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Discrimination In Schools

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals experience too much discrimination with police officers, at work and in school. One of America’s biggest problems is Discrimination. Even though there have been many improvements in the way society deals with discrimination, we still have a very long way to go. Police officers, Parents, teachers, students, managers and coworkers basically everyone needs to be more open about homosexuality and should understand that being LGBTQ is perfectly fine. As long as someone is happy, you should be happy too. Love is not based on race, color or gender its based on the heart and the mind. Being LGBTQ in America isnt easy and they all try to be accepted and not discriminated.
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Schools can be a difficult environment for students of the LGBTQ youth. There is a lack of practices and policies that supports LGBTQ youths. LGBTQ students face bullying in schools which results into putting their education at risk. A school is were students should feel safe and welcomed but schools lack protections from discrimination because of their sexual identity. Schools ignore their needs and fail to ensure they get the same academic and extracurricular benefits as non- transgender students. LGBTQ students also lack support from their friends and family and have to deal with negative messages and attitudes at school. Students suffer from abuse as being shoved into lockers, being mocked and called names such as faggots, cocksuckers, etc. Almost 98.1% LGBTQ students heard the word “gay” be used on a negative way and felt harassed by it and about 82% LGBTQ students experienced verbal harassment at school in general (Kosciw, Greytak, Giga, Villenas, & Danischewski,2016) Students don 't even report assaults most of the time because school staff don 't really do anything about it and the situation can get worse. Discrimination in schools against LGBTQ students affects their academic success and mental health. LGBTQ students experiencing harrasment in schools have a worse education and poorer psychological well being (Kosciw, Greytak, Giga, Villenas, & Danischewski,2016). LGBTQ students experience lower grade point …show more content…

Incidents of police violence against LGBTQ has increased by 150 percent (Mogul,2011). Only 18 states and the District Columbia have laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression (Rotondo,2015). Laws that prohibit homosexual activity individuals are now allowed to serve openly in the military, and same sex marriage is now legal and LGBTQ can adopt children. Thankfully on July 21,2014 President Barack Obama issued Executive order to provide a uniform federal government policy to prohibit discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity in federal government employment and federal contractor Employment (Rotondo,2015). LGBTQ students reported that their schools have anti-bullying/harassment policies in 2015 but there were no increase in policies. There should be more urgent actions to create a safe enivironment for LGBTQ individuals. Regardless of sexual orientation,gender identity, gender expression we should all be treated equally no matter race, gender, color, or

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