Satire On Bullying

An average of 9 out of 10 openly gay students has reported being harassed at school in the United States, with over half of those students hearing homophobic responses every day. These openly LGBT kids are bullied everyday, and most don’t have the courage to stand up, which causes those who are in the closet to reserve their identity and lose their voice. There are currently none to few at most openly LGBT students at Peirce school. Considering that there’s about 1,000 students at Peirce, isn’t there a chance that at least one of them are LGBT? There may be others who are sure of their sexual identity, however, are afraid of getting tormented and bullied because of who they are. This is why Peirce needs an LGBT no bullying-tolerance policy or an LGBT lesson during advisory and/or GS/LC for a certain amount of time, in order to let these kids know that they have a voice and that the other
Yes, we’re taught to respect people regardless of who they are but there’s no specific rule specifying that bullying LGBT people is wrong and comes with severe consequences. This school doesn’t focus on or follow up on LGBTs being able to go to school without being harassed. There are people who could be bullied everyday quietly with witnesses who laugh along but no one to stand up and if the victim tells, there are no actual witnesses who can back that up. With that LGBT no-bullying policy, everyone knows to respect everyone regardless of who a person is interested in and their sexual orientation and if that were to happen, everyone knows of the severe consequences that can happen. LGBT bullying has some serious effects that happen to the victim, most reports being a development of depression to even suicide. The bullying can hinder a student’s mental or physical ability and may affect the student’s future (such as not getting into the high school of their choice, getting bad grades/test scores,