GLBT Issues In Chicago Illinois: A Case Study

Unfortunately although our society is working towards becoming more accepting of the LGBT community there still are plenty reports of bullying and harassment of LGBT adolescents in the public school system. According to Roxane Gay's essay “nine out

[The Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) organization at my high school, which meets twice per month, generated a list of concerns that they shared with school administration. The focus was specifically about gender identity, the lack of support from school staff, and the daily scrutiny they face as a result of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Through collaboration with my colleagues it was evident that there had been an increase in teacher and student referrals surrounding gender identity. The feedback from GSA clearly identified that as a school we are not meeting the needs of our LGBT students and those struggling with sexual orientation. Members of the GSA clearly feel that teachers ignore negative comments like “gay” and “faggot” when they hear them in class, that teachers may not clearly understand gender neutral language, and that our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) students do not feel safe and protected in school. Students needed support advocating for their right to use a restroom, correct pronoun, etc., requiring district, community, parent, and colleague

Let people not overlook that homosexuals both male and female face the same struggles when it comes to being respected in the field. After “coming out” they are almost alienated from the life that they may have known before. They lose all respect from people they previously considered to be friends. Leaving them alone in what was already a battle.

Education is an important factor in life in order to thrive, but LGBT students face harassment in school due to their identity. According to a Human Rights report conducted in 2001, two million American students in the LGBT

Because of this many of them arrive to work in fear of rejection or being ‘outed’ causing them to lose their job. As discovered by expert Cosby Burns “Discrimination and unequal treatment on the job inflicts significant economic harm on gay and transgender public-sector employees and their families.” (http://www.americanprogress.org) Many open homosexuals will be turned down for employment just because of their sexual orientation despite qualifications, even though it is completely irrelevant to their skills and no one’s business but their own.

Based on the discussion from the Williams Institute, it is evident that there continues to be a prevalence of discrimination among groups that are not viewed as culturally acceptable in our county. In this article, it is reported that people are more likely to experience hate crimes based on their sexual orientations. For instance, 44% of people reported experience physical violence (without a weapon) because of their sexual orientation, and 80% had been verbally harassed (Herek, 2009). Although the Hates Crimes Statistic Law became effective in 1990, the stigma surrounding the LGBTQ community continues to affect their everyday life. It may defer a person by identified their sexual orientation for the fear of being discriminating in the workplace,

Supported by my high school principle, I researched the topic, created and presented a multimedia workshop to the Roslyn School District faculty discussing positive interventions for LGBTQ youth facing discrimination. The purpose of the training was to increase awareness of LGBTQ youth, to identify language that supports inclusion, and to offer interventions that address bias and discrimination in school settings.

“Core Values and the Identity-Supportive Classroom: Setting LGBTQ Issues within Wider Frameworks for Preservice Educators” Response

It is proposed that confrontative or unoriginal proclamations about against gay states of mind ought to be kept away from. The objective is to have a dialog originating from individual experience. The individual sharing could incorporate the accompanying substance: the procedure of acknowledging one is gay, turning out as a gay individual, negative encounters because of being gay/lesbian, positive backing and response because of being gay/lesbian, acknowledgment and pride in their sexuality, and how their life has changed since turning out. This segment of the presentation is by all accounts best if it takes between 20-40% of the occasion and in the event that it particularly fortifies inquiries from the crowd. Additionally, the board ought to coordinate the gathering of people however much as could be expected. For instance, in the event that addressing a school grounds, the board ought to incorporate that age assemble, a comparable racial also, ethnic blend, and in addition both understudies and workforce.

“…the presence of sexual minority youth and their allies who are able to organize in an open manner.” (Varjas, 2007) These studies haven’t described exactly what Gay-Straight Alliances entail and what they do. They have shown that it is a great way to provide a way in which two cultures can work together to make a comfortable environment. Knowing what happens exactly in these meeting will help us as professionals find out how they work and organize themselves. The ways in which community and learning is performed could help explain and provide techniques of how we can address LGBTQ bullying in

Children and teens all around the world are being bullied because of their sexual preferences. At the young age of 2 or 3, children start to realize who they are, whether they are male or female. As they get a little older, they get a sense of what is right and what is

High School is a smoothly paved road in comparison to the adult world. Many people are not accepting or comfortable with the idea of an LGBTQ+ community.  “GSA will help students feel comfortable being

I have always assumed that LGBT people experience harassment and discrimination, but not on the level which I understand now. Just like it took time for our country to accept gay marriage, it takes time for everyone to accept something new. Many people are unaware of the negative effects that LGBT's face because of even slight bias, misinterpretation, and discrimination. Our country has opened our eyes more and more as time goes by, especially over the long run. While researching the aspects of LGBT discrimination it made me think about the Jim Crow laws and segregation in the south that African Americans once went through. I am not saying that the discrimination the gay community faces is anywhere close to that, but there are close ties between the issues they faced, and the LGBT topics we are starting to reveal now. Blacks were denied employment from certain businesses, equal education and were forced to be in segregated schools, and had segregated public facilities and neighborhoods (Marcus, 2015). It took time for our country to understand that discriminating against somebody based on their skin color or national origin is wrong, but we have since moved on and race and national origin are a protected class under the Civil Rights Act. Less severe occurrences of the same issues from the past are occurring again in the

According to Prof. Eric Manalastas of UP Diliman Department of Psychology, “In the LGBT literature, we make a distinction among three kinds of contexts.” He also added “On one hand, we have contexts that are hostile to LGBTs, such as in places where you have policies against cross-dressing or same-sex relationships, or where there is a certain amount of jeopardy in being ‘outed’ as an LGBT in the institution.” Some work places, which are considered antagonistic contexts, where a person who reveals himself/herself as part of the LGBT community ends up getting fired from their jobs, or being prohibited to enrol in a school, or gets barred, punished or judged for having same-sex relationships or for not fitting in the accepted norms of being “male”

“For more than two decades, researchers have documented the prevalence of school-based bullying toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youths in schools.