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• UNIVERSY CHALLENGE NTTANTS BAFFLED BY CHARLI XCX’S INIC GAY ANTHEM HILAR CLIP
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• WHAT CHALLENG DO LGBTQ STUNTS FACE?FROM BULLYG TO FDG A SAFE BATHROOM, LGBTQ STUNTS NAVIGATE A TOUGH LANDSPE AT SCHOOL.PRISMA STAFF• SEPTEMBER 20, 2022PRISMA IS THE WORLD’S MOST ENGAGG VIRTUAL SCHOOL THAT B A FUN, REAL-WORLD CURRICULUM WH POWERFUL MENTORSHIP OM EXPERIENCED ACH AND A SUPPORTIVE PEER MUNYFROM BULLYG TO FDG A SAFE BATHROOM, LGBTQ STUNTS NAVIGATE A TOUGH LANDSPE AT SCHOOL.FOR QUEER YOUTH, SCHOOL N BE A UNIQUELY CHALLENGG ENVIRONMENT.BULLYG, HARASSMENT AND DISFORT AT SCHOOL ARE A NEAR UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE. ACRDG TO THE 2019 NATNAL SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY, ”[GLSEN’S] FLAGSHIP REPORT ON THE EXPERIENC OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER YOUTH OUR NATN’S SCHOOLS" A MAJORY OF RPONNTS FELT UNSAFE AT SCHOOL BEE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN.  EVEN HIGHER NUMBERS REPORT REGULARLY HEARG ANTI-LGBTQ LANGUAGE, BOTH GENERALLY THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND DIRECTED AT THEM PERSONALLY. WHILE THE SURVEY REPORTS SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT OVER THE URSE OF S TWO S OF DATA LLECTN, OTHER AREAS SHOW STAGNATN — OR EVEN WORSENG. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNTS, PARTICULAR, REPORTED HIGHER LEVELS OF HARASSMENT PARED TO HIGH SCHOOL RPONNTS. THE CHALLENG QUEER YOUTH FACE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE MAGNIFIED FOR DOUBLY MARGALIZED LGBTQ KIDS: STUNTS WH DISABILI, STUNTS OF LOR AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH.THE NSEQUENC OF HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA ARE STARK TERMS OF THE MEASURABLE, NEGATIVE OUT: MANY YOUNG ADULTS REPORT SKIPPG SCHOOL, AVOIDG SAME-SEX SPAC SUCH AS LOCKER ROOMS, AND LIMG PARTICIPATN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVI. WORSE, ACRDG TO THE RPONNTS, CINTS OF HARASSMENT OR ASSLT SCHOOL GO SIGNIFINTLY UNREPORTED AND, THE SE WHERE A STUNT DO MAKE A REPORT, OFTEN NO MEANGFUL ACTN IS TAKEN. THE TN FOUNDATN, EDUTOPIA, NCURS: SCHOOLS ARE UNR-ROURCED WHEN TO OFFERG PROTECTNS TO ENSURE STUNT WELL-BEG AND PREVENT VICTIMIZATN; MANY TEACHERS WANT TO HELP LGBTQ STUNTS BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW.WH ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN ON THE RISE ACROSS THE UNED STAT, SCHOOLS HAVE BEE ONE OF THE MOST TENSIVE BATTLEGROUNDS, MAKG THE ROURC AND SUPPORT PROVID BY ADVOCY ANIZATNS SUCH AS GLSEN, THE TREVOR PROJECT, AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.‍LGBT YOUTH FACE INCREASED RISK OF NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT ACRDG TO THE CDC, THE DISCRIMATN FACED BY LGBTQ YOUTH — WHETHER MANIFTS AS VERBAL HARASSMENT, DISAPPROVAL OM FAY MEMBERS, SOCIAL REJECTN, OR PHYSIL VLENCE — SPILLS BEYOND THE WALLS OF THE SCHOOL BUILDG AND LEADS TO CREASED RISK FOR CERTA NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT CLUDG: DISPROPORTNATELY HIGH RAT OF HIV, SYPHILIS AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS (STDS) YOUNG GAY AND BISEXUAL MALCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PREGNANCY FOR ADOLCENT LBIAN AND BISEXUAL