Safe and supportive schools for LGBT youth: Addressing educational inequities through inclusive policies and practices

Day, Jack K.; Ioverno, Salvatore; Russell, Stephen T.

doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2019.05.007

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“…48 Adoption of more inclusive school policies for sexual and gender minority youth is needed, because they have been associated with more positive experiences and perceptions of school climate for LGB youth. 49,50…”

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Suicidal Behavior and Coming Out Milestones in Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults

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Purpose: We describe the timing of suicidality across the life span in three cohorts of sexual minority adults. We hypothesized that suicide attempts coincide with the coming out period and that younger sexual minority people, who grew up in more accepting social environments, will have lower prevalence of suicide attempts than older generations. Methods: A U.S. national probability sample of 1518 sexual minority adults in three age cohorts of 18-25, 34-41, and 52-59 years (collected 2016-2018) completed a self-administered survey. Results: Sexual minority adults had high prevalence of lifetime suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts, with the highest attempted suicides in the younger cohort (30.8%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 26.8-35.1) compared with the middle (23.7%, 95% CI = 19.0-29.1) and older (20.3%, 95% CI = 16.3-25.1) cohorts. There were no differences in suicidal behavior by race and ethnicity or between men and women, but gender nonbinary people had higher prevalence of suicidal thoughts. The mean age at suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts tracked closely with age of first realization of sexual minority identity. Most suicide attempts (60.9%) occurred within 5 years of realizing one's sexual minority identity, but a significant proportion of attempts (39.1%) occurred outside this range. Conclusion: Our findings are contrary to the hypothesis that younger cohorts of sexual minority people are at lower risk of suicidality.

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Suicidal Behavior and Coming Out Milestones in Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults

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“…This measure has clear face validity, yet future research could employ more robust measures of this construct. Finally, school practices, inclusive of sexual and gender identity issues, are other important moderators to consider because they may influence the incidence of bullying behaviors particularly against GNCVs (Day et al, 2019; Ioverno et al, 2016; Russell et al, 2016; Smith et al, 2018).…”

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Who Engages in Gender Bullying? The Role of Homophobic Name-Calling, Gender Pressure, and Gender Conformity

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This study examines whether bullies’ gender conformity, pressure to conform to gender norms (felt pressure), and experiences of homophobic name-calling are associated with a tendency to bully gender conforming victims (GCV) and gender non-conforming victims (GNCV). Longitudinal changes were analyzed on all peer interactions in an entire 6th-grade cohort over two-time points during the academic year (152 girls and 128 boys). Experiencing homophobic name-calling at Time 1 predicted perpetrating bullying against GNCV at Time 2. Only for boys, one’s own gender conformity predicted bullying GNCV at Time 2. No significant associations with bullying GCV at Time 2 were found. Bullying GNCV may represent a defensive reaction to demonstrate bullies’ own gender conformity. Particularly among male bullies, one’s own gender conformity can affect the selection of victims based on their gender conformity. This study has important implications for the development of interventions to reduce aggressive behaviors against GNCV in middle school.

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“…For example, rejection might occur in one context (e.g., school) but if other contexts are supportive (e.g., home), the development of RS might be slowed down or prevented. For sexual minority adolescents, the school context might be particularly amenable to change by implementing inclusive policies and programs that reduce bullying and improve acceptance (Day, Ioverno, & Russell, 2019 ). LGBTQ community centers (see Fish, Moody, Grossman, & Russell, 2019 ; Williams, Levine, & Fish, 2019 ) may also be uniquely positioned to deliver programs that increase sexual minority youth’ self-esteem and develop coping strategies to address RS and the associated mental health consequences.…”

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The Rejection Sensitivity Model: Sexual Minority Adolescents in Context

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Safe and supportive schools for LGBT youth: Addressing educational inequities through inclusive policies and practices

Cited by 87 publications

References 50 publications

Suicidal Behavior and Coming Out Milestones in Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults

Suicidal Behavior and Coming Out Milestones in Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults

Who Engages in Gender Bullying? The Role of Homophobic Name-Calling, Gender Pressure, and Gender Conformity

The Rejection Sensitivity Model: Sexual Minority Adolescents in Context

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