LGBT Bullying Awareness - Sketch

My awareness piece reflects the harsh bullying that the LGBT school children go through each day.  This project is personal to me since my child is part of the community and has gone through dark periods the past year and a half. I've also witnessed friends and family suffer from bullying, whether it is physical or emotional. Due to social media, these bullying tactics have increased causing increases in suicide. I use the harsh words that the victims are subjected to in my piece. I apologize if it offends everyone, but if it leaves an emotion then it did its job....

I wanted to share some information from stopbullying.gov, website dedicated to awareness of bullying and its impact.

"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) youth and those perceived as LGBTQ are at an increased risk of being bullied. Results from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey show that, nationwide, more U.S. high school students who self-identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) report having been bullied on school property (33%) and cyberbullied (27.1%) in the past year, than their heterosexual peers (17.1% and 13.3%, respectively). The study also showed that more LGB students (10%) than heterosexual students (6.1%) reported not going to school because of safety concerns. Among students who identified as “not sure” of their sexual orientation, they also reported being bullied on school property (24.3%), being cyberbullied (22%), and not going to school because of safety concerns (10.7%)."

Please visit their site for more information on this subject and other information...

https://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/groups/lgbt/index.html