Wayne Besen - Author, Activist, Columnist, Public Speaker

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today released the most comprehensive report ever on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, The 2007 National School Climate Survey. The report is being released in conjunction with the announcement that GLSEN will partner with the Ad Council on a multiyear national public education campaign targeting anti-LGBT language among teenagers.

The survey of 6,209 middle and high school students found that nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students (86.2%) experienced harassment at school in the past year, three-fifths (60.8%) felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation and about a third (32.7%) skipped a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe.

"The 2007 National School Climate Survey reveals that, on a whole, the situation is still dire for many LGBT youth when it comes to school safety," GLSEN Executive Director Kevin Jennings said. "It's hard to believe that anyone who reads this report could continue to turn the other way as our nation's LGBT students are bullied and harassed at alarming rates. The good news is there’s hope. The 2007 National School Climate Survey also shows that when schools and educators take action, they can make a drastic difference."

Download the full report

15 Comments:

I am not surprised that this is happening. We have all these fundies and bigots running around, attempting to shove their views down everyone's throats and persecuting those who do not conform to their antediluvian views, especially when it comes to sexuality.

This is why I would like to see separate high schools for gay and lesbian youth...a place where they can feel safe and learn without wondering if they are going to be gay-bashed that day.

It's all very well to want to reform the views of heterosexuals, but LGBT youth should not have to put up with what they currently have to put up with if they are so unlucky as to live an area with no gay high schools (much of the country).
posted by Anonymous, at 10/08/2008 3:31 PM

@cf-ioan:

Separate but equal, huh? You really think that's going in the right direction?
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