The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community has it hard enough already, but adding bullying and harassment for being themselves is unnecessary. In 2011 statistics show that 82% of LGBT youth had problems with bullying due to their sexual orientation (Teaching Tolerance). Bullying is only the beginning; it leads to depression and possibly suicide. It is okay to be different; certain people just do not know how to handle it. People should not have to suffer from bullying. LGBT youth suffer from bullying because, they are different, people cannot accept them, and they are easy targets for bullying.
In school being different is either a gift or a curse, and for LGBT student being different is a curse, especially if the whole school knows. …show more content…
LGBT youth are accepted by some, but not all people in their schools. Their own parents may not even accept them, as a result they get forced out of the house or they run away (Stomp out Bullying). Statistically 43% of LGBT youth are forced out by parents and 46% ran away from home, which is scary considering you thought your parents would accept you (Stomp out Bullying). The people that do not accept them are the ones that pick on them the most and make fun of them. I have been judged and made fun of because of my sexuality, and it sucks to not feel accepted by people you thought were your friends. There is however, a way to fix this. Bullying usually happens when adults are not present (Teaching Tolerance). Way to fix this is train students and adults to cover these areas and what to do when they see a student being bullied (Teaching Tolerance). LGBT kids need to feel accepted where ever they go especially in a school …show more content…
That’s how easy it is to target people who are LGBT; you hit them where it hurts which is making fun of them for liking girls or boys. Six out of ten LGBT students feel unsafe at school because of their sexuality and four out of ten LGBT students feel unsafe at school because of their gender expression (Ramsey). What that means is that you have LGBT students not going to school because they feel like they will be bullied and that they are not safe from them. The 3 biggest places LGBT students get bullied at in a school setting, is the locker rooms, gym class, and the bathrooms. It does not stop there however, LGBT students everyday hear homophobic remarks like faggot, queer, and dyke just to name a few. Statistically 71.3% of LGBT students hear homophobic remarks every day (Ramsey). There is not a need for any of this to be happening to anyone, people do not deserve
In school being different is either a gift or a curse, and for LGBT student being different is a curse, especially if the whole school knows. …show more content…
LGBT youth are accepted by some, but not all people in their schools. Their own parents may not even accept them, as a result they get forced out of the house or they run away (Stomp out Bullying). Statistically 43% of LGBT youth are forced out by parents and 46% ran away from home, which is scary considering you thought your parents would accept you (Stomp out Bullying). The people that do not accept them are the ones that pick on them the most and make fun of them. I have been judged and made fun of because of my sexuality, and it sucks to not feel accepted by people you thought were your friends. There is however, a way to fix this. Bullying usually happens when adults are not present (Teaching Tolerance). Way to fix this is train students and adults to cover these areas and what to do when they see a student being bullied (Teaching Tolerance). LGBT kids need to feel accepted where ever they go especially in a school …show more content…
That’s how easy it is to target people who are LGBT; you hit them where it hurts which is making fun of them for liking girls or boys. Six out of ten LGBT students feel unsafe at school because of their sexuality and four out of ten LGBT students feel unsafe at school because of their gender expression (Ramsey). What that means is that you have LGBT students not going to school because they feel like they will be bullied and that they are not safe from them. The 3 biggest places LGBT students get bullied at in a school setting, is the locker rooms, gym class, and the bathrooms. It does not stop there however, LGBT students everyday hear homophobic remarks like faggot, queer, and dyke just to name a few. Statistically 71.3% of LGBT students hear homophobic remarks every day (Ramsey). There is not a need for any of this to be happening to anyone, people do not deserve