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Contents:
- GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
- AFTER BEG OUTED, THIS GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE’S TEAMMATE DITED A RACE TO HIM
- THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS
- GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
GAY KIDS COMG OUT YOUNGER, BUT PARENTS ASK "HOW DO YOU KNOW?"
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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.
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 .
AFTER BEG OUTED, THIS GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE’S TEAMMATE DITED A RACE TO HIM
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.
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.
THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS
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 School Atlanta is a k-12 stutn signed to be an alternative for LGBT stunts, though the school is open to any stunt who believ they’re not gettg the support they need for “beg different, ” says Pri School founr Christian Zsilavetz. Pri School would be the first of s kd the Southeast and, acrdg to gay rights advot, a signifint velopment for the LGBT movement. South, for gay rights group GLAAD.
GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
”Nearly 9 10 LGBT stunts report experiencg harassment wh the last school year, and three 10 report missg a class bee they felt unsafe, acrdg to gay rights group Geia Equaly. Cobb County was one of the first Geia to implement an anti-bullyg, no-harassment policy that clud sexual orientatn and genr number of pro-LGBT anizatns known as Gay-Straight Allianc at public high schools has also grown Geia, to rights advot pot to other notable velopments Geia as well. Intify as lbian, gay or bisexual and an average of 1.
”Many LGBTQ stunts report that a support system or an ally—whether a fay member, iend, teacher or guidance unselor—is often valuable helpg them navigate their school, pecially given the negative impacts LGBTQ stunts n fact, the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) reports their 2017 Natnal School Climate Survey that negative school environments where stunts experience victimizatn and discrimatn bee of their genr or sexualy n adversely affect them.