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For the first time, we know that some 1.3 ln kids, or roughly 8% of all high school stunts Ameri, report beg lbian, gay, or bisexual.

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WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

High school is a challengg time for most teens. It n be even more so for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stunts. Judy Chiasson of the Los Angel Unified School District and Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network talk about beg openly LGBT school. * gay high school students *

Jordan Steffy, a gay teen, was ught on vio standg up to his bully, and the ter lled him a hero.

In November 2019, Jordan Steffy, a junr at LaPorte High School Indiana, said a fellow classmate posted a homophobic msage about him on Snapchat. When Steffy nonted the other stunt, the stunt lled him a homophobic slur.

GAY AND LBIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS REPORT ‘HEARTBREAKG’ LEVELS OF VLENCE

A first-of-s-kd private school Geia aimed at attractg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth and teachers is beg tablished Atlanta for stunts who feel bullied or not accepted tradnal schools. * gay high school students *

Clark, who is openly gay, cid to leave the ceremony stead of givg to the l. "He told me that I was termated bee of my sexual orientatn and that they n't have someone that intifi as gay a learship posn, " Taylor told Insir.

When Seth Owen, a high school valedictorian, was kicked out of his home for beg gay, he was worried he wouldn't be able to go to llege — until his teachers stepped . But at home, his relig parents found out that he was gay and told him to move he applied to his dream school, Geetown Universy, the school gave him a fancial aid package that was based on his parents' e even though he was not livg wh them. "I would tell that sophomore kid to hold their head high, roll their shoulrs back and be exactly who they are, " Owen told NBC News.

Keegan Roberts, a gay teenager, has bee one of the youngt elected officials the US at 19.

GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP

A 17-year-old gay stunt who was spend for leadg protts at his high school agast Florida’s so-lled Don’t Say Gay legislatn says school * gay high school students *

It worked, and Roberts was elected to the cy uncil and beme one of the youngt openly gay elected officials the untry. A lawyer for the school nied the speech was blocked bee Young was gog to e out as gay, but bee he "didn't munite wh school admistrators and his parents and ed appropriate humor , " the Coloradoan LGBTQ advocy group named Out Boulr jumped and offered Young a safe space to give his valedictorian speech. 2 percent as gay or lbian and 1.

It wasn’t a lone cint for Biggs, who me out as gay to his Tennsee high school when he was a hman. “I didn’t really do the bt school bee of , ” rells Biggs, now 23, who says homophobic slurs, ath threats, and shov were monplace. “Most of the tors wanted to help, but did not know how or were limed what they uld do, ” says Biggs, referrg to Tennsee’s lack of legislatn preventg the bullyg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) stunts.

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