Encouraged by Greater Tolerance, a Growing Number of Gay Teens Are.... Nara Schoenberg.
by Schoenberg, Nara; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 72Human Relations. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Coming out (Sexual orientation) | Gay bashing | Gay students | Gay teenagers | High school students -- Attitudes | Homophobia | Homosexuality | Invective | Teenagers -- AttitudesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "By the early 1990s, gay people had taken on workplace discrimination, sodomy laws, even the U.S. military. But the rampant bigotry of the average public high school--an institution where 'gay' is the all-purpose put-down, where those even suspected of being homosexual are subjected to taunts and threats--had yet to face a serious challenge. And then along came the Internet, with reassuring informational sites and anonymous chat rooms....Buoyed by such developments, as well as positive media images in TV shows ranging from 'Ellen' to 'The Real World,' gay teens started coming out of the closet, or going public with their sexual orientations, at hundreds of American high schools." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article examines how gay teens are coming out of the closet while in high school in ever increasing numbers but many still face difficult times in dealing with the reaction of their peers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Encouraged by Greater Tolerance, a Growing Number of Gay Teens Are..., May 12, 2003; pp. n.p..
"By the early 1990s, gay people had taken on workplace discrimination, sodomy laws, even the U.S. military. But the rampant bigotry of the average public high school--an institution where 'gay' is the all-purpose put-down, where those even suspected of being homosexual are subjected to taunts and threats--had yet to face a serious challenge. And then along came the Internet, with reassuring informational sites and anonymous chat rooms....Buoyed by such developments, as well as positive media images in TV shows ranging from 'Ellen' to 'The Real World,' gay teens started coming out of the closet, or going public with their sexual orientations, at hundreds of American high schools." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article examines how gay teens are coming out of the closet while in high school in ever increasing numbers but many still face difficult times in dealing with the reaction of their peers.
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