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Statistics

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