Don’t Look Away: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students (UNESCO)

International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) and UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report released findings from research and surveys on the situation of LGBTQI students across the world showing widespread evidence of homophobia and transphobia. Worryingly,  54%  percent of LGBTQI people have experienced bullying in school at least once based on their sexual orientation, according to a survey of more than 17,000 children and young people aged 13 to 24.
The survey also showed that 83% of students had at least sometimes heard negative comments towards LGBTQI students, and 67% had been the target of negative comments at least once. The majority of students (58%) never reported bullying incidents to any school staff and fewer than 15% of respondents systematically reported their experiences of bullying to any school staff.