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• 70.1%

  of LGBTQ students
  report being verbally
  harassed.^*

• 71%

  of LGBTQ students report
  hearing homophobic
  remarks from teachers and/
  or school staff because of
  their gender expression.^*

• 53.3%

  of LGBTQ students did
  not report experiences of
  bullying because they
  doubted an intervention.^*

• 48.7%

  of LGBTQ students
  have experienced
  cyberbullying.^*

• 29%

  of LGBTQ youth
  have experienced
  homelessness, been kicked
  out, or run away.^{^}

• 86%

  of LGBTQ youth said that
  recent politics have
  negatively impacted their
  well-being.^{^}

• 1 in 3 LGBTQ youth
  reported that they
  had been physically
  threatened or
  harmed in their
  lifetime due to their
  LGBTQ identity.^{^}
• More than half of
  transgender and
  non-binary youth
  have seriously
  considered suicide.^{^}
• The proportion of
  LGBTQ youth
  reporting a suicide
  attempt in recent
  years was higher
  among youth of
  color than White
  non-Hispanic youth.^"