2 gay high school athletes attend their prom together in rural Tennessee from Outsports, Mar 2019. "We didn’t plan to become activists but after experiencing how hard it was growing up in the South, we knew that we need to tell our story."
Bathroom Discrimination at School: Kyle's Story from Lambda Legal, Sep 2015. "My advice to other students is to find advocates. Your school officials and administration are not the final say. There is the law, there are things that are legal and not legal. Schools have to get with the times."
'Smear the Queer': Gay Students Tell Their Stories from abc News, Apr 2009. ""I had one teacher tell me during a parent teacher conference, 'Well, I have some concerns about him that during recess he prefers to be with the girls and not with the boys,'" said Rivero. "I said, was he struggling academically because of it? If no, well then that's his decision.""
Target of LGBT Bullying in Ohio School Tells His Story Short video on Youtube,
Just Let Us Be”: Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch, 21 June 2017.
Like Walking Through a Hailstorm-Discrimination Against LGBT Youth in US Schools-, Human Rights Watch, 7 December 2016
End Gendered Uniform Restrictions for LGBT Students in Philippine School, Human Rights Watch, 23 June 2017
LGBTQ Student Center, "The mission of the Kent State University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center is to advocate for and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression by providing support, programs, educational opportunities, and leadership development for the University and greater community", Kent State University
LGBT Students Still Endure Hostile School Environment, " More than half of the students in a recent survey reported hearing expressions using "gay" in a negative way while at school. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images",US News, 28 September 2016
Secondary Schools Here you can find out more about the prevalence and impact of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in secondary schools, as well as ways that you can prevent and tackle it in your secondary school. Stonewall, UK.
Asia-Pacific countries stand united against homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. 29 Jun, 2015, United Nations Development Programme.
LGBT Students and Campus Sexual Assault, "Non-heterosexual students experience harassments at disproportionately high rates, according to a new survey.",The Atlantic,22 September, 2015.
LGBT Safe and Supportive Schools Project from the Belong.To Campaign, Ireland
Writing Themselves In 3 (WTi3): The third national study on the sexual health and wellbeing of same sex attracted and gender questioning young people. By Lynne Hillier, Tiffany Jones, Marisa Monagle, Naomi Overton. Luke Gahan, Jennifer Blackman and Anne Mitchell. Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, 2010.
Growing Up Queer: Issues Facing Young Australians who are Gender Variant and Sexually Diverse (2013), Young and Well CRC (Research) This report outlines the findings from a national survey of over 1000 gender and sexually diverse young people as well as a focus group and interactive workshops. The research highlights the impact of homophobia, transphobia and heteronormativity on the health and well being of LGBTQIA+ young people, addressing issues of coming out and identity, sex education, health, discrimination, technology and access to support services. Read the report here: Growing up Queer [PDF]
WearItPurple: Australians support diversity on day of acceptance Australians, including police officers, paramedics and office workers, donned purple attire [put on puprle clothing] on Friday as part of Wear It Purple Day, showing support for young people with different sex, sexuality and gender identities. ABC News, 28 Aug 2015
Religious exemptions and LGBTI rights: Should Australia follow Ireland? Last week Ireland passed a Bill to prevent Catholic schools from discriminating against LGBT teachers. Would similar moves work in Australia? SBS, 8 Dec 2015.
School experiences of transgender and gender diverse students in Australia By Tiffany Jones, Elizabeth Smith, Roz Ward, Jennifer Dixon, Lynne Hillier and Ann Mitchell This academic paper explores the school experiences of Australian transgender and gender diverse students', with particular consideration of recognition of their gender identity in documentation, experiences of puberty and sexuality education, treatment by staff and students, and other forms of provision. Sex Education, 2016. Download as pdf file.
Youth LGBT project launched in Japan for World Suicide Prevention Day: Celebrities record messages of hope similar to the It Gets Better campaign Gay Star News, 10 Sep 2012. See also Japan Moves To Prevent LGBT Youth Suicides An article about a campaign in Japan to prevent suicides because of pressure on lgbt young people. Wall Street Journal, 7 Sep, 2012. And ・Japan to take official steps in support of LGBT youths, JDP, 7 Sep, 2012.
No More Hiding presents a global snapshot of homophobia and transphobia within education today. This film is the culmination of a seven day campaign highlighting a range of personal experiences from LGBTQI young people. The project is in partnership with UNESCO and kindly supported by the Norwegian and Dutch governments. From IGLYO (International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organisation)
LGBT bullying rife [very common] in schools: survey About 70 percent of sexual minorities have experienced bullying in school and 30 percent have thought about committing suicide, according to a survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people according to a survey by the group, Respect Life White Ribbon Campaign. Japan Times, 8 May 2014. See also Unsurprisingly, Bullying of LGBT+ Students is Rife in Japan, Too, ROYGBIV, and Stop the bullying of LGBT students, Japan Times, 24 May, 2014. See the full report: ＬＧＢＴの学校生活に関する実態査(2013)結果報告書
Incidents of Japanese teachers outing LGBT students on the rise The outings have raised concerns that other LGBT students may not be forthcoming with revealing their own sexual orientation or gender identity if they think there is a fear they may be outed, or because of reactions. Pink News, 16 Aug 2017.
We are here, living together in the same space ~Calling for Revisions to Textbooks that Harm LGBT Youth ~ / クラスに必ず1人いる子のこと、知ってますか？〜セクシュアル・マイノリティの子どもたちを傷つける教科書の訂正を求めます〜 A campaign in 2016/17 to have more accurate information about LGBT people and issues in school textbooks in Japan. The Ministry of Education rejected this call - see the article below.
Japan’s Missed Opportunity to Support LGBT Children: At Least 10 More Years of Official Silence on LGBT Lives in Schools The Japanese government has missed an opportunity to introduce information about sexual and gender minorities to classrooms during a once-in-a-decade review of its national educational curriculum. Instead, the government said in March that including information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) lives is “difficult” because “the public and guardians have not accepted” this topic yet. Human Rights Watch Japan, 27 Apr 2017
Bullying of LGBT students at ‘epidemic’ levels in Japan: Human Rights Watch (HRW) Lack of effective government policies to include action on homophobia in campaigns on bullying at school, as well as inadequate teacher training and strong gender segregation, are blamed for the problem. Japan Times, May 6, 2016. Read the full HRW report, The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down
Japanese LGBT students victims of “widespread and brutal” bullying, "The Japanese government has been accused of failing to protect LGBT students from pervasive school bullying.", MAMBA ,6 May, 2016
The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down-LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools-, Human Rights Watch, 5 May 2016
Bullying of LGBT students at ‘epidemic’ levels in Japan: Human Rights Watch, the Japan Times, 6 May, 2016
Wear It Purple A student-led organisation: "We believe in a world in which every young person can thrive, irrelevant of sex, sexuality or gender identity." They organise Wear It Purple Day.
ReBit A NPO which is supporting Young LGBT people. The website has sections on LGBT education and job hunting. More than 300 young people (Not only LGBT people) are participating in this organization.
New link added 15 Oct 2017 ・LGBT Youth Japan A group of mainly students that organises an LGBT study tour to New York and a conference for LGBT student activists/leaders
Minus18 is a support network for young LGBT people in Australia that does work on educational issues, with schools and for sexual minority students.
GLSEN Our mission is to create safe and affirming schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. US
Safe Schools Coalition Australia is a national coalition dedicated to making schools safer and more inclusive for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse young people.