Infographic: Homophobic remarks in school; Harassment

Homophobic Remarks in School

Almost all of the youth reported hearing these remarks from other students (99.4%).
Over one-third of the youth reported hearing homophobic remarks from faculty or school staff (36.6%).
Youth most frequently heard homophobic remarks in school hallways or in classrooms.

Hallways: 89.8% of youth reported "frequently" or "sometimes"

Classrooms: 85.8% of youth reported "frequently" or "sometimes"

Over one-third of youth (39.2%) reported that no one ever intervened in these circumstances. Almost half of the youth (46.5%) reported that someone intervened only some of the time. Other students were more often reported to intervene than were faculty (82.4% reported intervention by students compared to 66.5% reported for faculty).

Harassment

The majority of youth reported experiencing some form of harassment or violence (69%).

61.1% reported experiences of verbal harassment

46.5% reported experiences of sexual harassment (having suggestive comments made, being touched inappropriately, etc.).

27.6% reported experiences of physical harassment (being shoved, pushed, etc.).

13.7% reported experiences of physical assault (being beaten, punched, kicked, etc.).

Of those students who reported verbal harassment, almost half said that they experienced it daily (45.9%).