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Brentwood teen's fashion choices draw bullies

Sam Villanueva, 16, an 11th-grader at Brentwood High

Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | Sam Villanueva, 16, an 11th-grader at Brentwood High School says he has been a victim of bullying from students at the school. He is shown here at his Brentwood home with girlfriend Sandra Navarro, 18. (Nov. 10, 2010)

SAM VILLANUEVA, a Brentwood High School junior, keeps his hair long, plays rock guitar and skateboards. He has a girlfriend but says he's been bullied since the ninth grade by boys who think his choices in dress and in friends are "gay."

 

They try acting like they're so manly or so tough, and I'm so weak. They always make fun of me and I don't understand it. I'm bigger than some of...

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