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L’UNESCO ha recentemente pubblicato l’analisi di dati raccolti in 106 paesi sulla violenza omofobica e transessuale, ovvero il rapporto Out In The Open (qui un pdf riassuntivo di 62 pagine).

Se ne parla in questo articolo sottolineando come il bullismo a stampo omofobico abbia un impatto significativo sull’educazione e sulle prospettive di impiego.

In Argentina, 45 per cent of transgender students dropped out of school, either due to transphobic bullying by their peers or being excluded by school authorities; while in England, 37 per cent of LGBT* young people aged from 16 to 25 said their time at school had been affected by discrimination.

E come, nei casi più gravi, aumentino le probabilità di tentato suicidio.

One in four LGBT* students in Mexico has thought about suicide as a result of bullying in school and nearly 7 per cent of students in Thailand who are, or are perceived to be, LGBT* attempted suicide in the past year. In Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and the United States, LGBT(I) students are between two and more than five times more likely to think about or attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.

 

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