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Contents:
- GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
- GAY TEEN TCH BULLI ON MERA VIRAL TIKTOK VIO
- CAN WE STOP THE GAY BULLYG EPIMIC?
- VIRAL VIO OF TEEN PUNCHG CLASSMATE DRAWS ATTENTN TO ANTI-GAY BULLYG
- TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- HE SAID HE KILLED OVER ANTI-GAY BULLYG. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS.
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. * gay bully *
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 TEEN TCH BULLI ON MERA VIRAL TIKTOK VIO
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. * gay bully *
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.
CAN WE STOP THE GAY BULLYG EPIMIC?
California high school senr Landon Jon, who is openly gay, has shared a viral vio of him beg bullied. * gay bully *
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.
And while we often thk of children or teens when we thk gay bullyg, bullyg occurs adult suatns, such as the workplace, as well.
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. If you are beg bullied, alg wh gay bashg n seem dntg, but there are many thgs you n do.
VIRAL VIO OF TEEN PUNCHG CLASSMATE DRAWS ATTENTN TO ANTI-GAY BULLYG
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You won't be that gay bullyg environment forever and acceptance is possible.
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. Substance Use: Gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr youth are more than twice as likely to experiment wh dgs and alhol. Suici: Gay, lbian, and bisexual youth are 4 tim more likely to attempt suici than their heterosexual unterparts.
TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
A gay Indiana high school stunt punched a classmate who was allegedly bullyg him and lled him a "faggot" a now-viral vio on Twter. * gay bully *
One survey revealed that more than one-third of gay rponnts had missed an entire day of school the past month bee they felt unsafe there. Stunts who attend schools wh GSAs reported fewer homophobic remarks, more terventn om school personnel and a greater sense of nnectedns.
Ask school personnel to have a discsn at an assembly or an after-school activy about gay prejudice. Help start a Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) chapter at your lol high school. Mental health disorrs, psychologil distrs, and suicidaly a diverse sample of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youths.
The 2011 Natnal School Climate Survey: The experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth our natn’s schools. Cred: Getty ImagHomophob should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Rourc for LGBT stunts, cludg the Coaln Letter to Secetary Sebeli on Bullyg, Cyberbullyg and Harassment Remendatns, Stop Bullyg Now! mpaign, the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network and others. * gay bully *
The prejudice of homophobia may also stem om thorarian parents, particularly those wh homophobic views as well, the rearchers add. The rearch, published the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology, reveals the nuanc of prejudic like homophobia, which n ultimately have dire nsequenc.
"Sometim people are threatened by gays and lbians bee they are fearg their own impuls, a sense they 'doth prott too much, '" Ryan told LiveScience. Ryan utned, however, that this lk is only one source of anti-gay sentiments. For the implic measure, stunts had to tegorize words and pictur flashed onto a puter screen to "gay" or "straight" groups.
Words clud "gay, " "straight, " "homosexual" and "heterosexual, " while the pictur showed straight and gay upl. The rearchers said quicker reactn time for "me" and "gay, " and a slower associatn of "me" wh "straight" would dite said an implic gay orientatn. " To gge homophobia a hoehold, stunts rpond to ems such as, "It would be upsettg for my mom to fd out she was alone wh a lbian" or "My dad avoids gay men whenever possible.
HE SAID HE KILLED OVER ANTI-GAY BULLYG. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS.
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * gay bully *
Participants dited their own level of homophobia, both overt and implic; word-pletn tasks, stunts wrote down the first three words that me to md when prompted wh some of the words' letters. Stunts were primed at some pot wh the word "gay" to see how that impacted the amount of aggrsive words ed.
"In a predomately heterosexual society, 'know thyself' n be a challenge for many gay dividuals, " lead thor Netta Weste, a lecturer at the Universy of Essex the Uned Kgdom, said a statement. "But ntrollg and homophobic hom, embracg a mory sexual orientatn n be terrifyg.
Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for homosexuals.