Gay students often bullied in Pa. schools

[davidinalameda]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06270/725281-298.stm

Gay and lesbian students are often bullied and harassed by their classmates in Pennsylvania schools, but less than half of them have reported the problem to school officials.

Those findings are in a report released yesterday by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, which conducted a national survey of secondary school students and teachers.

"The main impact of bullying and harassment is that more students do less well at school," said Eliza Byard, deputy director of GLSEN in New York. "It means students aren't free to learn."

More than 80 percent of the Pennsylvania students involved in the study reported that they had heard various homophobic remarks. And 93 percent said they had heard the expressions "that's so gay" or "you're so gay" from other students at school.

[Guy Fawkes]

1. Dear Pennsylvania:

It happens everywhere.

-Fawkes

[Creideiki]

2. Oh.

That makes it all right, then.