Title: Hatred in the hallways :
Authors: Boschenek, Michael.; Brown, A. Widney.; Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Date: 2001
Publisher: Human Rights Watch,
Physical description: xvi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: "Writen by Michael Boschenek ... and A. Widney Brown ... based on information the authors gathered during visits to California, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Utah between October 1999 and October 2000"--Acknowledgments.
Contents: Glossary -- Dylan N., Nevada -- I. Introduction -- Methods -- International standards -- II. Recommendations -- Key recommendations -- Additional recommendations -- To local school boards and individual schools -- Policies against harassment and violence -- Other steps to provide protection from harassment and violence -- Protection from discrimination in employment -- Teachers, administrators, and other staff -- Counseling -- Access to information -- Gay-straight alliances and other school-based support groups -- Transgender youth -- Curriculum -- Recommendations to state governments -- To state legislatures -- To state governors -- To state Departments of Education -- Recommendations to the federal government -- To the Executive Branch -- To the United States Congress -- To the United States Senate -- To the United States Department of Education -- III. Young and queer in America -- Legal developments -- The lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth population -- Transgender youth --^ Children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents -- Gabriel D., California -- IV. Hatred in the hallways -- Verbal and other nonphysical harassment -- The effect of a hostile climate -- Matt P., New Hampshire -- Escalation -- Sexual harassment -- Physical abuse -- Where the harassment occurs -- Erin B., Georgia -- V. Gender and homophobia -- Harassment of young lesbians and bisexual girls -- The relationship between sexism and homophobia -- Gender-nonconforming youth -- Anika P., Texas -- Transgender youth -- Dahlia P., Texas -- VI. Coping with harassment and violence -- Depression -- Alcohol and drug use -- Risky sexual behaviors -- Runaway, homeless, and "throwaway" youth -- Suicide -- Eric C., California -- VII. Teachers and administrators -- Official inaction -- Participation in acts of harassment and discrimination -- Wendy Weaver, teacher, Utah -- The pressures faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teachers and staff -- The lack of job security --^ Harassment of teachers by students -- The benefits of openness -- Supportive teachers -- Nikki L., California -- VIII. School counselors -- The value of supportive counselors -- Misinformation and bias -- The need for training -- The importance of confidentiality -- Ethical obligations -- "Outing" students -- Alix M., Midwestern United States -- IX. Gay-straight alliances -- The benefits to youth -- Efforts to suppress gay-straight alliances -- X. Access to information -- Health education -- Other classroom instruction -- Libraries -- Outside youth groups -- XI. Legal standards -- The right to protection from physical and mental violence -- U.S. Constitutional standards -- Federal legislation -- Constitutional limitations -- Congressional inaction -- Limited protection under Title IX -- State and local protection from harassment -- The right to nondiscrimination and equal protection of the laws -- U.S. law -- State protection from discrimination --^ The right to freedom of expression -- Permissible restrictions on free expression -- The protection of public morals -- The protection of public order -- The First Amendment and the Equal Access Act -- The use of sodomy laws as justification for restrictions on freedom of expression -- The rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly -- The right to education -- Protection of gender identity in international and U.S. law -- XII. Conclusion -- Deciphering legal citations -- International documents -- U.S. documents -- Appendix A. Excerpts from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- Appendix B. Excerpts from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- Appendix C. Excerpts from the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Appendix D. Excerpts from the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women -- Appendix E. Selected state statutes.
Notes: Written by Michael Boschenek and A. Widney Brown.
Subject headings (LCSH): Gay rights--United States.; Hate crimes--United States.; Homophobia in children--United States.; Homophobia in schools--United States.; School violence--United States.; Sexual minority students--Violence against--United States.; Youth--Sexual behavior--United States; Youth--United States--Sexual behavior.