10 Great Resources For Dealing With Homophobic Bullying
Finding yourself the victim of homophobic bullying is a very isolating experience that knocks your confidence and leaves you unsure of who or where to turn to. These ten resources aren’t going to be able to stop it happening overnight but do offer some incredible information on how to deal with the issue whether this bullying is happening in the workplace or the playground.
1. Stonewall – What To Do If You Have Been Discriminated Against At Work
Feel that you’re a victim of homophobic bullying in your workplace? The 2003 Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulation Act is here to protect you and in this guide Stonewall talk you through the steps of what to do next.
Available at Stonewall.
2. Being Gay Is Okay – How To Deal With Bullying
We’re a big fan of Being Gay Is Okay and it’s comprehensive guides for LGBT youth and we feel no different about their homophobic bullying guide. Filled with helpful advice, as well as the personal experience of site owner Jason, this guide makes you feel like he really understands what you’re feeling and offers some great advice on what you can do to bring it to an end.
Available at BGIOK
3. Each
Dedicated to the issue of homophobia and homophobic bullying, this website not only offers advice on what homophobic bullying is and how you can begin to deal with it but more importantly offers an Actionline that LGBT youth can either ring up or access online to talk confidentially about the bullying they’re suffering.
4. Parentline Plus: Homophobic Bullying – Be Someone To Tell
If you’re a parent of a child who you think is being bullied because of their sexuality (or perceived sexuality) then this Parentline Plus guide is definitely worth a read. Offering advice on how to deal with the issue with the school, it also more importantly deals with the best way for you to approach the issue with your child.
Available at Parentline Plus
5. The Lesbian & Gay Foundation: What Does Homophobic Bullying Look Like
Offering a comprehensive breakdown of what homophobic bullying is and the forms it can take, this short but sweet guide from The Lesbian & Gay Foundation just marks one part of a comprehensive range of information on the issues of homophobia and homophobic bullying.
Available at The Lesbian & Gay Foundation.
6. Stonewall – Education For All
Stonewall commitment to the issue of homophobic bullying is an inspiration to us all and their Education For All website is definitely a site to visit for it’s comprehensive list of resources on dealing with homophobic bullying. Also giving you the option to become part of the campaign this really is a life-changing piece of work by the UK’s leading gay rights charity.
Visit the Stonewall Education For All website.
7. BBC Switch -The Surgery: Homophobia
Offering advice to teenagers who are the victims of homophobia bullying, the strongest part of this BBC Switch guide however is the responses from teenagers on how they’ve dealt with the issues themselves.
8. No Outsiders
Set up to explore the ways that greater equality concerning sexuality can be taught in primary schools, the No Outsiders website offers an incredible and very diverse range of resources on dealing with bullying, but also finding support from others in the community. Definitely a site you’ll want to dip in and out of time time and time again.
Visit the No Outsiders website.
9. NASUWT : Tackling Homophobic Bullying
Focused on dealing with the issue of homophobic bullying in schools, this NASUWT Teachers’ Union is an incredible resource for anyone working in education offering not only strategies on advice on how homophobic bullying against pupils should be dealt with, but also that of bullying against teachers.
Available at NASUWT
10. Teachernet – Preventing And Responding To Homophobic Bullying In School
If you’re working with with young people and feel that some of them may be the target of homophobic bullying then this guide, like the NASUWT one, is definitely worth a look. It’s written in a more academic way than most of these other resources which makes it more difficult to just skim, but is definitely worth the time for the valuable point contained within it, not only on dealing with actual cases, but also on how to recognise potential ones.
Available at Teachernet.gov.uk
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