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New @GEMReport @IGLYO paper finds that LGBTI learners endure hostile conditions at school and experience physical violence, bullying and discrimination
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Governments claiming to be committed to inclusive education can't justify excluding or tolerating the exclusion of some learners on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or variations of sex characteristics.
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Over half LGBTQI respondents to an @IGLYO education survey in Europe reported having been bullied in school because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or variations of sex characteristics
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83% respondents to an @IGLYO education survey in Europe witnessed negative comments towards LGBTQI students, and 67% have been the target of those negative comments at least once
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“Please change something. We are screaming, and nobody hears us” said 17 year old trans man talking about the harassment he faced at school and calling for better policies to create safer and more inclusive education systems for LGBTI learners
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LGBTQI young people are experiencing unacceptably high levels of discrimination and harassment and urgently need robust and explicit protections in laws, policies and practices, especially within education
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New @GEMReport @IGLYO paper calls for students to be put at the centre of efforts to prevent exclusion on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and variations of sex characteristics
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To effectively tackle school bullying & other threats against #LGBTI students, criminalizing or pathologizing sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression & variations of sex characteristics & denying them equal rights must end.
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Teachers are vital when tackling bullying against LGBTI youth but many lack the confidence and knowledge to intervene
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In most countries, teacher education on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and variations of sex characteristics is neglected and contentious
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Teachers must be trained and empowered to deliver inclusive curricula so they can impart knowledge and also address incidents and threats effectively
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Only 1 in 10 trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming respondents to an @IGLYO education survey in Europe reported that their gender identities are always respected in school-related documentation; 8 in 10 reported problems accessing gendered spaces in line with their gender identities
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The @GEMReport and @IGLYO call on governments and schools to roll out teaching on human rights education and other subjects as entry points for representing LGBTI people, their history and experiences
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In the US, 12.5% of lesbian, gay and bisexual students reported not going to school at least once in the previous 30 days because they felt unsafe at or on their way to and from school
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Discrimination against LGBTI students is a global phenomenon. In New Zealand, LGBTI students are three times as likely to be bullied as their peers. In Japan, 68% of LGBT persons aged 10 to 35 had experienced violence in school
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In seven Latin American countries, most LGBTI students had a negative experience of teacher attitudes to sexual orientation and gender expression
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A study in the United States showed that 24% of 12- to 14-year-olds, but 8% of 25- to 29-year-olds, who died by suicide were lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
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New @GEMReport and @IGLYO policy paper says curricula and learning materials either ignore entirely or misrepresent and pathologize LGBTI identities
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Less than 1 in 5 respondents to an @IGLYO education survey in Europe report being taught positive representations of LGBTI people consistently in school
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Almost 8 in 10 intersex respondents to an @IGLYO education survey in Europe report receiving mainly negative information on variations of sex characteristics in schools
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.@IGLYO inclusive education index shows that nearly half of 47 Council of Europe member states did not have guidelines to address sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or variations of sex characteristics in the curriculum, 7 make it optional and only 19 make it compulsory
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PODCAST VIDEO
#IDAHOBIT2021 – Podcast with Erin Vlahović, and Matteo Bassetti, moderated by Rubén Ávila Rodríguez from @IGLYO to mark the release of a joint GEM Report and IGLYO policy paper #DontLookAway: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students: https://youtu.be/30Ou1hH_ebM