FEMAL THAN THEIR HETEROSEXUAL PEERSCREASED SUICI ATTEMPTS BY TRANSGENR YOUTH THAN THEIR CISGENR PEERS.COMPARED TO THEIR HETEROSEXUAL, CISGENRED PEERS, STUDI SHOW HIGHER RAT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSU (I.E. PRSN AND ANXIETY), SUBSTANCE ABE AND LOWER SELF-TEEM AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE INTIFYG AS LGBTQ+. HOG STABILY AND HOMELSNS — WHICH IMPACTS 28% OF LGBTQ PEOPLE DURG THEIR YOUTH — IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR THAT CREAS THE CHANC OF NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT.‍STAY UP TO DATE WH PRISMATHANKS! WE GOT YOUR EMAIL AND WILL BE TOUCH SOON.OOPS! SOMETHG WENT WRONG WHILE SUBMTG THE FORM.‍ADDNAL CHALLENG FACED BY LGBTQ YOUTHFROM K-12 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO HIGHER TN, LGBTQ STUNTS OFTEN HAVE TO VOTE ADDNAL ENERGY TO GET WHAT THEY NEED OUT OF THEIR TN, LET ALONE TO THRIVE. WHAT CHALLENG DO LGBTQ STUNTS FACE AS THEY WORK TO FEEL FORTABLE THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT?FEELG RPECTED. STUNTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RPOND TO FORMS OF LGBTQ DISCRIMATN, OM OVERT HARASSMENT TO MICROAGRSNS. KNOWG HOW TO FACE DIRECT HARASSMENT IS ONE KD OF CHALLENGE; FDG A WAY TO ADDRS ANTI-LGBTQ LANGUAGE AND BEHAVR (DISPARAGG MENTS LIKE, “THAT’S SO GAY!) REQUIR S OWN SET OF STRATEGI. TRANSGENR STUNT MAY HAVE TO NVCE THE SCHOOL MUNY TO LL THEM BY A NEW NAME. GENR NONNFORMG STUNTS MAY HAVE TO NVCE TEACHERS AND PEERS TO E THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS. (THIS BE LS OF AN UPHILL BATTLE WHEN TEACHERS AND ADMISTRATORS NORMALIZE THE CLN OF PRONOUNS PERSONAL TRODUCTNS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE MUNY THROUGH THEIR OWN EXAMPLE.)BEG REPRENTED. AN CLIVE CURRICULUM WH LGBTQ TOPICS AND QUEER ROLE MOLS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP RCG DISPARI, DIMISHG HARASSMENT, AND IMPROVG HEALTHY VELOPMENTAL OUT.DECIDG WHAT TO SHARE. IT’S A EPLY PERSONAL CHOICE HOW MUCH TO SHARE ABOUT ONE’S GENR INTY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATN AT SCHOOL. WHILE SOME STUNTS WILL CHOOSE TO E OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT THEIR LGBTQ INTY, OTHERS WILL BE MORE SELECTIVE ABOUT WHOM TO SHARE THAT WH AND WHEN. EACH NEW IENDSHIP MAY REQUIRE LCULATNS ABOUT HOW — OR WHETHER — TO E OUT AND WORRI ABOUT HOW A RELATNSHIP OR IEND GROUP MIGHT CHANGE AS A RULT OF THAT RMATN. A GENR TRANSN WH S OWN SET OF CISNS, CLUDG HOW TO RM (AND ELIC SUPPORT OM) PEERS AND TEACHERS. (THIS ROURCE OM THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN OFFERS TAILED ADVICE ON THE SUBJECT.)NAVIGATG TENSNS AROUND GENR EXPRSN. GENRED DRS S AND OTHER HETERONORMATIVE TRADNS, LIKE NAMG A PROM KG AND QUEEN, N BEE FLASHPOTS FOR GENR NONNFORMG OR TRANSGENR STUNTS.FEELG FORTABLE SAME-SEX SPAC. THE DISFORT POSSIBLY PROVOKED BY LOCKER ROOMS AND RTROOMS HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED LIGHT OF LEGISLATN AGAST TRANSGENR PEOPLE — WHICH HAS RECENTLY SPURRED LAWSUS STAT SUCH AS TENNSEE AND OKLAHOMA. PARTICIPATG SPORTS. TRANSGENR STUNTS MAY STGGLE TO HAVE FULL ACCS TO SPORTS TEAMS THAT F THEIR GENR INTY — AN CREASG CHALLENGE TODAY’S LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT.FDG THE RIGHT SUPPORT. IN ADDN TO NEEDG PEER, TEACHER, MENTOR