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.
Contents:
- RCE BULLYG OF LBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS — LGBT‑05
- GAY-STRAIGHT/GENRS & SEXUALI ALLIANC
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 violence in schools *
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.
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Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Qutng (LGBTQ) youth are more likely than non-LGBTQ youth to experience vlence at school and have lower levels of school nnectedns. G., Gay-Straight/Genrs and Sexualy Allianc, safe spac, clive curricula). Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ+) youth are more likely than non-LGBTQ+ youth to experience vlence at school and have lower levels of school nnectedns.
GAY-STRAIGHT/GENRS & SEXUALI ALLIANC
Gay-Straight Allianc or Genrs and Sexuali Allianc (GSAs) have been associated wh improvements school safety, a key ponent of school nnectedns, for all stunts. Rearch specifilly lks the prence of a GSA to greater feelgs of school nnectedns among LGBT stunts. * gay violence in schools *
While the program fac ntug malic attacks om the right, many Atralians have been thst to a discsn that vok the ia of “the gay agenda”, sexualy recment and doctratn about sexualy and genr. The environments are particularly hostile for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or qutng (LGBTQ) stunts. They are likely to hear eight homophobic sults a day, wh one-third of the eher perpetrated or ndoned by school staff.
Some 80% of homophobic and transphobic cints that LGBTQ young people experience take place schools. In my rearch, teachers suggted that the stunts who were at risk of genr-based or homophobic bullyg had exceptnal strengths that protected them om emotnal or psychologil damage om such cints. Teachers often failed to regnise that homophobic language, or ephets like “slut” and “poof”, uld be harmful to stunts.
When moments of homophobia or genred aggrsn occurred, they often dismissed as not ser or as an evable product of adolcent relatnships. Some mentators have suggted that the removal of the Safe Schools program nstut state-sanctned homophobia.
* gay violence in schools *
Homophobia and transphobia are not issu only for LGBTQ stunts. The aggrsns affect whole school populatns by preventg stunts om behavg particular ways se they are “lled out” as gay or lbian, or told that their masculy or femy isn’t “rrect”.
Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC8454913NIHMSID: NIHMS1740286AbstractSchools are often unsafe for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) stunts; they equently experience negative or hostile school climat, cludg bullyg and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty at school. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) stunts often experience negative school environments, where they are subject to victimizatn based on sexual orientatn, genr inty, and genr exprsn. Further, stunts protected by enumerated polici are ls likely to report homophobic or transphobic attus, remarks, and behavrs toward LGBT peers (Horn & Szalacha, 2009; Kosciw et al., 2020).
Specifilly, the prence of enumerated polici, LGBT stunts feel safer at school, hear ls homophobic language, experience ls inty-based victimizatn (Kull et al., 2016), report ls absenteeism at school (Greytak, 2013), and are ls at risk for suici and substance e (Frost et al., 2019; Hatzenbuehler & Key, 2013; Konishi et al., 2013) some s, stunts, parents, and school personnel are unaware of safe schools polici and lack knowledge of explic protectns for stunts who are (or who are perceived to be) LGBTQ (Schneir & Dimo, 2008).