Report: LGBT students still face discrimination at school
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A report from an international human rights organization concludes many public schools are still hostile environments for LGBT students.
The lengthy report from Human Rights Watch, released Wednesday in Sioux Falls, was based on interviews primarily with current and former high school students, parents, administrators and teachers in Alabama, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.
It documented several challenges lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender students face, including in-person and online bullying, limits on LGBT student groups, exclusion of some topics from curricula and discrimination by classmates and school personnel.