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One in five gay and bisexual teenagers claim they have suffered homophobic bullying from teachers
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/exclusive-one-in-five-gay-teenagers-claim-they-have-suffered-homophobic-bullying-from-teachers-and-other-adults-in-school-10094649.htmlGay pupils across the country are being subjected to homophobic bullying at the hands of their teachers, according to research published today.
One in five gay and bisexual teenagers said they had been bullied or discriminated against by a teacher or another adult at school on the basis of their sexuality, in what was described as a “sad but accurate” picture of the reality faced by young gay people growing up in Britain.
The research also strongly suggested that poor sex education lessons are driving a rise in the number of young gay men contracting HIV, according to the head of the National Aids Trust charity, which produced the report.
The survey, the largest of its kind ever conducted in the UK, questioned more than 1,000 gay or bisexual males aged between 14 and 19 about their experience of sex and relationship education in school and their knowledge of HIV, as well as asking whether they had been bullied.
One in five gay and bisexual teenagers said they had been bullied or discriminated against by a teacher or another adult at school on the basis of their sexuality, in what was described as a “sad but accurate” picture of the reality faced by young gay people growing up in Britain.
The research also strongly suggested that poor sex education lessons are driving a rise in the number of young gay men contracting HIV, according to the head of the National Aids Trust charity, which produced the report.
The survey, the largest of its kind ever conducted in the UK, questioned more than 1,000 gay or bisexual males aged between 14 and 19 about their experience of sex and relationship education in school and their knowledge of HIV, as well as asking whether they had been bullied.
