There had been college campus studies, but never K-12. Incidents occurred in every month of the school year, however October and January showed definite peaks. A majority of incidents occurred in classrooms, hallways, and in locker rooms or in or near the gym. The most salient factor that makes a person vulnerable to anti-gay harassment and violence seems to be simply the offender's perception of the targeted person's orientation. Age, race and where a person lives do not seem to matter.
Gender seems to be a factor, with boys being at apparently higher risk.
Even a person's actual sexual orientation is apparently not a primary determinant of whether they are targeted. These young people were perceived to have responded in a variety of ways. About half the time, respondents said that some or all of the students who watched, did so in silence. About a quarter of the time, respondents felt that some or all of the student witnesses had encouraged the offenders or joined them. Almost one third of incidents in which youth were targeted were neither witnessed by nor reported to any teacher, administrator or other employee of the schools.