involving gay teens, first the case of 13-year-old seth walsh, an openly gay student who hanged himself in september because he could no longer take the verbal and physical abuse from other teens. now the united states department of education's office of civil rights has opened an investigation into his case. seth has been teased since the fifth grade and the abuse only got worse when he announced he was gay in the sixth grade. his mother wendy says she informed school officials of the attacks against seth but says they didn't seem to care. she home-schooled him for a while in the seventh grade but seth eventually returned to school. after being harassed by a group of teens in a local park three months ago, seth killed himself. wendy walsh contacted the aclu for assistance and together they posted a video of wendy on youtube reading seth's suicide note. >> mom, amanda, shane, shawn, i love you. thank you for having me. it's been a pleasure. i know this will bring you much