A French school principal has died by suicide after enduring a prolonged campaign of homophobic harassment within her community.
Caroline Grandjean, 42, was the principal of a nursery school (for children 2/3-5) in the village of Moussages. It is understood that someone discovered she was married to a woman, despite not being public about her relationship. The harassment commenced in 2023 with anti-lesbian graffiti in the school. The targeted campaign escalated to death threats despite Grandjean filing five formal complaints and an investigation being conducted, and in 2024 Grandjean was forced out of teaching.
Only hours after contacting France’s national suicide prevention helpline Grandjean died by suicide on the first day of the new school term (1 September 2025).
Grandjean reportedly felt let down by both her school and local government, and her colleagues apparently consider her choice of date to be a statement of their failure to protect her.
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