“[Homophobic] taunting and bullying often goes unnoticed by teachers, and administrators have few policies in place to handle it. Only 11 states have enacted laws to protect schoolchildren from being bullied specifically because of sexual orientation.” [ABC News]
In my experience, the Gay teachers and social workers were the worst because they lived in a climate of homophobia in the workplace and were too afraid to help young gay folk who are more harassed than any other demographic in the school yard because the staff are just plain afraid to be Gay themselves.