Evidence Exchange of LGB&T Statistics
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Almost half of gay young people say that hearing the word 'gay' used as an insult undermines their self esteem and distresses them 'extremely' or 'a lot'.
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Bullying
More than four in five gay young people say they are distressed and their self-esteem is undermined when they hear the word 'gay' used as an insult.
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Bullying
Only four percent of young people who tell someone about being bullied tell a religious leader.
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Bullying
Almost a third of gay young people who tell someone about homophobic bullying, tell an adult outside school such as a youth worker or family friend rather than than a parent or carer.
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Discrimination:
Bullying
More than half of gay young people who tell someone about homophobic bullying, tell a parent or carer.
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Bullying
1 in 5 young people who experience homophobic bullying tell their headteacher.
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Bullying
1 in 4 young people who experience homophobic bullying tell an adult at school such as a classroom assistant as opposed to a teacher.
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Bullying
Two-thirds of young people who experience homophobic bullying tell a teacher.
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Bullying
When gay young people experience homophobic bullying and tell someone about it, 90% tell a friend at school.
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Two-thirds of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying said that nothing happened to the bully.
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Bullying
5% of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying said their parents were brought in to the school to discuss it.
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Bullying
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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Bullying
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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Bullying
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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Bullying
3 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils who have experienced homophobic bullying reported the bully being told off.
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Bullying
5 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils never intervene when they hear homophobic language.
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Bullying
4 in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils intervene sometimes when they hear homophobic language.
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Bullying
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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Bullying
Only 3% of lesbian, gay and bisexual school pupils stated that other pupils intervene every time they hear homophobic language.
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Bullying
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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Discrimination:
Bullying
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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Discrimination:
Bullying
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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Discrimination:
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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Bullying
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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Bullying
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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Discrimination:
Bullying
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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Discrimination:
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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Discrimination:
Bullying