Well my school I'm not too sure if the teach anything about it, seeing how this is my first year at the school(high school). But, at my old school (Middle school) they didn't and one of my closest friends who had came out at the school was abuse alot and most of the teachers just looked the other way. I think that in middle school kids should read one book that is about Homophobia. But, that's just what I think...<br /><br />Post edited by: Devan92, at: 2007/12/29 23:04

my school never taught about it (as far as i know) but its a touchy subject where i live and odds r if a teacher did teach about it then their job would prpbably be in jeopardy not to mention it would cause some controvesry amoung parents and others alike...it sucks but thats the society we live in and its common people fear what they dont understand but i think if my school did teach it, it would probably encourage some who r not out to talk to someone about it (of course someone they trust). All we learn is to treat everyone with respect and kindness but to some people they think it doesnt apply to them.

Teach about homosexuality and homophobia ?
Once, in my RE class..though it was more of how sick it was in the Christian eye, I think by the end of that lesson I was so sick to death of it all, i nearlly stormed out, seriously.
We had a cover teacher that lesson, it was blatent she was homophobic. And I had one of those days where i'd just be 'out' about being gay, so big makeup etc and everything else, so she knew too well. I think in another lesson i even had a conversation with her, commenting on her use of stereotypes. I was a bitch to her, and i had every right to be!

So...nope, no education on either issue, what so ever. The school seems to hold it in regards to &quot;If we cant see it, then it can't exist&quot;..but theres a problem, They CAN see me, i make god damn sure of that, and i exist..so..they just dont know how to handle it.

But the worst of if all is my Food Tech Teacher. She can go and die in a hole for all i care. She always slips the comment's of 'Fag', Queer. Though every one knows she's jealous, as i do my makeup better than her. Common, since when has clown makeup been attractive ? One lesson, i went in with normal green eyeliner on, that was it, a small ring and 2 pink bands. She threw up hell. She throws me hell, i'll give her the universe. You just CANT get away with it, tis just wrong tbh.
It was the whole &quot;GO TO THE BATH ROOM AND WASH IT ALL OFF&quot;. there was a girl right next to me with full on NEON green eyeshadow NEON pink liner, she was a mini raver, but her makeup was great, so it was kay. So what did i do ? Went to the bathroom and put even more on.

Every oppurtinity she and they all get, they brandish their torches and pitchforks.
All they're really saying is &quot;Hey lookat me, imma here too&quot;

And i dont think schools will change their attitude anytime soon.
I mean like, The headmaster's or whatever of every school wants to have the 'perfect' yeargroup, and what does it say if half of 'em are gay ? It pisses me off, reputation over comfort.
The whole system needs to be redone and then scrapped to start anew. How can we be taught to give respect to every one else, when we're not even shown an ounce of equality ?

As long as the school tries to ignore me and my 'kind' (as a teacher once put the term) we'll all just keep hovering, here on the side lines. Somethings gotta change, soon it will..but not soon enough =/

Sorry for my rant, but that's how it is...Annoys me so much!
Cheers,
Harie -x-

I just had a History exam. Two and a half hours, three essay quewstions. I could answer two of them, one on comparing two factors in the causes of the French Revolution, and another comparing the rise of Napoleon to France's Emperordom and Louis XVI's rise to the crown. The only other question related to what we'd studied in lessons was one regarding the impact of Whig/Tory rivalry in the mid ninetenth century, but we hadn't studied that yet. This was a mock exam, after all. So looking over the list of twenty five questions, the fifth caught my attention: it was a question about reflecting on &quot;Gender Issues&quot; in Europe through the twentieth century. I began with men and the impact of the World Wars and Thatcherism, then moved onto women with the sufferegettes the Second World War and the Sexual Revolution, and then I got to write about the LGBT community: I managed to cover legalisation, the age of concent and one or two other things. I actually got to mention Are You Being Served and Queer as Folk to compare the presentation of homosexuals in the '70s and at the close of the century. I'm not going to score really highly, because I didn't know any other historical inturpretations of the issue.... But go IB. I wonder what Miss will think when she marks it? On a related note, LGBT History Month in Febuary.

Trust me there at your school there just pretending to be straight

There are no things like gsa or anything, I think theres a chapter about sexuality in christianity class.... I dunno, we once watched this lesbian film called fucking åmål in class... people around here are pretty homophobic though, its harder for gay guys though, since assholes in denial beat up guys they think are gay....

I dont get any shit from other people, but my friends are often saying to me that I look lesbian. once at a party this friend og mine that were a little drunk said ' if i didnt know better id say you were a lesbian' .. I know theyre only joking like that but it kinda hurts...


earlier today, me and a couple of classmates were talking about our trip to poland in a little while. and theres this girl thats allways a bitch and mad at everyone, so we were joking about getting her a male hooker, and then she said that no, they should get me a female hooker.

I dont know if things like that would decrease if I came out as bisexual or if it would get worse...

It should be but, the school i go to, it will never be embraced. I go to an all boy's private school. The views the teacher's say are the views of the Catholic church. Even if the program gets supported, most of the students won't embrace it or take it seriously. The sad part is out of like 500 students there about 60 or more so guys are gay. This is important to learn about, and it shouldn't be limited to heterosexuals, but sadly it is. My school has no problem addressing subjects, as: war, murder, sex before marriage, but they have a problem with homsexuality.

Well, my little essay question backfired. My History teacher, instead of waiting to discuss it with me, went to my form tutor to inform her that I had &quot;gone on a tangent&quot; about LGBT rights in a question relating to gender. I think it's pretty tied up with gender, don't you? Anyway, my form tutor talked to me about it and as I was about to inform her as to why I'd put that part in the question, she said &quot;Nothing happened in the 20th Century!&quot; That has me fuming. LGBT History month is there for a reason. So I'm going to write a letter: I know she's not a homophobe, she's just being really ignorant and should apologise. See how she likes it in writing.

I notice the original poster lives in England and I gotta say I lived in England for about a year and had to go to school there and it was for me, hell on earth. It was like prejudice of all kinds were prevalent not just homophobic prejudices. But in relation to that, if insults were ever traded amongst the students you can bet someone would use homosexuality in some way to attack someone. Typically if they thought someone was gay, comments like &quot;watch it lads, backs against the wall&quot; which I find particularly distasteful. I don't recall homosexuality being discussed ever in class in that particular school though. I live in AZ now and it's totally different. Apart from one or two blowhards I ain't had no real problems here.<br /><br />Post edited by: simon5292, at: 2008/02/11 15:07

well im pretty sure my school tries to pretend like it doesnt exsist but i do have like this social justice class and that's in the book, not sure whether or not they will cover it though. but even if we did no one would raise their hand to discuss it or anything cause everyone would think its suspicious.