AND FAY SUPPORT, LGBTQ STUNTS MAY STGGLE TO ACCS LGBTQ-AFFIRMG SEX TORS, HEALTHRE PROVIRS SPECIALIZED SUPPORTG THE LGBTQ MUNY, AND STUNT ANIZATNS THAT PROVI A SAFE SPACE, SUCH AS A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE OR A QUEER ALLIANCE.STAYG SAFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A 2022 REPORT OM GLAAD, THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY INX (SMSI), GAVE FAILG SR TO ALL FIVE MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWTER, YOUTUBE, AND TIKTOK) FOR THEIR POLICI TO FACILATE LGBTQ SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND EXPRSN.AS AN CLIVE MUNY THAT STRIV TO PROVI A HOLISTIC, FLEXIBLE, CHALLENGG, TERT-DRIVEN TN FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, PRISMA REGNIZ THE SPECIFIC CHALLENG LGBTQ STUNTS FACE. IN THIS POST, WE DISCS SOME OF THE WAYS WHICH NON-TRADNAL SCHOOL OPTNS, SUCH AS HOMCHOOLG AND ONLE SCHOOL, N ELIMATE — OR MIMIZE — SOME OF THE CHALLENG.98% OF PARENTS ARE NFINT THAT PRISMA IS PREPARG THEIR CHILD FOR THEIR ADULT LIFE.

UNIVERSY CHALLENGE NTTANTS BAFFLED BY CHARLI XCX’S INIC GAY ANTHEM HILAR CLIP

One hman wrote Unigo, a fom for stunts to talk about the ndns of their universi, "I've noticed a ser unrcurrent of homophobia that I fd disturbg.

In 2015, the universy's mencement speaker, Brent Bozell ma numero homophobic remarks durg the ceremony while on a tira agast "anti-Catholic, pro-gay agendas" of the media.

In the dience: gay graduate Maxwell Adam Frazier, whose open letter to the llege print mandg an apology went viral. "My non-amic life at UD nnot be scribed as anythg but homophobic and toxic.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

"So we are at a b of a crossroads: eher UD needs to make a change or needs to hontly clare, 'We do not love our gay stunts. Loted the town where gay stunt Matthew Shepard was btally murred, the universy has done ltle to reject s legacy of vlence agast LGBT people, at least acrdg to stunts.

In 2015, a stunt and two other men were charged wh a hate crime after llg another stunt an antigay slur and assltg him on Lehigh's mp. Wake Fort stunt Gracie Harrgton told HuffPo the last time the universy was on this list, "Many stunts e to Wake Fort om fai where homosexualy is labeled as sful and unnatural.

WHAT CHALLENG DO LGBTQ STUNTS FACE?FROM BULLYG TO FDG A SAFE BATHROOM, LGBTQ STUNTS NAVIGATE A TOUGH LANDSPE AT SCHOOL.PRISMA STAFF• SEPTEMBER 20, 2022PRISMA IS THE WORLD’S MOST ENGAGG VIRTUAL SCHOOL THAT B A FUN, REAL-WORLD CURRICULUM WH POWERFUL MENTORSHIP OM EXPERIENCED ACH AND A SUPPORTIVE PEER MUNYFROM BULLYG TO FDG A SAFE BATHROOM, LGBTQ STUNTS NAVIGATE A TOUGH LANDSPE AT SCHOOL.FOR QUEER YOUTH, SCHOOL N BE A UNIQUELY CHALLENGG ENVIRONMENT.BULLYG, HARASSMENT AND DISFORT AT SCHOOL ARE A NEAR UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE. ACRDG TO THE 2019 NATNAL SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY, ”[GLSEN’S] FLAGSHIP REPORT ON THE EXPERIENC OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER YOUTH OUR NATN’S SCHOOLS" A MAJORY OF RPONNTS FELT UNSAFE AT SCHOOL BEE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN.  EVEN HIGHER NUMBERS REPORT REGULARLY HEARG ANTI-LGBTQ LANGUAGE, BOTH GENERALLY THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND DIRECTED AT THEM PERSONALLY. WHILE THE SURVEY REPORTS SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT OVER THE URSE OF S TWO S OF DATA LLECTN, OTHER AREAS SHOW STAGNATN — OR EVEN WORSENG. