Anti Gay Slurs

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School is a place where a student should feel safe to express their sexual orientation and not have to worry about what other have to say about it. Students get teased, pushed around and physically abused everyday. Anti-gay slurs are extremely hurtful and antagonistic but they are not the harshest form of bullying that invades school climates. A study done by GSLEN shows that 88% of students in California schools hear homophobic remarks at least once a day (GLSEN, 2009). Bullying directed at individuals can take many forms including physical, verbal, and sexual harassment which causes depression, anxiety, and in some cases suicide. Because of how severe the injures of bullying on an LGBTQ student can get and how damaging the harassment can

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