If it is an action taken based solely on the fact that the person being ostracized (or bullied if you prefer) is gay, then it can be a civil rights violation (hate crime) depending upon the nature of the bullying.
It is called homophobic bullying or homophobia.
You should search the internet for homophobic bullying policy schools and see what you get. There's no way of knowing EXACTLY how many schools, but if you find two or three and see if they cover bullying for sexual orientation you should be able to find enough information for a small report.
For the most part, the answer seems to be a no. He has spoken out against bullying in the past, and even specifically about homosexual bullying.
Karen Elizabeth Beattie has written: 'Homophobic bullying'
While cyber bullying is not illegal in its self, if the person being bullied commits suicide because of online bullying the bullies can be charged with assisted suicide.
In the U.S.A it is illegal in all states.
Yes, cyber bullying is illegal in Illinois.
yes you can get fined.
It's not illegal if other kids are doing it. However, if an adult is bullying a special needs child it could be considered discrimination.
Well cyber-bullying isn't really allowed anywhere but for this site it's probably because bullying in general is bad cause I knew this guys brother who commited suicide because of homophobic bullying. and this site would most likely agree with me that it's bad.
Make the internet illegal
No cyber-bullying is not illegal in every US state and there is no federal law against it. It will be difficult to enforce such laws because they are likely to violate the First Amendment.