'Homophobia in Schools\r'

'Homophobia is a chore in many public and private teach day systems, denying homosexual students a safe discipline environment. everyday a student is discriminated against because of his sexual orientation. Gay, lesbian and cissy students are creation verbally, physically, and academically abused. Homophobia is taking fractious working students and creating a negative and damaging learning environment for them. It’s succession for a change. manner of speaking like â€Å"faggot, queer, homo, fairy and dyke” defend induce common â€Å"insults” in today’s school systems.These words are unacceptable, yet time and time again I observe teachers doing nothing when they uplift said words being used. If however I were to use a racial slur such(prenominal) as â€Å"nigger” I would be in a flash reprimanded and possibly disciplined. Discriminating against someone because of who they love is inexcusable. Schools extremity to do something to tra sh this growing problem, Girard may have an anti-bullying program instituted but what does it really do to combat it? nary(prenominal)hing. They preach equality, but do they enforce it?No. Instead of instituting programs to teach equality, punishments must be accustomed out. Instead of being passive, schools should be aggressive in defending the victims of all forms of bullying. Students who identify themselves as â€Å" festal” are up to five times more than likely to miss school due to depression unsafe, 28% of them are forced to drop out. And yet school administrations do nothing about it. In fact 85% of teachers actually oppose integrate lesbian, gay and bisexual themes in their curricula.Frighteningly A 2007 watch over found that four out of five materialization lesbian and gay multitude have no access to any information about LGBT issues at school. There are many different ways in which LGBT people experience homophobia, including malicious gossip, name-calling , intimidate looks, internet bullying, vandalism and theft of property, discrimination at work, isolation and rejection, sexual assault, or even being sentenced to death. All forms of homophobia are destructive, not just for people living openly as LGBT, but for company as a whole.Living in a homophobic environment forces many LGBT people to conceal their sexuality, for panic of the negative reactions and consequences of coming out. For people who have been brought up to believe that homosexuality is wrong, the realization that they might be gay can cause feelings of shame and self-loathing, pencil lead to low self-esteem. Suppressing homosexuality involves denying an important part of a persons identity, and can have a serious adjoin upon their life and relationships. Furthermore, the dilemma of whether to ‘come out’ or not can cause a nifty deal of personal distress.\r\n'