Preventing youth Suicide or not:
The safe schools
program is a program set up to end school bullying and help prevent
youth suicide. Homophobic bigots do not like the program as it helps
LGBTQ kids survive into adulthood. It was revealed that NSW (New South
Wales) would not be refunding the program. To which failed Prime Minister and admitted homophobe
Tony Abbot proclaimed the scrapping was a good decision. This comes
after the right had repeatedly made false claims about the program and
disliked its factually accurate material which triggered the sensitive
bigotry of right wingers. This program seems to be being "replaced" in
NSW by one that does not address the higher rates of suicide or self
harm in young LGBT people due to homophobia.
In SA (south Australia) the life saving program will be replaced by the Shine SA program. It seems the "replacement" programs implementation is a farce,
its opt-in, and if the vitriol we have seen leveled at Safe Schools
showed us anything its that such a program should be mandatory in all
schools. This plan would see the community's that are the most
homophobic exempt from the anti bullying program?!?
The
program will also require teachers to gain parental consent before
stepping in and preventing bullying or offering help to vulnerable LGBTQ
students. This in itself could be disastrous! The outing of young LGBT
students to their parents could lead to abuse at home in addition to the
abuse they are suffering at schools, t could also lead to higher rates
of youth homelessness.
We
can only hope these governments get voted out before too many lives are
lost, so we can at least make a decent attempt to make our schools safe
and help LGBTQ kids survive their school years.
SHine SA
You may not be able to find help at school or at home but there is help out there;
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