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LGBT alliances help high schoolers feel accepted

Started by SandraJane, February 04, 2012, 03:28:21 AM

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February 04, 2012, 03:28:21 AM
The Journal Times.com


LGBT alliances help high schoolers feel accepted


LINDSAY FIORI lindsay.fiori@journaltimes.com | Posted: Friday, February 3, 2012 6:39 am


http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/lgbt-alliances-help-high-schoolers-feel-accepted/article_c6463604-4e64-11e1-a30d-001871e3ce6c.html


SOMERS — Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender high schoolers are often ridiculed by other students who throw around anti-gay slurs and sometimes fists at area high schools.

"People are taunted in the hallways," said Horlick High School junior Nielah Hayes, 16. "People are getting hit actually and just abused by people's words."


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