Ensuring Equitable and Safe Education for LGBT High School Students

Name Institutional affiliations Date Children are entitled to a quality education that should be equitable and safe. But the fact is that discrimination and institutional barriers have always prevented LGBT students from accessing quality education. Acceptance and inclusion of the LGBT communities have been on the rise in the contemporary world, but the efforts have not been fully recognized. The most affected are the children and youths who have suffered the most because they have not been well understood. In schools, especially high schools, students have experienced high levels of discrimination and stress. The turmoil the students face usually hurts their lives since it is in the schools where they spend most of their time, and a considerable part of their lives are in a school setup. These reasons were the motivating factors in addressing the LGBT to high school students to understand where they belong and what they should do. LGBT youths, who are mainly in high schools, are much more likely to experience all forms of harassment than their peers who are not in the LGBT. The kind of harassment the LGBT youths i