Ms Garske said her son had struggled with his sexuality his entire life and been severely bullied at high school 20 years ago. Pamela Garske, whose son is gay, said she was absolutely horrified by the findings.
'That rings alarm bells for me because not only have we had deaths among young people who've been bullied on social media, we've had copycat deaths among young people.' Parents 'horrified' by the findings 'And just under half said that they'd seen people bullied for the same reason on social media. Over half – now that's of concern,' he said. 'Over half of those we surveyed have witnessed first hand people being bullied for their sexuality. The chairman of beyondblue, Jeff Kennett, told Radio National the results were disturbing.
New study finds high levels of homophobia among Australian teenagers (Mandie Sami) Download 6.5 MBįorty per cent agreed they felt 'anxious' or 'uncomfortable' around same-sex attracted people.Ī quarter said derogatory terms such as 'homo' and 'dyke' are 'not really that bad'.
