Jody Dobrowski was murdered walking home after an evening out withfriends last October. His attackers screamed anti-gay insults as theypunched and kicked the 24-year-old gay barman. They also stuffedDobrowski's shoe into his mouth.
He later died in hospital with injuries so severe he could only beidentified by his fingerprints.
Brutal assaults like these are the biggest reason why campaignersbelieve homophobic bullying in UK schools cannot go unchallenged. Andthe evidence suggests this kind of bullying is widespread.
A Department for Education and Skills survey from 2002 found that 82 percent of secondary school teachers were aware of verbal homophobicbullying. And 26 per cent also said they knew physical homophobicbullying occurs at their school.
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