Teenage_Homosexuality_In_Schools

Teenage Homosexuality In Schools Teenage Sexuality in Schools Imagine your self as a student who is either questioning your sexuality or one who knows yourself to be gay. Imagine being harassed everyday for a decision you yourself made and believe is in your best interest. Imagine that you cannot share your decision with the world because there is too much bias. It’s a terrible burden to deal with. Those who do come out do not have it easy. A shocking 1995 report stated that one and six gay students this year will be beaten up so badly they will need to seek medical attention. Twenty eight percent of gay students will drop out of high school due to homophobia in the classroom. With these shocking statistics, educators must advocate non-violence against students who are considered to be “different.” Educating students and staff alike is the only sure way to prevent homophobia and violence in schools. According to Kate Frankfurt, director of Advocacy and Public Policy for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), “Any School that believes they don’t have gay students probably is not a safe place for those students to be.”. According to GLSEN, a national organization dedicated to addressing anti-gay bias gay, students, school, out, schools, high, about, says, lesbian, boyd, people, must, glsen, come, youth, understand, themselves, suicide, sexual, it’s, homosexual, homophobia, educators, education, day, being, because, bart, age, young, year, worsnop, way, unfortunate, times, three