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LGBTQ students face hostility, struggle with mental health, surveys say

Most LGBTQ students feel unsafe at school and struggle with mental health, according to two new reports based on large-scale student surveys.

LGBTQ Secondary Students Still Face Hostility at School ... - GLSEN

US middle and high schools remain hostile environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) students, according to GLSEN's ...

New Report: LGBTQ+ Students Experience Hostile School Climates ...

New Report: Hostile School Climate for LGBTQ+ Students as Support Declines · Schools remain hostile for LGBTQ students. · Fewer resources are ...

“Like Walking Through a Hailstorm”: Discrimination Against LGBT ...

This report documents a range of problems facing LGBT students. The concerns include bullying and harassment, exclusion of LGBT topics from ...

New CDC Data Shows LGBTQ Youth are More Likely to be Bullied…

16% of gay and lesbian youth and 11% of bisexual youth have been threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, compared to 7% of ...

What Challenges Do LGBTQ Students Face - Bay Area Reporter

How do LGBTQ kids feel about this? In order to escape harassment, many people respond to this hostile environment by skipping lessons, school ...

What School Is Like for LGBTQ Students, By the Numbers

During the pandemic, school remained a hostile place for LGBTQ students. Rates of bullying and harassment stayed consistent from previous ...

Bullying and Suicide Risk among LGBTQ Youth - The Trevor Project

Negative treatment by others, such as bullying, is a strong and consistent risk factor for youth suicide, and LGBTQ youth experience bullying at significantly ...

LGBTQ YOUTH OF COLOR: Discipline Disparities, School Push-Out ...

Research shows that schools nationwide are hostile environments for LGBTQ and gender nonconforming students of color. According to one study, “1 in 5 LGBT ...

Hostility Toward LGBTQ Students May Be Rising in Schools, Survey ...

After years of improvement in school climate, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students could be facing more hostile environments on ...

LGBT Students Still Face Hostile School Climates

LGBT Students Still Face. Hostile School Climates. Robert Rader. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CABE. Vincent Mustaro. SENIOR STAFF ASSOCIATE FOR POLICY SERVICE, CABE.

LGBTQ students face discrimination while Education Department ...

Overall, large majorities of LGBTQ people believe that both LGB and transgender people are discriminated against at college, though they ...

LGBTQ students report hostile school environment, fewer resources

LGBTQ students are facing discrimination and harassment at schools, while access to supportive faculty, clubs and resources is declining, ...

Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth: The Influence of Perceived ...

One potential explanation for the elevated risk of emotional distress among adolescents with a minority sexual orientation or transgendered identity (hereafter ...

Survey: LGBT students face more hostile school climates | K-12 Dive

The GLSEN report found that nearly 20% of LGBTQ students said they changed schools because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable, and more than one- ...

Home But Not Safe, Some LGBTQ Young People Face Rejection ...

For college students who identify as LGBTQ, returning home can mean leaving behind the feeling. Enlarge this image. Cathryn Virginia for NPR.

Scared of School: Even in States With Protective Laws, LGBTQ ...

Unchanged since 2019, 59% of queer students nationwide experienced at least one form of discrimination in school, ranging from assault to being ...

Homophobic bullying at schools: A systematic review of research ...

Based on this report, the majority of LGBTQ students (85.2%) have experienced verbal harassment and 27% of LGBTQ students have been physically harassed. In ...

Bullying, Cyberbullying, and LGBTQ Students

As a result, cyberbullying perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth has emerged. A clarion call about this problem has ...

Experiences of LGBTQ People in Four-Year Colleges and Graduate ...

LGBTQ students were more likely than their non-LGBTQ peers to experience poor mental health, bullying, and harassment.