PTA Chapter in NY Addresses Needs of Gay Students
Associated Press
1 year 2 months ago
Rachael Scheinman hears anti-gay slurs all the time.
The senior at the Portledge School in Locust Valley, N.Y., says many of her peers use hateful vocabulary as generic putdowns without realizing the harm.
“These slurs are used very cruelly, and when I ask people about it they say they are not being anti-gay; they are just substituting the slur to mean ‘stupid’ or something like that,"” said the 18-year-old, who identifies herself as gay.