Evidence Exchange of LGB&T Statistics
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Only 1% of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying reported the bully being permanently excluded from school.
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1 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying when asked "'What happened to the person bullying you?' responded "My parents were brought in."
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6% of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying reported the bully being excluded from school for a short time.
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1 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying reported that the bully got detention because of it.
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1 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying reported attending a meeting between them and the bully.
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3 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying reported the bully being told off.
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5 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils never intervene when they hear homophobic language.
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4 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils intervene sometimes when they hear homophobic language.
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1 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils intervene most of the time when they hear homophobic language.
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Only 3% of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils intervene every time they hear homophobic language.
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3 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that teachers and other school staff never intervene when they hear homophobic language.
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4 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that teachers and other school staff intervene sometimes when they hear homophobic language.
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Nearly a quarter of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that teachers and other school staff intervene most of the time when they hear homophobic language.
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Bullying
1 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that teachers and other school staff intervene every time they hear homophobic language.
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9 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that their headteacher did not intervene when he/she witnessed homophobic bullying.
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6 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that teachers did not intervene when they witnessed homophobic bullying.
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Bullying
8 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other staff (e.g. lunchtime supervisors) did not intervene when they witnessed homophobic bullying.
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6 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other students did not intervene when they witnessed homophobic bullying.
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Bullying
Nearly a fifth of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as they thought no-one would believe them.
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Nearly a fifth of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated the reason that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as "No-one around".
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A third of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils said that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as the teachers wouldn't do anything about it.
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Two fifths of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils said that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as they didn't want to.
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Nearly half of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils reported that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as they thought it would have made the bullying worse.
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Two fifths of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils said that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as they thought nothing would happen to the bully.
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Over half of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils reported being afraid to tell anyone they were being bullied as it would 'out' them as a lesbian, gay or bisexual
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Nearly three fifths of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils reported that they did not tell anyone they were being bullied as it was not easy to talk to anyone.
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Bullying
Nearly three-fifths of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils report being too embarrassed to tell anyone that they are being bullied
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15% of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils reported being bullied by people from other schools
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2% of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils reported being bullied by non-teaching school staff
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Bullying
Nearly a quarter of all lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils reported being bullied by older boys in their school
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Bullying