Chicago may get "gay-friendly" high school

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Hmmm .... good thing or bad thing?

And please, no homophobe responses please.

Public school officials in Chicago, Illinois, are recommending approval of a "gay-friendly" high school because harassment and violence are causing gay students to skip class and drop out at alarming rates.

The School for Social Justice Pride Campus, which officials say will not be exclusive to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, is aimed at being safe and welcoming for any student looking for another school option, said Josh Edelman, executive officer in the Chicago Public Schools' Office of New Schools.

"It is not going to be a 'gay high school,' but yes, in a way, it is meant to target kids who feel they have been victims of bullying for their sexual orientation or perceived orientation," Edelman said.

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[GreatestPosterEver]

They will probably still get bullied by going there. They still go home, so instead of getting bullied at school they will get bullied at home

[Acie]

What's going to prevent people who like to harass from enrolling in this school?

And what's going to prevent students from other schools from coming there and harassing them? If anything IMO it's making them an even bigger target by having them all in one place.

Put the money into teaching and encouraging tolerance instead of excluding them altogether.

[Conqueror of the Goths]

Segregation has never worked historically. It's really taking a step back in my opinion. For the most part, gay culture has been outright and challenging societal norms and bringing discrimination to the forefront. Doing this, is simply saying, we give up in a way and refuse to challenge these norms.

I understand that suicide amongst gay men in their teens is astongishly high, but that's our fault for not having the proper guidance/psychological counselling in place in high schools.

[Menudo]

exactly. Isnt that called positive homophobia? You are treating them different by trying to protect them. Another kind of homophobia.

[coltrane]

benzo and claudius are right. segregating people just reinforces the negative stereotypes. my belief is that they should use this money for education and for monitoring behaviour(aka staff protection of vulnerable students at existing schools).