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Statistics


Important statistics about the impact of homophobia on gay and lesbian youth selected from GLSEN’s website.

Please note that HOMOPHOBIA is the cause of these problems, NOT being homosexual.

School
  • 97 % of students in public high schools report regularly hearing homophobic remarks from their peers
  • 53% of students report hearing homophobic comments made by school staff
  • 80% of prospective teachers report negative attitudes toward gay and lesbian people
  • two-thirds of guidance counselors harbor negative feelings toward gay and lesbian people
  • 9% of high school students identify as "gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning.
  • The typical high school student hears anti-gay slurs 25.5 times a day.
  • 77% of perspective teachers would not encourage a class discussion of homosexuality; 85% opposed integrating gay/lesbian themes into their existing curricula.
  • Teachers fail to intervene in 97% of incidents involving anti-gay slurs at school.
  • 78% of school administrators say they know of no GLBT students in their schools, yet 94% of them claim that they feel their schools are safe places for these young people.


Home
  • 11.5% of gay and lesbian youth report being physically attacked by family members
  • 42% of homeless youth self-identify as gay/lesbian


Anti-gay violence and harassment

  • homosexuals are probably the most frequent victims [of hate crimes] in the U.S.
  • 45% of gay males and 20% of lesbians report having experienced verbal harassment and/or physical violence as a result of their sexual orientation during high school
  • 42% of adolescent lesbians and 34% of adolescent gay males who have suffered physical attack also attempt suicide


Health issues

  • 30% of gay and bisexual adolescent males attempt suicide at least once
  • 83% of adolescent lesbians use alcohol, 56% use other drugs, and 11% use crack and/or cocaine
  • 68% of adolescent gay males use alcohol, 44% use other drugs