Our client, Camika Shelby, writes in HuffPost about her son Nigel and how his tragic loss has driven her to advocate for the rights of other LGBTQ+ students facing discrimination and harassment at school.

An Alabama school district and the family of Nigel Shelby, a ninth-grade student who died by suicide in 2019 after experiencing severe anti-gay harassment at school, have reached a settlement that requires the district to strengthen its protections for LGBTQ+ students.