As precise data among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth presents a challenge for researchers to collect and analyze, we quote these statistics and their sources not as a definitive compilation, but rather a collection of the most current scientific surveys, studies, and research available to the public.

The souces of each statistic can be found by clicking on the footnote number.

School Violence

• In the 2003 - 2004 shcool year, there were 48 total school deaths. [11]
• 66% of youth involved in school shootings have been bullied. [2]
• Every recent publicized school shooting (Columbine, Santee, Moses Lake, and West Padukah High Schools) contains reports of perpetrators being bullied with anti-gay epithets. [3]
• 160,000 youth skip school out of fear of being harassed each day. [4]
• #1 reason students bring weapons to school is protection against bullies. [5]

Gay and Lesbian Youth

• 33% of all teen suicides. [6]
• 50% of all male youth suicides. [6]
• 42% of all homeless/throwaway youth. [7]
• 20% high school dropout rate. [8]
• 50% risk of being rejected by their families. [7]

Heterosexual Youth

• 80% of students harassed about sexual orientation identify as heterosexual. [4], [9]
• Students harassed because someone thinks they are gay are 5 times more likely to attempt suicide. [9]
• 97% of students hear anti-gay comments in school. [10]

Sources
1. "School homicides highest after breaks." 2001 CDC School Violence Report, quoted in www.cnn.com, August 10, 2001. On the web at:
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/08/10/school.violence.ap/index.html

2. "Persistent Problems" quoted in The Miami Herald, July 8, 2001.

3. Quoted in "Violent Reaction: What do teen killers have in common?" Chase, Anthony. In These Times. Vol. 25, Issue 16. July 9, 2001. On the web at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/16/chase2516.html

4. "The Intersections of Racial, Gender and Orientation Harassment in School and Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents." Saewye, Phd., Singh, MD, et. al. University of Minnesota.

5. "Research In Brief," National Institute of Justice, October 1998. On the web at:
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/172857.pdf

6. "The Homosexuality Factor in the Youth Suicide Problem." Pierre J. Tremblay B.Sc., B.A., B.Ed. Presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, Banff, Alberta, October 11-14, 1995, (c) Oct 1995. On the web at: http://www.qrd.org./qrd/www/youth/tremblay/main.html

7. "Adolesecent Homosexuality: Issues for Pediatricians," G. Remafedi, Clinical Pediatrics 24.9 (1985): 441-485.; "Gay and Lesbian Homeless/Street Youth: Special Issues and Concerns," J. Bucy and N. Obolensky.; G. Kruks, Journal of Adolescent Health 12.7 (1991): 515-518.; and Safe Horizon Victim's Services, "The Streetwork Project Study," New York City, 1987-1990 (quoted in the "Prevention of Health Problems Among Gay and Lesbian Youth", p. 28, the Health and Human Services Report to Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. Massachusetts, 1994).

8. 1999 Massachusetts High School Students and Sexual Orientation Youth Risk Behavior Survey (conducted for the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, Boston, Massachusetts). On the web at: http://www.state.ma.us/gcgly/

9. "83,000 Youth Survey: Selected findings out of eight population-based studies." Safe Schools Coalition of Washington State, May 1999. On the web at: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/83000youth.pdf

10. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Survey conducted by the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, February 1993, quoted in "Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth: Breaking the Silence in Schools and Families," Education Report to the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, p.9, Boston, Massachusetts. On the web at: http://www.state.ma.us/gcgly/

11. According to National School Safety and Security Services, a Cleveland-based firm that tracks school violence, their were 48 deaths during the August 2003 through June 2004 school-year. This equals more than the past two school years combined and more than any year in the past decade.