Gay Bullying in Highschool

Bullying in Schools: Harassment Puts Gay Youth at Risk
While trying to deal with all the challenges of being a teenager, gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender (GBLT) teens additionally have to deal with harassment, threats, and violence directed at them on a daily basis. They hear anti-gay slurs such as "homo", "faggot" and "sissy" about 26 times a day or once every 14 minutes.[1] Even more troubling, a study found that thirty-one percent of gay youth had been threatened or injured at school in the last year alone![2]

Their mental health and education, not to mention their physical well-being, are at-risk.

How is their mental health being affected?
Gay and lesbian teens are at high risk because 'their distress is a direct result of the hatred and prejudice that surround them,' not because of their inherently gay or lesbian identity orientation.[3]
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual counterparts.[4]
How is their education being affected?
Gay teens in U.S. schools are often subjected to such intense bullying that they're unable to receive an adequate education.[5] They're often embarrassed or ashamed of being targeted and may not report the abuse.
GLBT students are more apt to skip school due to the fear, threats, and property vandalism directed at them.[6] One survey revealed that 22 percent of gay respondents had skipped school in the past month because they felt unsafe there.[7]
Twenty-eight percent of gay students will drop out of school. This is more than
three times the national average for heterosexual students.[8]
GLBT youth feel they have nowhere to turn. According to several surveys, four out of five gay and lesbian students say they don't know one supportive adult at school.[9]
What can we do to help?
Schools should offer a safe and respectful learning environment for everyone. When bullying is allowed to take place, it affects everyone. For every GLBT youth who reported being targeted for anti-gay harassment, four heterosexual youth reported harassment or violence for being perceived as gay or lesbian.[10] Also, we know that bullying was a contributing factor in the Columbine shootings and other school violence. Students, teachers, and school administrators who look the other way are contributing to the problem. In contrast, kids who said that they had a supportive faculty or openly gay staff member were more likely to feel as if they belong in their school.[11]

Help end bullying at your school with the following actions:
Be alert to signs of distress.
Work with student councils to have programs on respect, school safety, and anti-bullying.
Ask school personnel to have a discussion at an assembly or an after school activity about gay prejudice.
Help start a Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) chapter at your local high school. Youth whose schools had these kinds of groups were less likely to have reported feeling unsafe in their schools.[12]
Arrange for a group like GLSEN to present bullying prevention activities and programs at your school.
Do encourage anyone who's being bullied to tell a teacher, counselor, coach, nurse, or his or her parents or guardians. If the bullying continues, report it yourself.

Source: http://www.nmha.org/go/information/get-info/children-s-mental-health/bullying...

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[1983DrNemesis]

I went to your highschool. We know each other, I'm a gay female two years below you. This was great. Really explained our school well. I remember two girls kissed once and it went around the whole school, and they were treated like freaks. I watched one of my best friends who is a gay male constantly be taunted and picked on at our school. Like you he didn't come out. The best thing I did was get out of that small town. Also, I love your Kate Bush vinyl in the background.

[ExplorationB]

@1983DrNemesis Hey!! So glad you found me! Inbox me and I will send you my Facebook! I'm back from Canada now and moved back to Frankston for a year. Would love to reconnect. you Must also know my sister yeah?

[NangilimaDreams]

What, You have problems with your weight ? can´t believe it ! You look great and sporty and - if I were attracted to men - hey, I would like you to jump in my bed and . . . how ever.

[LienhhlovesschuuXx]

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[LienhhlovesschuuXx]

The group i used to hang around was full of bi or gay people. And i loved it :D i felt so at home with them. everyday was aso freaken awesome and funny. put yer, old days :(

[ShadowKakume12]

I came out in October or November 2011. I told someone who spread the news aroung the school like a virus. Most of the school is homophobic. I realized that telling everyone was a mistake when I was harrased. I felt silenced amd trapped. The good part is that I had some friends who accepted me as I am. I really can't explain how happy I was that they were there for me. There are probably the only reason why I was still hanging on. Well, I'm still alive... even if the bullying continues...

[jakehalo87]

@RomanianDaci yo if u don't like it then quit bitchen and dont watch it bro just cuz you know that if most of them were strait then they would get more pune/dick what eva your into dosent mean that u can say shit like that so fuck off. if u wanna hate go and fuck of by the way im not gay im strait but i do have homosexual people in my family and im OK with that but you have no fucking right to go to something that wants 2 help people feel better an fucking say its wrong an make them fel worse

[jakehalo87]

@randalusa yo if you don't like it then quit bitch en and don't watch it bro just cuz your a fucking Jesus freak (not saying i don't believe in god. i do) dosent mean we care about what you think. if you wanna hate go and fuck of (by the way im not gay ether but i do have homosexual people in my family and im OK with that but you have no fucking right to go to something that wants to help people feel better and fucking say its wrong and make them feel worse that's just not right bro.

[broomhall23]

Bible bashers go fuck off, learn some science, then get as many Olympic sized swimming pools full of common sense as you can sqeeze into that pea brain of yours!

Great video x

[TheWabbajak]

gays did not invent aids, moron

[mirairay]

Damn whats rong wif gays they didnt do anything rong...well all they did is invent aids..BUTS THATS OKAY!! :D

[ExMxO59002]

@RomanianDaci This is sad that people of our country are so corrupted. Guess I'm not a human...