Here are some notable numbers from the Iowa Pride Network, the organization behind National GSA Day, which highlight the importance of GSA’s in schools. In schools with a GSA, students are:
- 25% are less likely to be verbally harassed because of their gender
- 23% less likely to skip class and 15% are less likely to not attend school because of feeling uncomfortable or unsafe
- 23% less likely to be physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation
- 21% more likely to report never having been sexually harassed at school
- 12% less likely to be physically harassed or assaulted because of their gender expression
- 10% less likely to be verbally or physically harassed because of their sexual orientation or gender expression and 10% more likely to report never being cyber-bullied because of their sexual orientation or gender expression
Top photo via http://gsaday.org/