( CNN ) -- An Indiana mother who sent her gay son to school with a stun gun after administrators apparently did n't do enough to stop the bullying against him said she would do it again -- even though the teen now faces expulsion . `` I do not promote violence -- not at all -- but what is a parent to do when she has done everything that she felt she was supposed to do ... at the school ? '' the mother , Chelisa Grimes , told CNN 's Don Lemon on Sunday . `` I did feel like there was nothing else left for me to do , but protect my child . '' The school district held an expulsion hearing last week but no decision has been announced . Grimes sent her son , Darnell `` Dynasty '' Young , to Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis with the stun gun after he said he was taunted and bullied for months . `` I brought the stun gun 'cause I was n't safe , '' the 17-year-old said . After six other students surrounded him at school on April 16 , calling him names and threatening to beat him up , Young pulled the stun gun from his backpack . He raised it in the air , setting off an electric charge , and sending the group scurrying , Young said . Unlike a Taser , which fire barbs attached to long wires at a target , a stun gun has to be near or pressed against a person to shock them . `` I got kicked out of school for me bringing the weapon to school , but I honestly do n't think that that was fair , '' Young said . `` I did n't use it on nobody . ... All I did was raise it up in the air and went back to my class . '' School police officers arrested him a short time later and took him away in handcuffs , The Indianapolis Star reported . School officials are investigating the incident , but none of the students who allegedly surrounded Young has been positively identified . Young is known as a flamboyant dresser and Larry Yarrell , the Tech principal , said school staff had been trying to get him to `` tone down '' his accessories . `` If you wear female apparel , then kids are kids and they 're going to say whatever it is that they want to say , '' Yarrell told The Star . `` Because you want to be different and because you choose to wear female apparel , it may happen . In the idealistic society , it should n't matter . People should be able to wear what they want to wear . '' CNN could not immediately reach school officials for comment . Grimes contends that school officials have n't done enough to protect all students on campus . `` I think that the self-protection device is what 's making the news , but the big picture is that my child is not the only one who does not feel safe at our school , '' she said . It a common complaint among lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender students . A 2009 survey of 7,261 middle and high school students found that nearly nine out of 10 LGBT students had experienced harassment at school over the previous year and nearly two-thirds felt unsafe because of their sexual orientation . Young said rumors around campus suggested he was `` doing nasty stuff '' with teachers . The rumors took their toll . `` I was at my wit 's end . I did n't know what to do and I thought about suicide , '' Young said . `` I hate saying that word because God blessed me with this life . I love life . I love my education . I would never ... but this bullying got so bad that I thought about that . ''
`` What is a parent to do when she has done everything ? '' Chelisa Grimes says . The Indianapolis school district is considering his expulsion . Darnell `` Dynasty '' Young says he has been bullied and taunted for months . Two-thirds of gay students say they feel unsafe at school .