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNTS, PARTICULAR, REPORTED HIGHER LEVELS OF HARASSMENT PARED TO HIGH SCHOOL RPONNTS. THE CHALLENG QUEER YOUTH FACE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE MAGNIFIED FOR DOUBLY MARGALIZED LGBTQ KIDS: STUNTS WH DISABILI, STUNTS OF LOR AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH.THE NSEQUENC OF HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA ARE STARK TERMS OF THE MEASURABLE, NEGATIVE OUT: MANY YOUNG ADULTS REPORT SKIPPG SCHOOL, AVOIDG SAME-SEX SPAC SUCH AS LOCKER ROOMS, AND LIMG PARTICIPATN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVI. WORSE, ACRDG TO THE RPONNTS, CINTS OF HARASSMENT OR ASSLT SCHOOL GO SIGNIFINTLY UNREPORTED AND, THE SE WHERE A STUNT DO MAKE A REPORT, OFTEN NO MEANGFUL ACTN IS TAKEN. THE TN FOUNDATN, EDUTOPIA, NCURS: SCHOOLS ARE UNR-ROURCED WHEN TO OFFERG PROTECTNS TO ENSURE STUNT WELL-BEG AND PREVENT VICTIMIZATN; MANY TEACHERS WANT TO HELP LGBTQ STUNTS BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW.WH ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN ON THE RISE ACROSS THE UNED STAT, SCHOOLS HAVE BEE ONE OF THE MOST TENSIVE BATTLEGROUNDS, MAKG THE ROURC AND SUPPORT PROVID BY ADVOCY ANIZATNS SUCH AS GLSEN, THE TREVOR PROJECT, AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.‍LGBT YOUTH FACE INCREASED RISK OF NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT ACRDG TO THE CDC, THE DISCRIMATN FACED BY LGBTQ YOUTH — WHETHER MANIFTS AS VERBAL HARASSMENT, DISAPPROVAL OM FAY MEMBERS, SOCIAL REJECTN, OR PHYSIL VLENCE — SPILLS BEYOND THE WALLS OF THE SCHOOL BUILDG AND LEADS TO CREASED RISK FOR CERTA NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT CLUDG: DISPROPORTNATELY HIGH RAT OF HIV, SYPHILIS AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS (STDS) YOUNG GAY AND BISEXUAL MALCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF PREGNANCY FOR ADOLCENT LBIAN AND BISEXUAL FEMAL THAN THEIR HETEROSEXUAL PEERSCREASED SUICI ATTEMPTS BY TRANSGENR YOUTH THAN THEIR CISGENR PEERS.COMPARED TO THEIR HETEROSEXUAL, CISGENRED PEERS, STUDI SHOW HIGHER RAT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSU (I.E. PRSN AND ANXIETY), SUBSTANCE ABE AND LOWER SELF-TEEM AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE INTIFYG AS LGBTQ+. HOG STABILY AND HOMELSNS — WHICH IMPACTS 28% OF LGBTQ PEOPLE DURG THEIR YOUTH — IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR THAT CREAS THE CHANC OF NEGATIVE HEALTH OUT.‍STAY UP TO DATE WH PRISMATHANKS! WE GOT YOUR EMAIL AND WILL BE TOUCH SOON.OOPS! SOMETHG WENT WRONG WHILE SUBMTG THE FORM.‍ADDNAL CHALLENG FACED BY LGBTQ YOUTHFROM K-12 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO HIGHER TN, LGBTQ STUNTS OFTEN HAVE TO VOTE ADDNAL ENERGY TO GET WHAT THEY NEED OUT OF THEIR TN, LET ALONE TO THRIVE. WHAT CHALLENG DO LGBTQ STUNTS FACE AS THEY WORK TO FEEL FORTABLE THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT?FEELG RPECTED. STUNTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RPOND TO FORMS OF LGBTQ DISCRIMATN, OM OVERT HARASSMENT TO MICROAGRSNS. KNOWG HOW TO FACE DIRECT HARASSMENT IS ONE KD OF CHALLENGE; FDG A WAY