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As we now know, what happens in middle and high school doesn’t always stay there. For LGBTQ+ youths, who are at a greater risk for bullying than their straight counterparts, the long-term effects of those physical and verbal attacks can be particularly profound.

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Read this study from the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families at the University of Arizona and explore how school bullying impacts LGBTQ+ youths well into adulthood.

How School Bullying Impacts Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Young Adults

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References:

Muraco, J. A. & Russell, S.T. (2011). How school bullying impacts lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young adults. Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families ResearchLink, 4(1), 1-4. https://mcclellandinstitute.arizona.edu/sites/mcclellandinstitute.arizona.edu/files/ResearchLink_Vol.%204%20No.%201_Bullying.pdf

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

Lasting Impact

Featured Content

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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