Implementing LGBT programs in High Schools

[tsntx]

what can be done when you are no longer enrolled?

i have other questions but i cant think of them atm my mind is having a huge brain fart... anyway this is kinda serious and means a lot to me... -j

[dan_drade]

Personally, I think that would be a great idea. When I was in school there could never have been a program like that. And thats too bad. Most of the kids that fell into the GLBT group never knew what it was all about until they got out of high school. Most of us just thought we were some kind of strange perverted people. I think that these days, the public is a little more accepting and ready to deal with the fact that GLBT people are born that way and educating young people about it might not be a bad idea.

While a lot of people still think that it is some type of forbidden act only for the sinners of the world, most don't think that way anymore. Only time will change the way things are now, but it will take a long time. It probably wont be in any of our lifetimes that the public will be fully accepting of the GLBT lifesyles, but the time will come eventually and LGBT programs in high school is a good start to getting our young pepole there.

[peggygee]

As promised my staff is on the case.



I will be in and out with thoughts, but here are a few to get
the ball rolling:

1. Showing data as to what happens to children, and adolescents
that do not recieve support around their gender issues.

They are at higher risk for suicide, homicide, hate crimes, substance
abuse, entering the criminal justice system, and entering the sex trade.

Their quality of life will suffer, and they may not always reach their fulllest
potential.

This of course is a great personal tragedy for the individual, but also
impacts society in many ways: public health issues, law enforcement,
etc.

I've got a few more thoughts, but that's me shooting from the hip.

Additionally you will need to substantiate your statements, and as many
studies, research papers, etc, that you can bring to bear the better.

Here's one source:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez

This one is full of research studies, and is quite wordy. I will provide
others, that I trust will be helpful.

As I pointed out in another thread, we've got alot of very bright people
here at HA, I hope that some will step forth, even if in some small
way.

[peggygee]

Take a look at what other schools are doing with GLBT programs:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

Also go to the PFLAG website:

http://www.pflag.org/Safe_Schools.829.0.html

Review anti-bullying legislation.

[StaggerLee]

Kids are way smarter than we ever give them credit for. That age is the perfect time to teach them about acceptance, before they form prejudices. Now i'm not saying every kid should have a course in transgenderism, but let's at least let them be aware, and give them a chance to form their own oponions.

[peggygee]

Kids are way smarter than we ever give them credit for. That age is the perfect time to teach them about acceptance, before they form prejudices. Now i'm not saying every kid should have a course in transgenderism, but let's at least let them be aware, and give them a chance to form their own oponions.

Good thought, having a few transgendered people doing a presentation
could be good exposure.

Many times transpeople will present at colleges and universities, to
undergraduate and graduate students, the same could be done in the
high school.

[hondarobot]

Make gym class optional. I'm serious. I'm willing to bet gym/the locker room is where most GLBT kids have the most trouble in school. It may sound trivial, but I think that's a big issue. I remember seeing horrible things done to other kids in high school.

[RogerUK]

here in the UK we don't have these issues. u americans are so uptight. live and let live. so many american TS only want money and don't care. they are gay men with boobs. so much is fake. no leaders. just porn, but good porn
wake up, it's just business in US. u deserve to be flogged

[hondarobot]

here in the UK we don't have these issues. u americans are so uptight. live and let live. so many american TS only want money and don't care. they are gay men with boobs. so much is fake. no leaders. just porn, but good porn
wake up, it's just business in US. u deserve to be flogged

Glad you like the US porn, even if you view it as "gay men with boobs". What the hell? Drunk much?

[dan_drade]

Make gym class optional. I'm serious. I'm willing to bet gym/the locker room is where most GLBT kids have the most trouble in school. It may sound trivial, but I think that's a big issue. I remember seeing horrible things done to other kids in high school.

How about instead of telling GLBT kids they don't have to take gym classes, lets educate the straight kids and create zero tolerance policies for sexual harassment against GLBT teens. That would be far more affective than raising a generation of out of shape and fat GLBT teens. Putting the gays away (so to say) will not solve anything.