User:Mckeownshea/LGBT youth vulnerability

Media:

-Another holiday that was created to celebrate The LGBTQ community and is celebrated in the month of October is called, LGBT History Month and it was originally created in October 1994 by Rodney Wilson and he was the first openly gay teacher in Missouri at the time. In 2009, our current president Barack Obama officially made it a National History Month and that whole month is dedicated to learning about their rights, expressing openness, and celebrating the LGBTQ community.

- In 2020, there are many places besides the United States that learn and celebrate it all month long like, The United Kingdom, Hungary, United States, Brazil, Canada, Greenland, the city of Berlin, and Australia; and in 2012 two schools in the United States celebrated LGBT History Month.

Health Studies:

-4th paragraph: 28% of LGBTQ students were bullied electronically

-According to the CDC, there are a couple things the school can do that are evidence and research based to help the school become a healthy place for all children, and those ways are: encourage respect for all children, no matter what your ethnicity is or sexual orientation and ban bullying, harassment, or violence, identify "safe places" on campus for the students like a counselor's office or a designated classroom where students of the LGBTQ community can find support and feel safe, and ensure the health curriculum is up to date regarding the LGBTQ community and have HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention information that is relevant to them.