The guidelines, produced by County Durham Anti-Bullying Service, will be sent to schools across the county, but will also be made available to youth workers for possible circulation across the Northeast.
Team manager Tom Cunningham said the service had noticed that there was little reference to homophobic bullying in the county's bullying policies.
He added that Section 28, which banned local authorities from promoting homosexuality, also presented an obstacle before it was repealed last year.
Anti-Bullying Week runs from 22 to 28 November and includes the launch of an anti-bullying web site by the charity BeatBullying, and the launch in Nottingham of Text Someone, which uses mobile phones to report bullying.
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