Approximately 23% of LGBTQ students and educators were significantly more likely to struggle with harassment in comparison to their heterosexual counterparts by 12%; were seven times more likely when the harassment stemmed from sexual orientation (Patchin & Hinduja, 2011). Typical comments LGBTQ youth face include “faggot,” “homo,” and “dyike,” and are used to express that there is something inherently wrong with their gender identity or sexual orientation. Whether intentional or unintentional, the group as a whole is ostracized, which. As such, this depicts sexuality as a tool for forming social boundaries rather than a defining an aspect of one’s being (Robertson, 2013).
