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Sounds like an interesting topic. I dont know stats off the top of my head but I'm sure you can easily find them on the net. You should include things like the prevalence of mental illness in homosexuals....gays are much more likely to be depressed than straight people. This is because of lack of support, not just because of bullying at school but also because they may be in the closet, or their parents and family might reject them.

In relation to that you could look at suicide rates. And then maybe compare rates from different countries.

The study below talks about how depression is related to internalised homophobia....so if someone thinks being gay is a curse then they are more likely to suffer from depression. People get these views because of societies homo-negative discrimination. Unfortunately only the abstract is available online and not the actual study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...nel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

This study actually looked at the effects of ignoring discrimination against LBGTQ individuals. So exactly what your essay is about. Unfortunately you cant access the actual study again unless you pay, but the abstract pretty much concludes the results of the study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...nel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

These studies are carried out by university professors and published in well known international journals. So quite reliable info, it will look good if you quote them in your essay and the reference them at the end. When you reference it just put the name of the journal and the page numbers eg Health Psychol. 2007 Sep;26(5):627-34.
Then the name of the journal, and the authors. This site (pubmed) is really good for finding journals like these two so have a play around.

Good luck with the essay.

 

I remember as a LGBT confrence i went to that kids who are part of a racial minority and are also LGBT have a significantly harder time than those who aren't a racial minority. its sorta a duh thing if you think about it, but it seems worth to look into to provide special help to those kids.

 

I think thats a great and challenging topic you picked.

I'd definately research some stats related to depression, suicide related to the GLBTQ community.

Which then branches into, if support and education are there, would "members" of your program feel more safe.

Does active education from GSA's help eliminate the hate/confusion/etc of the GLBTQ community?

I just wrote what I thought, it may not make sense because its raw, but I'd love to see what you have so far.