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Okay, this was a couple of weeks ago but it still gets to me.
It was breaktime at school and I was with my girlfriend. We were just hanging out with our friends and these kids from different years start shouting "LESBIANS" at us, I mean of course there's gonna be a bit of "omg are they going out?" in a school, but for them to shout this at us for 10 minutes at least is just rediculous! And them still not getting the fact that neither of us is gay but Bi is just the icing on the cake really. Me and her had both come to terms with the fact that some kids might be a little homophobic and we expect a bit of name calling, but the little horrors started throwing stones at us! Actually throwing rocks pebbles etc directly at us! Has anyone else had to put up with this at school?? Posted on 07/01/09, 02:07 pm |
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No never. But if they threw stones at me I'd have went up to them and smashed their face into a locker or a wall or something. You don't need to put up with violence. Name callign is one thing but violence is another. You do have the right to stick up for yourself as well as your girlfriend. I'm sorry this happened. Next time go up to them and kick their asses.
Lexie 
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Yeah, that happened to me, but I didn't put up with it. I started throwing rocks back and kicking their butts. They were throwing stones at me 'cause I'm trans and bi, and I went to a catholic school at the time, so I literally fought my way out of that school...
I'm not the best role model...lol...Don't follow my example
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report them to the police. that's physical assault. they can be charged.
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Its completely unacceptable. This would be all over the news if they were throwing rocks at any other minority and hurling slurs in their direction.
It makes me sick.
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It's sickening and it also angers me. The situation in the Rainbow Bar in Fort Worth, Texas, is bad enough, but this sort of thing especially should not be allowed to go on in a school.
And it also worries me. I keep hearing about the "generation gap" regarding LGBT issues--specifically that younger people are more accepting. I guess that is still true, but there will probably always be pockets of homophobia. And we've still got a long way to go.
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Let me first say that this incident is wrong, very wrong!
Now what are you going to do about it. In the U.K. most school anti- bullying policies require the school to inform the parents and to keep them informed of the situation and any action taken. This is not ideal unless you are both out to your parents other wise the school will in all probability out you to your parents. Another option is to pose a hypothetical question to the head of year or deputy head in charge of discipline asking what would happen if some one were to complain of homophobic bullying. Do not mention your self as the victims at this stage - keep it general and hypothetical - you can however mention what happened. The purpose is to find out what your school would do if persons unknown were to have suffered what you suffered. They will probably assume that you are the victim but as long as you dont mention Me or My GF etc... suffered this the Deputy Head does not have to invoke the anti-bullying policy thus giving you a chance to weight up the pros and cons of making a complaint. If from this talk with your senior teacher it sounds like they would respect your anonimity you can proceed with an official complaint. Be prepared to learn that they will not respect your privacy and would inform your parents of your relationship with your GF. A third alternative would be to have a local LGBT organisation approach the school to find out what its policies are with respect to homophobic bullying. Also the school website should have a copy of the schools anti-bullying policy available for you to read and the FAQ section may answer some of your questions. I hope this has helped. You have my deepest sympathy. P.S.: BTW I asked a friend of mine who is a qualified secondary teacher what the schools likely response would be and his immediate reaction was that the school would not keep your relationship secret from your parents and he asked whether you were out to your parents.
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What a shame. I just don't understand it at all. The senior high school that my son attended (in BC, Canada) had a strict anti-bullying policy, and they had an LGBT group in the school. There was no ill will at all amongst the students - everyone was very accepting. My son is hetero, but many of his friends were bi or gay - he had no problem with it. And it's not because of my bisexuality, because he doesn't know about it. Although, I always taught him to be supportive of the LGBT community, as well as other races and cultures. He's just a very open-minded kid. It was a school of about 3,000 kids, grades 10 to 12, and I was amazed at the level of maturity. It's too bad they aren't all like that.
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