Gay students face hostile environment, report says

Many gay and transgender students have been harassed daily in city schools, including by staff who call them names or remain silent when they see bullying, concludes a report released Thursday.

The survey from the nonprofit Advocates for Children, which interviewed 75 current students and dropouts, is considered the first to scope out problems faced by an estimated 14,000-plus "LGBT" city students, those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender or transsexual.

"I was so scared to go to class because I would be picked on," said Daniela, a 20-year-old transgender man who graduated in June from Bushwick High School but had to fight to wear girls' clothes and use the girls' bathroom.

In the survey, about a third of the students reported being called names daily and 26 percent said they had been hurt or threatened. Others said schools did not investigate complaints.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/education/nyc-skul1028,0,643884.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-education

But I think the homosexuals and bisexuals have it easy comparitively. I feel sorry for transgender/transsexual students. Kids are fucking cruel to them- and so is the administration.

schools that they are legally responsible for their students saftey and non-threatening environment! Unfortunately for the school and the community, it's a very expensive manner in which to learn.

"In loco parentis" and "Parens patria". . . look it up.

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