TO ADDRS ANTI-LGBTQ LANGUAGE AND BEHAVR (DISPARAGG MENTS LIKE, “THAT’S SO GAY!) REQUIR S OWN SET OF STRATEGI. TRANSGENR STUNT MAY HAVE TO NVCE THE SCHOOL MUNY TO LL THEM BY A NEW NAME. GENR NONNFORMG STUNTS MAY HAVE TO NVCE TEACHERS AND PEERS TO E THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS. (THIS BE LS OF AN UPHILL BATTLE WHEN TEACHERS AND ADMISTRATORS NORMALIZE THE CLN OF PRONOUNS PERSONAL TRODUCTNS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE MUNY THROUGH THEIR OWN EXAMPLE.)BEG REPRENTED. AN CLIVE CURRICULUM WH LGBTQ TOPICS AND QUEER ROLE MOLS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP RCG DISPARI, DIMISHG HARASSMENT, AND IMPROVG HEALTHY VELOPMENTAL OUT.DECIDG WHAT TO SHARE. IT’S A EPLY PERSONAL CHOICE HOW MUCH TO SHARE ABOUT ONE’S GENR INTY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATN AT SCHOOL. WHILE SOME STUNTS WILL CHOOSE TO E OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT THEIR LGBTQ INTY, OTHERS WILL BE MORE SELECTIVE ABOUT WHOM TO SHARE THAT WH AND WHEN. EACH NEW IENDSHIP MAY REQUIRE LCULATNS ABOUT HOW — OR WHETHER — TO E OUT AND WORRI ABOUT HOW A RELATNSHIP OR IEND GROUP MIGHT CHANGE AS A RULT OF THAT RMATN. A GENR TRANSN WH S OWN SET OF CISNS, CLUDG HOW TO RM (AND ELIC SUPPORT OM) PEERS AND TEACHERS. (THIS ROURCE OM THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN OFFERS TAILED ADVICE ON THE SUBJECT.)NAVIGATG TENSNS AROUND GENR EXPRSN. GENRED DRS S AND OTHER HETERONORMATIVE TRADNS, LIKE NAMG A PROM KG AND QUEEN, N BEE FLASHPOTS FOR GENR NONNFORMG OR TRANSGENR STUNTS.FEELG FORTABLE SAME-SEX SPAC. THE DISFORT POSSIBLY PROVOKED BY LOCKER ROOMS AND RTROOMS HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED LIGHT OF LEGISLATN AGAST TRANSGENR PEOPLE — WHICH HAS RECENTLY SPURRED LAWSUS STAT SUCH AS TENNSEE AND OKLAHOMA. PARTICIPATG SPORTS. TRANSGENR STUNTS MAY STGGLE TO HAVE FULL ACCS TO SPORTS TEAMS THAT F THEIR GENR INTY — AN CREASG CHALLENGE TODAY’S LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT.FDG THE RIGHT SUPPORT. IN ADDN TO NEEDG PEER, TEACHER, MENTOR AND FAY SUPPORT, LGBTQ STUNTS MAY STGGLE TO ACCS LGBTQ-AFFIRMG SEX TORS, HEALTHRE PROVIRS SPECIALIZED SUPPORTG THE LGBTQ MUNY, AND STUNT ANIZATNS THAT PROVI A SAFE SPACE, SUCH AS A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE OR A QUEER ALLIANCE.STAYG SAFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A 2022 REPORT OM GLAAD, THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY INX (SMSI), GAVE FAILG SR TO ALL FIVE MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWTER, YOUTUBE, AND TIKTOK) FOR THEIR POLICI TO FACILATE LGBTQ SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND EXPRSN.AS AN CLIVE MUNY THAT STRIV TO PROVI A HOLISTIC, FLEXIBLE, CHALLENGG, TERT-DRIVEN TN FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, PRISMA REGNIZ THE SPECIFIC CHALLENG LGBTQ STUNTS FACE. IN THIS POST, WE DISCS SOME OF THE WAYS WHICH NON-TRADNAL SCHOOL OPTNS, SUCH AS HOMCHOOLG AND ONLE SCHOOL, N ELIMATE — OR MIMIZE — SOME OF THE CHALLENG.98% OF PARENTS ARE NFINT THAT PRISMA IS PREPARG THEIR CHILD FOR THEIR ADULT LIFE.

"Even though they had known I referred to myself as gay prr to hirg me, they enuraged me not to refer to myself as gay any longer. In 2015, Baylor dropped a long ban on "homosexual acts" om s sexual nduct policy.