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IN FAVOR OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL & ONLE EDUTN FOR LGBTQ YOUTH
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Edor’s Note: 2011 saw the lnch of Ameri’s first gay onle high school.
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While some may qutn the need for separate but equal tnal spac for gays, Kim, who was prent for the openg of Harvey Milk, the first gay-iendly public high school NYC 2003, argu favor of the benefs of onle tn – both onle high school and llege programs – for queers worldwi. Onle Gay High School Offers New Safe Haven for LGBTQ YouthHarvey Milk and the Call for Gay High School Opportunisoopahgrover/FlickrIn 2003, I was part of a welg crowd that hered Ameri’s first hman class of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, Queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth and their iends at the openg of the newly accreded Harvey Milk High School New York Cy.
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Many of the youth chose to attend a LGBTQ-affirmg high school so that they uld foc more mental energy on learng, and ls on alg wh homophobic and trans-phobic bulli. But not everyone wished Ameri’s first gay high school well. Last year a group of cizens lnched a gay high school onle Los Angel that ters exclively to LGBTQ youth who may feel, for whatever reason, they have no lol, safe space which to nurture their amic reers.
The populary of televisn shows such as Glee, and the public support of accs to marriage for LGBT people by Print Obama signals a clear and growg cultural acceptance of gay muni. High schools and lleg are too often still unfortunately not safe plac for gays, let alone spac which they n Onle tn offers LGBTQ youth the opportuny to learn environments where they are ee to be prent their bodi whout worryg about peer and faculty reactns or how bias might terfere wh their amic reers. In a natnal study, State of Higher Edutn for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr People, San Rank and her lleagu noted that LGB llege stunts were more likely to experience harassment than their heterosexual unterparts.
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SegregatnWhen the Harvey Milk High School opened s doors, many felt that gay stunts should not need or be granted a separate high school; that stanc of bullyg – when and if they occurred – need to be handled directly by the schools.
Opponents of stunts choosg ls tradnal settgs, such as gay boardg schools or virtual high schools, argue that social systems and stutns will never change unls they are forced to do so. Gay youth should not have to suffer while the system rights self; they need accs now to a range of choic that will enurage them to fd a study space which they personally feel mak easit for them to learn.