Jennifer Mendez Kimberly Quan Jahi Foster Ruben Fraire Anti-gay bullying Jennifer Mendez Kimberly Quan Jahi Foster Ruben Fraire

Introduction Talk about the rise of bullying in schools 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month. 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school. Define anti-gay bullying 6 in 10 LGBT students (63.5%) reported feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation Introduction

Current policies against bullying should be expanded to include anti-gay bullying Position/Advocacy

Opposing point of view to my position: Conservative people that are against other types of sexualities Schools don’t want to mention LGBT issues to avoid controversy People think anti-gay bullying is not an issue Opposing point of view to my position:

Transition into my argument 1st Reason “Bullying isn’t harmless” Talk about how bullying affects LGBT people academically, socially, psychologically, Talk about how anti-gay bullying has changed the school environment Transition into my argument

Transition into my argument 2nd Reason Current bullying policies don’t protect LGBT people Discuss current anti-gay bullying policies and their effectiveness Many school policies are still vague and open to interpretation in hopes of not causing a controversy The laws offer protection to bullying victims but victims of anti-gay bullying are usually neglected and tend to fall between the cracks. Transition into my argument

The consequences of anti-gay bullying manifest in all aspects of the victim’s life All students have the right to feel safe in their schools Current anti-gay bullying policies are inadequate Advocacy

Research I will refer to/include: Provide statistics from the GLSEN school environment survey Videos from the “It gets better” Campaign Talk about the Rainbow Miner initiative at UTEP and results of online survey Research I will refer to/include:

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