The school climate survey found that:

• More than 4 out of 5 GLBT students said they were harassed. Of those, 39 percent reported being physically harassed, and 58 percent reported having property stolen or deliberately damaged at school.
• More than 90 percent of GLBT students reported hearing homophobic remarks, and 84 percent reported being threatened.
• GLBT students who report being verbally harassed are twice as likely to say they will not go to college.
• GLBT students who frequently experienced harassment had grade-point averages (GPAs) that were more than 10 percent lower than those who did not.
• GLBT students who did not have (or did not know of) a policy protecting them from violence and harassment were nearly 40 percent more likely to skip school because they were simply too afraid to go.
• Students in the Midwest are slightly more likely to hear homophobic remarks frequently or often.

GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey is the only national survey to document the experiences of LGBT students in America’s schools and has been conducted bi-annually since 1999. Key findings, the complete survey and additional information about methodology and demographics may be obtained at www.glsen.org.