Gay bullyg, gay bashg happens to the majory of gay youth and n e great harm, cludg suici, but people are workg to stop gay bullyg.
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
* gay men and bullying and school *
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
High school stunts who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual are almost twice as likely to be bullied as those who intify as heterosexual. Stunts who are bullied are more likely to have prsn, anxiety, and sleep problems — and to drop out of school. School-based programs to rce vlence n help prevent bullyg of lbian, gay, and bisexual stunts. * gay men and bullying and school *
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).
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Gay bullyg is prent at schools. Moreover, homophobia schools is there. So, you need to observe and al wh through different ways. * gay men and bullying and school *
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. 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.
‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
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.
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.
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.
RELLECTNS OF BULLYG AT SCHOOL AND THEIR LONG-TERM IMPLITNS FOR LBIANS, GAY MEN, AND BISEXUALS
’ 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.
For example, a rponnt stated that ‘people a small town or a fay om the Middle East would get the stori’, which uld rult dividuals changg their negative views towards lbian and gay persons. This, turn, may ntribute to a more acceptg climate for lbian and gay youth, which bullyg may be ls apt to media were viewed as powerful stutns that shape attus toward lbian and gay youth and both foster as well as migate lbian and gay bullyg. Tolerance for vlence as perpetuated by the media, as well as ‘pervasive’ heteronormative imag of ‘the perfect fay’, were seen to endorse bullyg, whereas the creasg cln of lbian and gay characters televisn programmg was unrstood as a migatg factor, which has ‘done a lot terms of makg more acceptable for people to vary a ltle b wh sexual orientatn’.
Another observed that ‘'s hard enough to feel different, but to then be terrorized bee of and to have no one to turn to for support’ effects of lbian and gay bullyg reported by rponnts clud ternalized homophobia, substance abe, suici attempts, and homelsns. Rponnts intified ternalized homophobia among victimized youth as a legacy of homophobic bullyg, which they attributed to victimizatn and years of hearg ments, begng elementary school, such as ‘That's so gay’ or ‘You're such a fag’.