Bullyg of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) youth is prevalent the Uned Stat, and reprents LGBT stigma when tied to sexual orientatn and/or genr inty or exprsn. LGBT youth monly report verbal, relatnal, and physil bullyg, and damage to property. Bullyg …
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BULLYG AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR YOUTH
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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.
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. * lgbt bullying statistics 2016 *
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WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundatn, the tnal arm of the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights anizatn, today rpond to the alarmg rults om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) natnwi survey of high school stunts, which found that lbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience vlence and bullyg, and attempt suici, than their heterosexual peers.