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UPDATE: New Data on LGBT Hate Crimes

By Tanya Paperny - Oct 29th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

To follow up on my earlier post, it seems relevant to add that the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition just released its 2008 GENIUS Index, which “tracks and evaluates the efforts of colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts to prohibit discrimination and promote awareness of gender identity and expression in their policies.”

Schools get special points if they have non-discrimination policies based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Some of the key findings of the study:

• 45% of students witnessed or experienced harassment due to sexual orientation or gender identity and expression
• 88% of “Top 25” colleges and universities now include gender identity and expression and sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies (up from 65% in 2007)
• Campuses including gender identity and expression and sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies jumped 53% since 2007
• Over 4.25 million K-12 students now attend public schools in districts covered by anti-bullying policies that address gender identity and expression and sexual orientation.

GenderPAC also offers a toolkit on how to get stronger non-discrimination policies on campuses.

(Full disclosure: Our sister organization, Campus Progress, partnered with GPAC for this guide.)

Tags: gender, LGBT, non-discrimination, transgender