Rearchers and practners have recently lled for greater volvement of school health profsnals (SHPs; e.g., school psychologists, nurs, guidance unselors) terventns to intify and addrs bullyg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) stunts. …
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RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life. The thori should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. * bullying about lgbt *
”He advised an “appropriate fancial award” should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed forc, an pennt review has Etherton’s report remend: “An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims. “The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, ” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.
(The above fn was taken om the LGBT Foundatn)Like all forms of bullyg, homophobic bullyg n be through name llg, spreadg mours, onle bullyg, physil, sexual or emotnal abe and n clu:Makg ments about a person’s genr or sexualy that liberately mak them feel unfortableCallg a person nam or teasg themHtg, kickg, punchg or physilly hurtg themInappropriate sexual ments or gturRefg to work or operate wh someone bee of their real or perceived sexual orientatnMakg nasty ments about a person onleMockg or imatg someone’s voice, mannerisms etc. Rearch by Stonewall shows that:55% of LGBTQ+ stunts report havg experienced homophobic, biphobic or transphobic (HBT) bullyg9 out of 10 sendary school teachers say that pupils their schools have been subject to homophobic bullyg. Only half of LGBTQ+ pupils report that their schools say homophobic bullyg is wrong and even fewer fah schools, at you’re beg bullied this way you need to tell someone; your parents, another fay member/tsted adult or a teacher.
U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.” * bullying about lgbt *
It is very important to al wh rogatory terms ed to scribe LGBTQ+ people, but sual ments said passg, such as scribg a negative suatn as ‘gay’, n also be very is credibly wispread – 90% of young people have, at least once, ed the word ‘gay’ a negative ntext. In schools where stunts equently hear homophobic language, 68% of gay pupils are bullied, as opposed to 37% schools where homophobic language is rarely or never children and young people may not realise how offensive this kd of talk n be. The 268-page dossier found "shockg evince of a culture of homophobia, and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts", as well as "abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, peremptory discharg" said the treatment of victims had "appallg nsequenc terms of mental health and wellbeg, homelsns, employment, personal relatnships and fancial hardship" ernment-missned pennt review to the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served the armed forc between 1967 and 2000 was rried out by Lord Etherton, former master of the rolls and head of civil jtice, was published on Wednday.
"Today, we strongly wele this apology om the Prime Mister as a regnn of their historic mistreatment, " he review also remend an "appropriate fancial award" should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed said: "An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims.
By Farouq SuleimanLONDON (Rters) -Brish Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on Wednday to LGBT ary veterans who endured sexual abe, vlence, bullyg and harassment while servg the armed forc before a ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000. Bra lifted the ban only after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an argument that was need to protect morale and fightg power amongst s troops, sayg the policy had vlated human to that, many gay people had sought to hi their sexualy or risk beg discharged om the armed pennt review was lnched last year to exame the ttimoni of LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and 2000 to regnise the impact of the polici.