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Nine In 10 LGBT Students In Australia Say They Hear Homophobic Language At School

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starobserver.com.au

[A student] threw a rotten apple at the back of my head after telling me that the common room is for ‘normal straight people only’.

The teacher present then told me I had to leave because I was causing trouble by being there.”While transphobic language was reported with less frequency overall, 71 per cent of students reporting ever hearing such language at school.

Teachers were described as far less likely to intervene positively to stop students’ use of this language than they were in instances of homophobic language,29 per cent of participants indicated that they had witnessed physical harassment of classmates perceived to be gender and sexuality diverse, with 7 per cent of participants witnessing such harassment on a weekly basis.

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