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PrvGLBT-MvdHCrmVEdu
Daniel Odom, George Mason Universiy
By implementing a comprehensive educational policy focused on theawareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) identitieswithin its school systems, the United States will expect to see a de-crease in GLBT-motivated hate crimes within ten years.
Hae crimes agains GLBT individuals are on he rise in he Unied Saes. A sae-men issued by he Souhern Pov-ery Law Cener in 2005 assered,“Homosexuals are ar more likelyo suer violen atacks han anyoher [minoriy] group.” Accordingo he 2006 repor issued by heFederal Bureau o Invesigaion,o he 7,722 biased incidens ledwihin he U.S., 1,197 were moivaedby sexual-orienaion bias; his is a20% increase rom 2005.
History
As o 2007, atemps o include GLBT Americans in he ederally proecedmandaes o hae crimes have ailed. This ailure has paricularly dangerous con-sequences or GLBT sudens. An increasing number o GLBT Americans are“coming ou” a younger ages, bu educaional insiuions are no revamping heirpolicies o proec he emergence o GLBT sudens.
Analysis
American high schools are reporing an increase in homophobic aciviies direc-ed owards GLBT individuals.In 2003, he Gay and LesbianSuden Educaional Nework(GLSEN) ound ha 17% o highschool sudens were physi-cally assauled because o heirsexual orienaion and 11.5% dueo heir gender expression. In2005, hese saisics increasedo 17.6% or sexual orienaionand 11.8% respecively.
Key Facts
In 2000 Gallup polls revealed ha 54%
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o Americans ound homosexualiy “ac-cepable,” a sharp conras rom he 38%o public suppor repored in 1992 .While naionally, Souh Carolina pos-
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sesses only 1% o all sexually moivaedhae crimes; inernally, he sae had a92% increase in sexual orienaion basedhae crimes beween 2005 and 2006.
Talking Points
78% o respondens in a 2007 Gallup poll
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suppored he expansion o ederal haecrime laws o include crimes commited onhe basis o he vicim’s gender ideniy andsexual orienaion.According o he Gay, Lesbian, Sraigh
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Educaional Nework, schools wih a“comprehensive policy” dedicaed o GLBTproecion have lower incidences o verbal,physical and sexual harassmen amongsuden populaions .
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