The project Butterfly Effect, funded from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, including Gay Center with toll-free number Gay Help Line 800 713 713 is a partner, in the 2023/2024 school year, conducted workshops against homophobic and transphobic bullying in high schools and youth centers, involving a sample of 220 boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 19. The complete data will be presented Today at 5:30 PM at Via Galvani 51 F, Rome highlight the urgent need for systemic intervention in Italian schools
In Italy, students who received insults or threats è moved from 46% to 68% (EU-LGBTQI+ report data), in our research the 35% of LGBT+ students declare having suffered discrimination and 1 in 4 episodes of bullying, even physical (source EU LGBT+), which almost entirely occur towards students who have declared themselves.
The 26% of victims of homophobic bullying and domestic violence develops self-injurious behaviors, and the 15% exhibits suicidal thoughts.
9.1% of students believe that being lesbian, bisexual or gay is a perversion or illness while 16.5% believes it is “a choice”, thus showing that 25.6% of students have strong prejudices towards lesbian and gay people since it's even worse for trans people.
Despite the vast majority declaring for the 78% is in favor of training against discrimination against LGBT+ people 65% declares that these topics are never discussed in his school, the figure increases if we move to the provinces.
In Italy on approximately 3,000 high schools and professional schools only 348, that is only 11% have inclusive programs for trans and LGBT+ people (such as career alias)
We therefore ask institutions to invest in mandatory training courses against discrimination.
Alessandra Rossi, Gay Help Line Coordinator 800 713 713