Nowhere are the harmful results of heterosexism in our culture more painfully obvious than in the culture of public schools where adolescents as young as fourteen of fifteen, struggling with understanding gender and sexual identity, are subjected to acts of hazing, harassment, and even violence simply because they do not conform to dominant notions of gender roles. With this site we hope to educate teachers and students about the problem of homophobia and the harassment of homosexuals in the school systems by offering a curriculum to enlighten faculty and students to the nature of, and complexities surrounding, sexual and gender identities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered identities.
Emphasis is placed on prevention of homophobia and the recognition of heterosexist privilege.
This is the world of the lesbian and gay young person .