CYP Now - Steps schools and local authorities should take to be LGBT inclusive

Stonewall’s recent Shut Out report highlighted what life is like for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people who are not in education, training or work.

Young people said that once they had been shut out of education, work or training, re-entering became more difficult. Picture: Adobe Stock - Adobe Stock

Growing up as an LGBT person can be particularly hard. Anti-LGBT bullying is still widespread in schools, with our 2017 School Report finding that 45 per cent of LGBT pupils are bullied because of their sexuality. This combined with a lack of visible lesbian, gay, bi and trans role models can give young people who might be questioning their identity the impression that it is “wrong” or “bad” to be LGBT.

Many of the young people we spoke to for this research explained how being bullied in school, and feeling like they couldn’t be themselves, prevented them from continuing in their education.

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