“Preventing bullying: Do anti-harassment laws violate students’ rights?” By Thomas J. Billitteri. CQ Researcher 20 (2010): 1013-1036. CQ Researcher. Web. 6 September 2012.…
Students are feeling unsafe being themselves in their communities. 64% feel unsafe because of their sexual orientation. 44% feel unsafe because of gender orientation. 32% did not attend school for at least one day because they felt unsafe. 61% of students never reported the bullying attacks. These students were so afraid to tell an adult about what was going on, that they just let happen. Many lgbtq students have experienced bullying, comitted sucide, and have experienced physical harassment, and it needs to change.…
The results concluded that the primary reason was due to “physical appearance,” and the secondary reason was due to “sexual orientation and gender identity.” In comparison, a second study was done by GLSEN in 2007 that also concluded 86% of LGBT youth had reported experiencing bullying in school. The National Center for Education Statistics reported in 2013 that the percentage was extremely high in comparison to the 27% of all students that are being bullied in school. Not only is the LGBT community being bullied by peers, strangers, and social media, but they are also bullied by their families. (LGBT Bullying Statistics, 2016)…
The main idea in Lee Tunstall's article is how bullying impacts our society. Tunstall given information on bullying in school, cyberbullying and in the workplace. Lee Tunstall explains how important bullying is as a crime and how people are constantly affected by bullying.…
As many of us develop, we may be able to identify those moments when some experience altered our development, or enabled us to view our environment in a different light. These experiences may have been critical in our lives, and have possibly shaped the type of adults we are now, and how we may be in the future. Personally, the experience that molded me into the adult that I am today was a negative experience. It was an experience that was spawned out of jealousy, hatred, rage, and sadness. As I reflect upon this life changing moment, I can’t help but feel as though I am transported back in time as that fearful, timid child dealing with the sorrows of others, and coping with the pain they bestowed upon me.…
Conversations have changed over the years to address the epidemic of bullying behaviors. Recognition of bullying a serious social and public health problem that not only affects the LGBTQ community but many other vulnerable populations as well. “Three features that define bullying behavior: intent to harm the victim, social or physical power imbalance between the bully and the victim. Also, bullying is classified into four behavioral categories: physical force, verbal teasing oral or written, posting disturbing images- either electronically or physically” (Evans, C. R., & Chapman, M. V. 2014). Despite the high prevalence of bullying in the United States. Research shows that LGBTQ students are at increased risk of suffering from negative school experiences. Adolescents often bullied for looking or acting differently than peers. Many victims are harassed based on characteristics weight, size, color, ethnicity, hairstyle and clothing choices. Bias-based bullying is known as behaviors motivated by prejudice toward the victim’s real or perceived group…
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Research has shown that our bullied LGBT youth are more likely to skip school, smoke cigarettes, use alcohol and drugs, or even engage in other risky behaviors (Ponton, 2001) The lesbian, gay or bisexual youth are more than twice as likely as other youths and children to be depressed and think about or will attempt suicide (Ponton, 2001). These risks are the same whether our youth are LGBT, are heterosexual but are wrongly perceived to be LGBT, or they will even choose to hide their sexual orientations.…
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On the afternoon of April 9, 2010 I found myself in a meeting with Kerri Evans, the assistant principal of Pleasant Ridge Middle School, and my son Nicholas. I was there because my son had become a victim of verbal abuse. It was shocking to learn that bullying has become such an epidemic in our school system. “Nearly 1 in 3 students is involved in bullying” (Hertzog, 2010). In a perfect world there would be no bullying. Kids wouldn’t get shoved into lockers, and they wouldn’t be beat up in the hallway. Students wouldn’t talk about another student behind their back because of their shape, size, race, or religion. In a perfect world this wouldn’t happen, but at that moment in our imperfect world it was happening to my son. The question is, why does it happen and what can we do to stop it? “According to a 2009 federal survey of school crime and safety, 32 percent of middle and high school students said they'd been victimized during the academic year, compared with 14 percent in 2001” (Tyre, 2010). Bullying was making its way into my home and affecting my life. It was then that I realized that bullying was a problem that needed to stop. Bullying in schools is escalating and becoming a bigger and bigger issue, and we must take action to eliminate it.…
One in five LGBT people skip school because they fear of being bullied. LGBT kids tend to skip school more than straight kids. Why? Because LGBT kids are being severely bullied. They become so intimidated that when it’s time for class they skip. Avoiding the situation and presence of the bully. There are about 282,000 students that are reportedly attacked in high schools throughout the nation each month. Being bullied causes bad grades and even failure in class. Bad grades can do a lot of damage. Gay bullying statistics, teens reported that the number two reason they are bullied is because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender expression. Being bullied can impel to kids to become anti-social, not having any friends. Being a loner distant from everyone else. Forcing an image unto their mind that it’s not ok to be a LGBT kid. This makes them feel like nobody cares about them. Have you ever been invited to a party and knew no-one? Everyone having fun while you just sit and watch? Yeah, well that’s how LGBT kids feel all the time while being harassed and bullied.…
Unfortunately, one of the most victimized groups of students subjected to bullying and harassment is the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer youth. According to the National Youth Association, 9 out of 10 LGBT students have experienced harassment while at school. It also states that LGBT teens are bullied two to three times as much as straight teens. These high rates of bullying may explain why more than one-third of LGBT kids have attempted suicide (Hawker & Boulton, 2000). Specific harm aimed towards LGBTQ community, known as gay bashing and gay bullying can be defined as verbal or physical abuse against a person who is perceived by the antagonist to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. This also includes those who are actually heterosexual but may appear to be non-heterosexual due to stereotypes. The three main types of bullying…
Bullying is an emotinally draining issue prominent across the world today. Bullying is unacceptable, and there are many, if not several movements in an effort to end bullying once and for all. Throughout the course of this essay, I am going to discuss the issue of bullying, and formulate an argument towards the issue at hand. In this argument, I will show my support in the fight against bullying. A lot of things have changed throughout the course of time; however, it is still prominent throughout the world today. Bullying is inhumane, and needs to end; what do you think? Do you think the fights against bullying are effective? Do you all think that everything is right in the world? Wrong! Despite all the fights against bullying; it still happens. Why? Well, that is what this essay is about.…
Bullying comes in many forms such physical, verbal, emotional and most common- cyber bullying. Reasons for bullying include race, looks, disabilities, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation and many more. Although, school is considered a safe and fun place for children to learn and make friends this “safe place” is where most bullying occurs; school can be a dreadful and negative environment for homosexual children and teens. When it comes so school bullying, “about one fourth of all students from elementary age through high school are the victims of bullying and harassment while on school property … gay and lesbian teens are two to three times as more likely to commit teen suicide than other youths”. (“Gay Bullying Statistics”, n.d). Teens who are bullied in school for their sexual orientation fear attending school and often begin to skip school to avoid harsh treatment by which results in a higher drop pout rate for LGBTQ…