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In reply to the discussion: Twelve-Year-Old Nevada School Shooter Left Suicide Note – Bullies Called Him Gay [View all]Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)>>>>It doesnt really matter if Jose was gay or just if he was just called gay because the bullies think it is the charge that cuts deepest. When being gay is no longer thought of as an insult, bullies lose it as a weapon.>>>>>>
a school by definition, is supposed to EDUCATE.
How many schools include lgbt history in SS or English class? How many teach the science ( science; not religion) about homosexuality in science/biology/sex ed ?
None, afaik, if the NYS CC curriculum... our version of what is being imposed on public schools in 44 states..... can be used as a guide. (Edit to acknowledge the glorious exception of California.)
If straight kids knew what homosexuality actually IS, and how lgbts have shaped history and culture ( probably out of proportion to our actual #s ) they might have more respect for homosexual people, and gay... or perceived to be gay.... kids.
LGBT issue aside..... human nature is what it is ( And ain't that a fucking drag?): How do more... ahem... enlightened societies ( ok, let's use western Europe as a basis of comparison) deal w. school bullying in general?