Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature 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. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers.
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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. * bullying against lgbt *
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. Substance Use: Gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr youth are more than twice as likely to experiment wh dgs and alhol.
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. Mental health disorrs, psychologil distrs, and suicidaly a diverse sample of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youths.
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. * bullying against lgbt *
The 2011 Natnal School Climate Survey: The experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth our natn’s schools.
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Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC6497454NIHMSID: NIHMS1025454AbstractPurpose of review:This paper exam recent rearch on bullyg victimizatn among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) youth to intify cril issu and advote for future rearch fdgs:Recent studi have begun to document the importance of bullyg general, and bias-based bullyg (rooted stigma) particular, on the health and wellbeg of this vulnerable subgroup of adolcents, as well as drivers of dispari. Natnal data om the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavr Survey (YRBS) dite that pared to their straight peers, lbian, gay, and bisexual stunts report more cyberbullyg (27% vs. Natnal timat suggt that lbian, gay, and queer (LGQ) youth who experience peer harassment or bullyg have 5–6 tim the odds of suici attempts pared to LGQ youth who do not report victimizatn [14].
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. … * bullying against lgbt *
New rearch the last , however, has begun to explore motivatns and stigma unrlyg the behavrs, shiftg the foc to “bias-based bullyg, ” sometim lled prejudiced-based harassment, stigma-based bullyg, or homophobic teasg when specific to sexual orientatn [42–48]. For example several studi have noted differenc general bullyg and bias-based bullyg rat between lbian, gay, bisexual, qutng, and straight youth who report same sex sexual activy [14, 42], all of whom are typilly grouped together as LGBQ.
Gay-straight allianc or genr/sexualy allianc (GSAs) have received the most attentn, wh studi ditg that LGBTQ youth who attend a school wh a GSA report ls bullyg than those attendg schools whout GSAs [34, 90–92]. The effects of cumulative victimizatn on mental health among lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr adolcents and young adults.