Todd Gloria at
the event as covered by That's So Gay Live
An essat Walt wrote for
about bullying and the reaction he has
had to his novel, Rounding Third.