OK to be gay?
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=bd20b0c2-a439-4769-9c62-d6568a4c16e25/11/2008
""Most bullies, they do it when they think they can get away with it," she said. "There were probably times in my life when I wasn't as comfortable, so chances of me saying something, or reporting something, or fighting back were far less."
Where society may be struggling still is in accepting transgendered and transsexual people, Coates says, calling trans-phobia a "huge problem."
Cross-dressing men who make unconvincing women are in particular danger, White says. Even within the queer community, she's heard people make hateful comments about transgendered folk."