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The average high school student hears anti-gay insults
25 times each day...Teachers who hear these slurs fail to respond 97%
of the time...Media reports reveal that 6 out of 9 recent school shooters were
routinely taunted with anti-gay slurs...In a recent survey of
college students
18% of the males admitted physically or verbally harassing
someone they perceived as gay or lesbian...Harassment of kids who are, or are perceived to be, non-heterosexual is
so pervasive that students are unable
to receive an adequate education according to a 2-year study released in
May 2001...Anti-gay harassment and abuse affects nearly
2 million kids, and
their families, nationwide - and hundreds of thousands in Georgia
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As a
result of social bias and adult apathy
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and
questioning youth
are 4-8 times more likely
to:
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