“[A] survey of 6,209 middle and high school students found that nearly nine out of 10 LGBT students (86.2 percent) had experienced harassment at school in the past year. The survey also found that three-fifths (60.8 percent) felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and about one third (32.7 percent) skipped a day of school in the past month because they felt unsafe.” [New America Media]
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Steff
And people still insist that we choose this lifestyle?
Cam
Not to belittle what the survey is looking at, but they should have asked a control group of non-gay students how many of THEM had been harrassed in the last year. I seem to remember that pretty much everybody in high school got teased at one time or another. Additionally, they should have let us know what constitutes harrassment. For example, if one kid got made fun of because they wore glasses or for being skinny you can’t really class that as being made fun of for being gay.
Vinman
Cam you do have a point. However when you are a kid coming to terms with your sexuality, being called a Fag is hurtful because you are hiding it and you can’t change it. A fat kid could get encourage to lose weight. A skinny kid could start hitting the gym. Someone who wears glasses could get a part time job and buy contacts. What is a little fag supposed to do? Butch it up and live a lie? That’s what I did. And I still regret it. My brother (who is not gay) was always called Fag, but not me. Is that fair either?