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Started by Shana A, January 28, 2008, 08:13:21 PM

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January 28, 2008, 08:13:21 PM
Sad to be gay

http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2248211,00.html

New guidance aims to end the rising tide of homophobic bullying - of pupils and teachers. Anna Bawden reports

Tuesday January 29, 2008
The Guardian

Sam Clark, 19, first knew he was gay at the age of 10. Ever since, he has suffered from homophobic bullying. Things got worse after he came out at secondary school. "I would be pushed over in the playground. Jokes were made openly in front of the teachers," he says.

Clark is far from alone. A survey of 1,145 gay and lesbian secondary school pupils last summer by Stonewall found that almost two-thirds had been victims of homophobic bullying.

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