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Contents:

• TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
• BULLIED AT SCHOOL FOR BEG GAY: 'IT WAS A LIVG HELL'
• GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
• I WAS BULLIED FOR BEG GAY AS A KID EVEN THOUGH I’M STRAIGHT
• BULLIED FOR BEG ‘GAY’
• RCE BULLYG OF LBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS — LGBT‑05
• ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS

TEEN BULLIED FOR BEG GAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

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.

Suici: Gay, lbian, and bisexual youth are 4 tim more likely to attempt suici than their heterosexual unterparts. 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.

BULLIED AT SCHOOL FOR BEG GAY: 'IT WAS A LIVG HELL'

Ask school personnel to have a discsn at an assembly or an after-school activy about gay prejudice. Help start a Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) chapter at your lol high school.

Mental health disorrs, psychologil distrs, and suicidaly a diverse sample of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youths. The 2011 Natnal School Climate Survey: The experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth our natn’s schools. 29, 2010— -- It's an epimic that has seemgly touched every rner of Ameri: kids beg bullied for beg bullyg has entire high schools heartbroken, parents childls and fai torn this fall, Rutgers Universy hman Tyler Clementi jumped to his ath after he'd allegedly had an timate experience wh another man that was broadst to the mp via his roommate's September alone, ne young people -- gay or merely spected of beg gay -- took their liv after beg what would people do if they wnsed this kd of hatred takg place right ont of them?

Kupferman had a msage for those who, over two days of tapg Long Beach, wnsed our gay bullyg and did nothg to stop . "Faraaz has been sharg his experienc as Labour reveals s plans to tackle homophobic bullyg the party ws May, says will foc on givg teachers better trag around LGBT is too late for Faraaz though: "I was victimised bee I was gay.

GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG

Speakg first to Newsbeat about their plans shadow tn secretary Tristram Hunt said: "Homophobic bullyg is like racial bullyg, and genr stereotypg.

"Gay teachers"We've seen so much self harm, too many suicis, too much loss of potential among young people. "It's unacceptable to bully staff and teachers, " he says, addg that schools "have got to have a zero tolerance approach to homophobic bullyg.

"Asked if would make a difference if gay teachers me out to the stunts, Mr Hunt says: "I thk we've got to have the space for gay teachers to e out. "A study by the mpaign group Stonewall suggts 96% of LGBT stunts sendary schools had heard homophobic language beg Conservative Party is opposed to makg sex and relatnship tn pulsory all schools that receive state fundg. "The fact that such a statement is illegal do not seem to bother them, "Tacklg homophobia is ccial as is tacklg all forms of discrimatory behavur is, " she @BBCNewsbeat on Twter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Rad1Newsbeat on YouTubeAround the BBC.

I WAS BULLIED FOR BEG GAY AS A KID EVEN THOUGH I’M STRAIGHT

Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) stunts are more than four tim as likely to attempt suici pared to their straight and cisgenr peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020).

Gay bullyg statistics dite that gay teens are two-to-three tim more likely to m suici than other youths and about 30% of all suicis have been lked to a genr inty crisis. None of the aths had to occur, but they did bee each of the people was sent the msage that was better to be ad than to be gay.

BULLIED FOR BEG ‘GAY’

Gay bullyg and gay bashg is bullyg or treatg one poorly bee they are gay (fn of gay) or bee they are thought to be gay.

The targets are primarily people who do not f to genr stereotype rol whether they are, fact, gay or not. Gay bullyg statistics dite that 9-out-of-10 gay youth have been subject to bullyg and that, of those, almost half were physilly harassed and a quarter report beg physilly asslted. 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.

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

And while we often thk of children or teens when we thk gay bullyg, bullyg occurs adult suatns, such as the workplace, as well. Many anizatns are dited to stop gay bashg and gay bullyg and there are more and more iativ lolly, like high schools, to stop gay bashg.

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. If you are beg bullied, alg wh gay bashg n seem dntg, but there are many thgs you n do. In recent years we’ve seen a tragic number of gay teens, endg their own liv after endurg anti-gay bullyg.

Suici is the third leadg e of ath among adolcents, and gay teens are 4 tim more likely than straight teens to attempt suici. Moreover, the pa gay teenagers feel when they are tnted affects others around them: Durg adolcence, the mantra is, “I want to be the same. ” Teens feel a powerful need to f , and when they see a gay stunt gettg bullied for some perceived “difference, ” they worry that their own differenc—and we all have them—will be targeted by bulli next.

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

Acrdg to a survey by the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network, approximately 90 percent of gay, lbian, transgenr or bisexual middle and high school stunts report beg physilly or verbally harassed 2009. Some parents assume that if they are tolerant of different sexual orientatns, their children aren’t affected by the barrage of msag suggtg that ’s abnormal or immoral to be gay. Unfortunately, anti-gay rhetoric has extraordary, sid mcle the cultural landspe, and gay teens are particularly vulnerable.