{"id":49328,"date":"2017-01-18T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-survey-of-50000-young-people-reveals-troubling-post-election-spike-in-bullying-harassment\/"},"modified":"2017-01-18T10:10:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:10:46","slug":"new-survey-of-50000-young-people-reveals-troubling-post-election-spike-in-bullying-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-survey-of-50000-young-people-reveals-troubling-post-election-spike-in-bullying-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"New Survey of 50,000+ Young People Reveals Troubling Post-Election Spike in Bullying & Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Survey of 50,000+ Young People Reveals Troubling Post-Election Spike in Bullying & Harassment<\/b>
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Today, HRC\u00a0Foundation released the results of a groundbreaking post-election survey<\/a> of more than 50,000 young people ages 13-18 revealing the deeply damaging fallout the November election has had on youth across the United States.<\/p>\n

The online survey<\/a>, believed to be the largest ever of its kind, found that 70 percent of respondents have witnessed bullying, hate messages or harassment since the election, with racial bias the most common motive cited. More than a quarter of LGBTQ youth said they have been personally bullied or harassed since Election Day — compared to 14 percent of non-LGBTQ youth — with transgender young people most frequently targeted. Additionally, Hispanic and Latinx respondents were 20 percent more likely than other youth to report having been personally bullied, with harassment targeting both immigrant and nonimmigrant communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether the threats come in their schools or from those holding the country’s highest offices, no young person should be bullied or made to feel unsafe,\u201d said HRC President Chad Griffin. \u201cThe alarming results of this groundbreaking survey underscore our fears about the damaging effect the recent election is having on our nation\u2019s youth, and serve as a call<\/a> to action to all of us committed to helping our young people thrive in an inclusive and supportive society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vast numbers of young people also reported feeling nervous and hopeless post-election, with almost half of LGBTQ youth saying they have taken steps to hide who they are by delaying coming out, dressing differently or questioning their plans for the future. Hispanic and African American young people also reported changing their appearances and routines out of fear of harassment, and Muslim, Jewish and Hindu youth all described concealing symbols of their faith to avoid being targeted.<\/p>\n

In responses to open-ended questions on the survey, many young people shared heart-wrenching stories of how the vicious campaign rhetoric had encouraged harassment and bullying. Wrote one Hispanic 18-year-old from Illinois, \u201cMy family and I go shopping and wash clothes at 2 a.m. to avoid seeing and hearing people\u2019s comments.\u201d A transgender youth from Idaho wrote that they and a Latinx friend were confronted at school by a fellow student who said, \u201cDonald Trump is gonna deport wastes of space like you, and hopefully he does something about freaks like you too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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