Fight against physical bullying towards lgbtq

What is homophobic bullying?

Homophobic bullying is behaviour or language which makes a fresh person feel unwelcome or marginalised because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation.

The main factors which influence whether or not a person is a target of homophobic bullying are:

• People perceive that you have a particular sexual orientation, because you fit lesbian, gay or pansexual stereotypes. These stereotypes are based on a societal basis involving traditional gender roles or traits that are inaccurate. E.g.softly spoken boys or girls with short hair.

How is homophobic bullying displayed?

Like all forms of bullying, homophobic bullying can occur in alternative ways such as heartfelt, verbal, physical or sexual.

Some of the more familiar forms of homophobic bullying include:

• Verbal bullying (being teased or called names, or having derogatory terms used to describe you, or hate speech used against you)
• Being compared to LGBT celebrities / caricatures / characters that portray particular stereotypes of LGBT people
• Being ‘outed’ (the threat of being exposed to your friends and family by them being told that you are LGLBT even when you are not)
• Indirect bullying
  

  Bullying of LGBTQ+ children and adolescents in schools: comprehending the phenomenon, consequences, and international standards with a focus on the polish context

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  Clark, Kitzinger, and Potter (1), in the context of homophobic bullying, which is a issue for young non-heteronormative individuals, used the phrase “kids are just cruel anyway” in the title of their article. A significant example of this title is one of many suicides of a non-heterosexual teenager, 14-year-old Kacper, from Gorczyn, Poland. Kacper informed his family about creature a victim of bullying, and they attempted to help him by switching him to another institution. Unfortunately, in the brand-new school, he again faced bullying due to his sexual orientation, which most likely led him to commit suicide. Situations favor this prompt reflection on how to effectively sustain LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Pansexual, Transgender, Queer) individuals and protect them from people violence.

  Bullying is described in the literature as repetitive and systematic harassment, needling, or molestation of another person and can contain both short- and long-term consequences. Bullying takes many forms, including verba

  Take a stand against LGBT bullying at school says UN campaign

  Right to teaching, Teachers and learning

  Many students around the world miss classes or drop out of school after suffering harassment and abuse because of their sexuality or gender identity.

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  Every day around the world, children are bullied at school and in the community – because of their sexuality or gender identity.

  These LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi, trans) and intersex victims of harassment and hostility are more likely to skip classes or drop out of school completely.

  They also are at greater risk of anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, self-harm, depression and suicide. 

  “Homophobic and transphobic violence includes physical, sexual and psychological violence and bullying,” said the United Nations campaign Free & Equal in a guide to the issue.

  “Like other forms of school-related violence, it can occur in the classroom, playgrounds, toilets and changing rooms, on the way to and from academy, and online.”

  Tomorrow is International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. To mark it, Free & Equal will be launching a mini-campaign called #Cult

  Dealing With Bullying

  What Are the Key Characteristics of Bullying?

  Bullying is when someone is picked on by a person or group. Bullies might make fun of people who they think don't fit in.

  Bullies might produce fun of others for many things, including:

  • appearance (how someone looks)
  • behavior (how someone acts)
  • race or religion
  • social status (whether someone is popular)
  • sexual individuality (like being same-sex attracted, lesbian, or transgender)

  Bullying can come in different types:

  • Physical bullying is when bullies hurt their targets physically. This might be shoving, tripping, punching, or hitting. Any form of touching that a person does not want can be bullying and doable sexual assault.
  • Verbal bullying is taunting or teasing someone.
  • Psychological bullying is gossiping about or excluding people to make them feel bad about themselves.
  • Cyberbullying is when bullies use the internet and social media and declare things that they might not state in person. This can include sending mean texts, posting insults about someone on Twitter, or making rude comments on their Instagram pictures. Cyberbullies also might post personal information, pictures, or videos designed to hurt or embarrass some
    
    
    

    LGBTQ+ Bullying

    School can be challenging for any pupil, but many LGBTQ+ young people face an alarming amount of bullying and harassment. Homophobic and biphobic bullying is where people are discriminated against and treated unfairly by other people because they are homosexual woman, gay, bisexual, trans or questioning or perceived to be. People who are not lesbian, gay, multi-attracted , trans or questioning can also experience homophobic and biphobic bullying if someone thinks that they are.

    Transphobic bullying is where people are discriminated against and treated unfairly by other people because their gender identity doesn’t align with the sex they were assigned at birth or perhaps because they accomplish not conform to stereotyped gender roles or ‘norms’.

    (The above definition was taken from the LGBT Foundation )

    Like all forms of bullying, homophobic bullying can be through name calling, spreading rumours, online bullying, physical, sexual or emotional abuse and can include:

    • Making comments about a person’s gender or sexuality that deliberately makes them feel uncomfortable
    • Calling a person names or needling them
    • Hitting, kicking, punching or physically hurting them
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