Whats the Climate Like at Your School Towards GLBT Teens?
What’s the Climate Like at Your School Towards GLBT Teens? Monday October 13, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) GLSEN, the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network just released it’s 2007 National School Climate Survey. Here are some of the key findings: • 86.2% of LGBT students reported being verbally harassed, 44.1% reported being physically harassed and 22.1% reported being physically assaulted at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation. • 73.6% heard derogatory remarks such as faggot or dyke frequently or often at school. • More than half (60.8%) of students reported that they felt unsafe in school because of their sexual orientation, and more than a third (38.4%) felt unsafe because of their gender expression. • 31.7% of LGBT students missed a class and 32.7% missed a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe, compared to only 5.5% and 4.5%, resp
