As Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law tak effect, schools roll out LGBTQ rtrictns

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• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• TEACHERS QU PROTT OVER WHAT THEY NSIR ANTI-GAY POLICY AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHORELE

AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS

“As numero urts have regnized, a school’s policy or actns that treat gay, lbian, or transgenr stunts differently om other stunts may e harm, ” the Edutn Department notice said. 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). In a recent study, LGBTQ stunts reported that teachers tervene ls often for homophobic remarks pared to racist or sexist remarks (Kosciw et al., 2018; see also Kosciw et al., 2016).

G., lack of time and limed knowledge about LGBT issu) LGBTQ stunts report even school personnel g homophobic and transphobic language. 4%) reported hearg homophobic remarks om school personnel, while a strong majory (66. When tors and school admistrators fail to tervene homophobic remarks or make the kds of remarks themselv, stunts bee normalized to harmful, anti-LGBTQ language and learn that prejudice is acceptable at school.

TEACHERS QU PROTT OVER WHAT THEY NSIR ANTI-GAY POLICY AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHORELE

For example, profsnal velopment that rporat exposure to LGBT people rais awarens of homophobic bullyg and builds teachers’ skills to tervene homophobic behavrs (Greytak & Kosciw, 2014).

In a natnal sample of sendary school teachers (Greytak et al., 2016), trag on LGBT issu relat to more terventn rponse to homophobic remarks, but profsnal velopment on bullyg and harassment general was not.

Strategy #3: Stunt-Led Clubs (GSAs)Stunt-led, LGBTQ-foced, school-based clubs (often lled gay-straight allianc, or genr-sexualy allianc, i. In a natnal survey of LGBT high school stunts, those schools wh GSAs reported ls bullyg based on sexual orientatn or genr inty, ls homophobic language, and a greater sense of belongg their school environment (Kosciw et al., 2020).