What happens when both bully and victim are openly, vociferoly terted sleepg wh members of their own genr? And what if, trackg the very topic of membership, one man says that another is "the wrong kd of gay"?
Contents:
- GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
- TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
Gay bullyg, gay bashg happens to the majory of gay youth and n e great harm, cludg suici, but people are workg to stop gay bullyg. * bully gay *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, nonbary or otherwise genr non-nformg (LGBTQI+) youth and those perceived as LGBTQI+ are at an creased risk of beg bullied. High school stunts who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) report havg been bullied on school property (23%) and cyberbullied (27%) the past year than their straight peers (7% and 13%, rpectively).
Historilly, YRBS and other studi have gathered data on lbian, gay, and bisexual youth but have not clud qutns about transgenr, non-bary, genr non-nformg, tersex, or queer youth. G., gay-straight allianc or genr and sexualy allianc). Gay bullyg and gay bashg are actns that hurt all.
A rash of gay suicis 2011 prov how adly gay bullyg n be.
TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
While tryg to al wh all the challeng of beg a teenager, lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr (LGBT) teens also have to al wh harassment, threats and vlence directed at them on a daily basis. LGBT youth are nearly twice as likely to be lled nam, verbally harassed or physilly asslted at school pared to their non-LGBT peers. [1] Their mental health and tn, not to mentn their physil well-beg, are at-risk. * bully gay *
Gay bullyg statistics dite that gay teens are two-to-three tim more likely to m suici than other youths and about 30% of all suicis have been lked to a genr inty crisis. None of the aths had to occur, but they did bee each of the people was sent the msage that was better to be ad than to be gay.
Gay bullyg and gay bashg is bullyg or treatg one poorly bee they are gay (fn of gay) or bee they are thought to be gay. The targets are primarily people who do not f to genr stereotype rol whether they are, fact, gay or not.
Gay bullyg statistics dite that 9-out-of-10 gay youth have been subject to bullyg and that, of those, almost half were physilly harassed and a quarter report beg physilly asslted. Any dividual mor cince of gay bullyg or gay bashg may be somethg that someone n al wh but the ma problem wh is s pervasive and nsistent nature to the pot where jur an dividual's self-teem and sire to live.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
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And while we often thk of children or teens when we thk gay bullyg, bullyg occurs adult suatns, such as the workplace, as well. Stop Gay Bullyg – How People Are Workg to Stop Gay Bashg. Many anizatns are dited to stop gay bashg and gay bullyg and there are more and more iativ lolly, like high schools, to stop gay bashg.
Over 4000 Gay-Straight Allianc are now registered wh the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network and iativ such as "No Name-Callg Week" now exist to put the spotlight on all typ of bullyg and bashg.