GLSEN Releases Study On LGBT Students Of Color
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Jan 19, 2009 at 18:00:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9110Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's SchoolsAs I think about race and racism during the week of President-elect Obama's Inauguration and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, I'm stuck that Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has released a report entitled Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's Schools. The report looks at student experiences at intersections of race, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
As many of us already suspected was true, ethnic minorities who also indentify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender experienced increased discrimination and safety issues. Key findings from the report, as reported in the media release for the report: