Gay Bashing is a Problem in Canadian Schools

In an age when gay pride parades have become status quo, when same sex romances proliferate all forms of media, one would think that gay bashing would become a relic of the past.

Not so, according to a nationwide survey of Canadian High school students. Released in May 2011, this survey shows that more than seventy-five percent of "lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, queer or questioning students" feel unsafe at school. In fact, most gay teenagers report that they are harassed verbally and physically on a daily basis.

Just under 2000 high school students in every province were surveyed by research teams from the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg either through in-school sessions or an online survey.

Their reports are a wake-up call for parents and teachers who think that prejudice exists only south of the border and that we, Canadians, are just too level-headed to succumb to that kind of nonsense. Read more here.