Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Homophobic Bullying in US Schools
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/homophobic-bullying-in-us-schools.html (http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/homophobic-bullying-in-us-schools.html)
A snapshot of a Facebook page - since ineffectively covered up - courtesy of the HRC.
The author is Clint McCance of the Midland School District Board in Arkansas.
We know of at least 9 gay or apparently gay (but actually straight) or otherwise gender-nonconforming kids who have killed themselves due to mistreatment as schools in the US in the last few months. And 5 in the last few weeks.
Those are the ones we know about. And those who bully them, including teachers, principals and school board members make no distinction between "gay", "trans" or "intersexed". If anything, the latter two get more persecution, not less.