Homophobia in School

[Aiden]

Hey guys! A few months ago I spoke to my form tutor about the use of homophobic language around school and in lessons and she said she would tell my head of house about the complaint. A few lessons after, she told people off for using homophobic language but it still continued.

Now she doesn't do anything and neither does my school. I've told my tutor that the teachers are actively excepting the use of homophobia and do not punish the students behaviour. Each day I hear a lot of it.

So, my question, what should I do to try and make my school less homophobic? I know some of you might say that I should just shut up and not care but I do. It's kind of offensive and if it was racism than it would be punished.

I just want to make a nicer place, please don't reply if you have nothing useful to say. xo

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[FlyingJesus]

You have two options

1) Go back in time and teach all of them from a young age that such language is offensive and has no place in a working environment

2) Go forwards in time to when they're old enough to not call everything gay

[Aiden]

That doesn't really help...

[Kardan]

Personally I'd just tell the teacher, if that didn't stop it - I'd go to the next person up (Head of department/house/year/key stage/headmaster) and keep going until somebody listens. Either that, or if it happens a lot just walk out the class and head over to whatever student support system your school has. They'll soon start listening if you keep walking out of classes.

[Aiden]

Cannot rep you, I will when I can.

But yeah, I think I'll have to do that. I'm not sure about walking out of class though, I will be very likely to get excluded for that.

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[Jurv]

are they actually saying something offensive or just using words out of context?

pretty much everyone at school calls things 'gay' you shouldn't get wound up, there's nothing you can do about it

[Futz]

Usually most gays understand this

but in all honesty, most of kids in secondary school arent homophobic, people just use phrases like "that's gay" just as a substitute for like that's ****, that sucks, they're not really using the word gay in a homophobic way

it's the same when you call someone a ******
"you don't have to be gay to be a ******" - some comedian

[karter]

Usually most gays understand this

but in all honesty, most of kids in secondary school arent homophobic, people just use phrases like "that's gay" just as a substitute for like that's ****, that sucks, they're not really using the word gay in a homophobic way

it's the same when you call someone a ******
"you don't have to be gay to be a ******" - some comedian

um you think "that's gay" sums up homophobic language??

[Aiden]

I might start using racist words but I'm not racist... ner tbh maybe not.

But the thing that annoys me is that teachers do not do anything about it. I understand they cannot control everything but surely they can warn pupils.

And I know people do not mean it in an homophobic way. Some of my friends (well, people I get along with) use the language and they arn't homophobic.

Sorry I just don't think it should be socially excepted.

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You're the type of person I'm talking about. It's actually really sad that even you cannot take some topics seriously.

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Usually most gays understand this

but in all honesty, most of kids in secondary school arent homophobic, people just use phrases like "that's gay" just as a substitute for like that's ****, that sucks, they're not really using the word gay in a homophobic way

it's the same when you call someone a ******
"you don't have to be gay to be a ******" - some comedian

Does that make it right?