Students think not safe to be openly gay at school

people can b v cruel. it is hard to avoid ppl who arent nice at school. when u get older it is easier to stay away from idiots

everyone is ostracized or feels insecure or has pressures in high school...and if you're not, then you may be doing the ostracizing in order to stay on top. People do the meanest things during those 4 years!

i dont feel safe being a libertarian in school haha

lots of people fear being lots of things in lots of situations, i mean the gay kids could do what everyone else who gets made fun of does, cry it off lol

Schools are not safe, nor society is.

im sure its hard for a lot of people everywhere to be openly gay. Society sadly frowns upon homosexuality, which is not right. Especially in school where your peers judge you very harshly.

What is interesting to me is that when I was in high school the few kids that were openly gay weren't bashed on. At least not that I could see. A couple of the lesbians were even really popular.

However. I had a couple friends who were terrified of coming out, but not because of the ridicule from their peers but from their own family.

It's really sad to see that our society isn't able to even tolerate homosexuality let alone accept it.

I have indeed seen a person is gay{at school}, and is proud of it, and there plenty of people who are afraid to admit it, because of bullying, such hate and ignorance is always at specific public schools....

Being gay in school is dangerous in most schools. Add in some religion, just pick one, and you can double the danger.

That a gay student would not feel safe at school should be a surprise to no one. The hate and ignorance spread by christianity alone would give any reasonable person justifiable fear.

oh well, and just cause u dont like gays doesnt mean your racist.

i dont like gays at all, but u all make it seem like im going to shoot them or beat them.

Ignorance, intolerance, hatred. How depressing.

Yeah, it's not safe being a lot of things at school tho.

I agree with what everyone has said thus far, but I think saying racists are the same people who hate gays is somewhat general. To me, most deeply religious people tend to have their reasons for anti-homosexual views that, like stacey said, can be traced back to their parents usually. Hatred is always a product of your environment; it's learned, it's not something you're born with like who you are attracted to.

If someone loves someone of the same sex and is bold enough to live amongst people who will condemn them... so be it.

We should not condemn people for being gay, we should only understand that if someone chooses to be gay that they will not be able to pass on their genes with each other, that's all... they are not hurting anyone else by being gay.

why should anybody have to be afraid of being who they are?

this shit is fucked up

i think my schools pretty good with it. I know theres at least 3/4 openly gay boys and a few girls in the higher years of 6th form, but i still know people too scared to come out. Its not as bad as it used to be, and most of the bullying is just from people who want to be bullys, not just because they think being gay is wrong.
It definatly needs to be understood more. Its not a choice and we are exactly the same as straight people (you know what i mean)

I don't really understand gay-bashing. But I guess the same people that gay-bash are also racist, etc.

They all fit into their own stereotype of ignorant racist...

I don't understand what the big deal is. So they're gay... doesn't mean you have to hang out with them. But you don't prove anything by terrorizing them...

This is a very touchy subject simply because our world is so brainwashed about the fact that being gay is a worst thing you can ever be..And another problem is close minded parents who teach their children (mainly boys) that being gay is not manly..And whats sooo crazy is that those that lash out at openly gay people are mad because we (yes im a lesbian) are comfortable with ourselves..Ive never had anyone lash out at me because im a female (yes that plays a part)..its the male world that needs the help and understanding..