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New data links anti-LGBT school bullying with health risks

Today the Family Acceptance Project announced new research linking high levels of anti-LGBT bullying in middle and high school with negative health and mental health outcomes in young adulthood, including depression, suicide attempts that require medical care, STDs and risk for HIV. This is the first study linking experiences of bullying during adolescence with a range of negative health outcomes later in life.

In a survey of LGBT young adults, those who reported high levels of LGBT school victimization during adolescence were 5.6 times more likely to report having attempted suicide, 5.6 times more likely to report a suicide attempt that required medical care, 2.6 times more likely to report clinical levels of depression, and more than twice as ...

By Courtney • 13 years ago

Making the links between street harrassment, bullying, and toxic masculinity

This is a guest post from the amazing Dena Simmons, who has written for Feministing previously. You can read her full bio after the jump.

I set out to write a piece about the psychological effects of cat-calling on women. I collected data from more than 45 people, who shared with me story after story of the ways they have been scarred by street harassment from male perpetrators. As I started to sift through the anger, the agony, and the shame sprinkled throughout the women’s stories of street harassment and men, I realized how easily the respondents and I started to villify men. Yes, men have objectified me, upset me, cornered me, and touched me without permission, and I so ...

This is a guest post from the amazing Dena Simmons, who has written for Feministing previously. You can read her full bio after the jump.

I set out to write a piece about the psychological effects of ...

By Vanessa • 13 years ago

In UK, the average coming out age has dropped by over 20 years

Stonewall just released new findings from an online poll they conducted of over 1,500 individuals, revealing that the average coming out age has dropped significantly:

[A]mong the over-60s the average age they had come out was 37. But those in their 30s had come out at an average age of 21, and in the group aged 18 to 24 it was 17.

The survey, conducted via social networking sites, does not take account of the numbers of people who know they are gay or bisexual but have not come out. But Stonewall said it nonetheless revealed a pattern of people having the confidence to come out earlier.

Among the 33 respondents aged over ...

Stonewall just released new findings from an online poll they conducted of over 1,500 individuals, revealing that the average coming out age has dropped significantly:

[A]mong the over-60s the average age they had come ...

By Advocates for Youth • 13 years ago

Arkansas School Board Member: “The only way im wearin (purple)…is if they all commit suicide”

Two news items from yesterday:

1) The Department of Education sent out a letter to schools that “clarifies the relationship between bullying and discriminatory harassment,” observing that since homophobic bullying is gender-based, it violates the law, and schools must address and prevent it.

2) A school board official in Arkansas (Clint McCance) declared on Facebook that wearing purple to honor GLBTQ youth is stupid, because all “queers” should commit suicide.

Two news items from yesterday:

By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Fort Worth, TX Councilmember Tells GLBT Kids “It Gets Better”

Joel Burns is my new hero. At this Tuesday’s Fort Worth City Council meeting, Burns used his platform as a councilmember to tell his story for the first time, and to express what he wished he was able to show all of the GLBT youth — and the 13-year old boy he once was — feeling hurt and alone out there. It’s truly touching and I just had to share. (It’s a long one but completely worth it.)

P.S. Take out your hankies.

h/t to Sarah. Searching for a transcript.

By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Fort Worth, TX Councilmember Tells GLBT Kids “It Gets Better”

P.S. Take out your hankies.

h/t to Sarah. Searching for a transcript.

By Samhita • 13 years ago

Dharun Ravi and anti-gay sentiments in the South Asian community

I was surprised last night when my mom said they should put Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei in jail for what they did to Tyler Clementi, a young man who took his life last week after Ravi and Wei spread video of him engaging sexually with another man on the internet. I shouldn’t be too shocked, she always treated my gay friends as her own, but she’s also always been a little bit homophobic.

Is this because she is from India and Indian culture is uniquely homophobic? Yes and no. South Asian culture is not uniquely homophobic compared to other cultures. There is a vibrant and organized GLBT community in India, not to mention existence and comfort with queer ...

I was surprised last night when my mom said they should put Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei in jail for what they did to Tyler Clementi, a young man who took his life last week ...

By Vanessa • 13 years ago