LGBT harassment increases on campuses nationwde, survey finds

Dan82 · Sep 23, 2010

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About one-quarter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and university employees have been harassed on college campuses across the country because of their sexual orientations, according to a new survey.

The report, issued on Sept. 13 by LGBT advocacy group Campus Pride, found bigotry toward LGBT students in primary and secondary schools often continues at the college level.

The study, titled "The 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People," surveyed 5,150 individuals from more than 100 universities across the country.

Despite Campus Pride's findings, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts spokesman Christopher Ott said very few cases of harassment toward LGBT students on college campuses are brought to the organization.

"Most of the people that come to us with cases of bigotry or hate toward gay and lesbian students are at the middle and high school level," Ott said. "It may be because we live in a fairly open-minded state, but we've had to deal with very few cases on college campuses."

Jordan Rossman, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said homophobia at Boston University is "a complete non-issue."

"BU's almost laughably welcoming," he said. "I didn't come out when I was in high school and when I came here, within a month I came out and it wasn't a big deal at all."

However, Rossman said he did experience hostility during an Alternative Spring Break trip his freshman year in Washington, D.C...

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Just Adam · Sep 23, 2010

thats a very sad statistic...ok i dont listen to specifics.... but...the fact there is more bigotry is very sad as the young are supposed to be getting more open and accepting

NickT · Sep 23, 2010

I think it has more to do with the fact that more people are open about their sexuality and thus aren't as ashamed of reporting hate crimes to the police. It's not so much that hatred is increasing, it's just being reported more often.

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