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# #LGBTatSchool highlights need for anti-bullying campaigns
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbtatschool-highlights-need-for-anti-bullying-campaigns/
- Published: 2020-11-26T13:13:52.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-26T12:21:04.000Z
- Description: LGBTQ+ organisation, Stonewall, asked social media users to share their experiences of being queer at school to demonstrate the serverity of anti-LGBTQ+ bullying.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Mental Health, News, Anti Bullying, LGBT Foundation, LGBTQ, LGBTQ youth, Stonewall, UK News

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LGBTQ+ organisation, **Stonewall**, asked social media users to share their experiences of being queer at school to demonstrate the severity of anti-LGBTQ+ bullying, and the effects the recent government cuts will have. It was recently [announced](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/update-lgbtq-organisations-criticise-government-move-to-axe-anti-bullying-project/) that the government plans to axe funding for **The Homophobic, Biphobic & Transphobic Challenge Fund –** a campaign aimed at raising awareness around bullying and providing resources for staff and students. In response, Stonewall [tweeted](https://twitter.com/stonewalluk/status/1330913002284060672?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“What was it like being #LGBTatSchool? Did you get the support you needed? Did your school deal well with bullying?”*

Thousands of LGBTQ+ people replied with stories of the bullying they experienced at school. One user [tweeted](https://twitter.com/HashtagMoiKeit/status/1330943127025315840?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“The entire time I was at secondary school, I was called every slur, teased and mocked to the point I became depressed, started skipping classes and seriously contemplated taking my own life.”* Another [wrote](https://twitter.com/ThomasPeachLib/status/1331132991268147200?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“I was closeted, bullied relentlessly on the assumption. Bullied with the 2 out boys in my year. 1 out boy rarely came in – avoiding the abuse. The other was thrown out of home, ignored at school then committed suicide. Being*[ *#LGBTatSchool*](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTatSchool?src=hashtag%5Fclick&ref=scenemag.co.uk) *was horrific.”*

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One [shared ](https://twitter.com/Glamrou/status/1331211204249980928?ref=scenemag.co.uk)their experience of homophobia from a school staff member: *“Boys threw rocks at me in the playground everyday. And a homophobic PE teacher encouraged them. One time he made me hold the dump tackle in a Rugby PE lesson and encouraged all the boys to take me down. I dislocated my shoulder.”* Many also emphasised the lack of LGBTQ+ inclusivity in school curricula, with a user [tweeting](https://twitter.com/gregmclean92/status/1331007745911365640?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“Unfortunately, there was no mention of ‘being gay’ or LGBTQ+ relationships in any sort of sex education”.*

**Nancy Kelley**, Stonewall’s chief executive, highlighted the prevalence of bullying in schools: *“Our latest School Report revealed that nearly half of LGBTQ+ pupils – 45 per cent – are still bullied for being themselves. When bullying is not tackled – it can have a deeply damaging and long-lasting effect on young people. We know LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately affected by poor mental health, and some of this is because of the way they were treated at school.”* Stonewall and the **LGBT Foundation** have criticised the government’s decision to cut funding for anti-bullying campaigns, and many are fearful of the negative impact it will have on young LGBTQ+ people.

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