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Contents:

• GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
• RCE BULLYG OF LBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS — LGBT‑05
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
• RELLECTNS OF BULLYG AT SCHOOL AND THEIR LONG-TERM IMPLITNS FOR LBIANS, GAY MEN, AND BISEXUALS

GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG

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. 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. More than half - 54% - of LGBTQI (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Qutng/Queer, Intersex) stunts and young people Europe reported experiencg bullyg at least once school as a rult of their sexual orientatn, genr inty, or genr exprsn, acrdg to rearch published today.

But fewer than one five said they had been tght posive reprentatns of LGBTQI people school, acrdg to the survey of 17, 000 young people aged 13-24, published to mark Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia and Intersexphobia.

RCE BULLYG OF LBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS — LGBT‑05

The outlook for lbian, gay and bisexual young people is undoubtedly more favorable now than was at the turn of the century, wh progrs around the world employment, partnership and herance rights. Dpe acknowledgment that societal attus such as homophobia foster bullyg (Clarke and Kiseli, 1997), the preponrance of bullyg rearch neher addrs nor acknowledg sexual orientatn as a possible factor (Poteat and Espelage, 2005). Neverthels, vtigatns foced on life experienc of lbian, gay and bisexual youth suggt that up to 84 per cent report verbal harassment (Poteat and Espelage, 2005), a quarter report physil harassment (Elze, 2003; Pilkgton and D'Augelli, 1995), and up to 70 per cent experience problems school due to prejudice and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn (Remafedi, 1987; Saewyc et al., 2007; Telljohann and Price, 1993).

Victimizatn of lbian and gay youth has been intified across elementary (Solomon, 2004), high-school (Rob et al., 2002; Thurlow, 2001; Williams et al., 2005) and universy (Janoff, 2005) settgs. Lbian and gay youth report that tors often did not tervene, even when they wnsed harassment of stunts perceived to be gay or lbian (Elze, 2003; Ryan and Rivers, 2003; Warwich et al., 2001). Non-disclosure of peer victimizatn is likely to be particularly problematic among lbian and gay youth, who often hate to seek support generally om school profsnals (Telljohann and Price, 1993), many of whom harbour tolerant attus toward lbian and gay persons (Fontae, 1998).

Further, sexual mory youth may not seek support om their parents, who may be potentially available, out of fear that seekg support will lead to further victimizatn (Hunter, 1990; Williams et al., 2005) this study, we addrs gaps the lerature on peer victimizatn of youth who are lbian and gay. Given the lack of lerature on bullyg of lbian and gay youth, we explore this phenomenon through the perspectiv of key rmants—most of whom are lbian and gay themselv—who work wh lbian and gay youth.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Selectn creria clud expertise on lbian and gay youth and the cln of men and women occupyg diverse profsnal rol across var the purpose of the study, ‘youth’ was fed as dividuals aged between fifteen and twenty-four years (Statistics Canada, 2006), although bullyg of lbian and gay youth begs well before the age of fifteen and ntu after the age of twenty-four. Informants provid servic to lbian and gay youth, om age fifteen to twenty-four, var settgs, and occupied diverse rol, cludg: a sendary school teacher and universy-based social worker, youth peer unsellors and advot, and muny-based social service support workers and advot.

Qutns foced on the key rmants' views and knowledge regardg bullyg of lbian and gay youth, cludg prevalence, s, perpetrators and effects of bullyg, factors that foster or migate bullyg, and strategi and rourc for lbian and gay youth. Lbian and gay youth were scribed as victimized ‘kd of everywhere’ by peers and adults, cludg parents, teachers, ach, relig lears, public trans drivers, social support staff and police.

‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

The lotns named by rponnts where bullyg of lbian and gay youth occurs clud schools, fai, plac of worship, public spac such as malls, bars, the street and public trans, and, creasgly, cyberspace. Rponnts reported that many bullyg cints occur at school and at youth-oriented activi, such as sports events and teams: ‘In sport, for example, there is a huge culture of beg bullied … homophobic and lbophobic.

Bullyg of lbian and gay youth was also reported to occur settgs that are voted to amelratg lbian and gay youths' victimizatn and are th assumed to be ‘safe’, such as peer-facilated anti-homophobia workshops and wh queer muni.

RELLECTNS OF BULLYG AT SCHOOL AND THEIR LONG-TERM IMPLITNS FOR LBIANS, GAY MEN, AND BISEXUALS

For example, a rponnt mented that ‘our muny is as racist and sexist and homophobic as any other muny and 's a big mistake to jt assume that bee we're all queer, we all unrstand discrimatn and racism and all the other issu'. Instutnal factors tnal settgs that ntributed to bullyg of lbian and gay youth prise aquate trag for tors, social service provirs and other adults workg wh youth, a lack of equy-based polici clive of sexual orientatn and failure to hold staff and stunts acuntable unr existg equy-based polici. ’ Instutnal-level factors emerged as creatg a climate that is eher hostile or supportive, and which strongly fluenc the attus and behavurs of staff, stunts and the experienc of lbian and the other hand, stutnal factors ernment and social policy were intified as migatg lbian and gay bullyg.