Study: Bullies 'love' lgbt youngsters

Something to remember the next time someone on the right talks about how anti-bullying laws are a covert way to push the so-called homosexual agenda:

A groundbreaking new Harvard study has found that gay people are far more likely to be tormented as youngsters, often leading to years of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health and Children’s Hospital found that gays, bisexuals and heterosexuals who have had a same-sex partner are 1 to two times as likely to experience violence, especially in childhood, and have double the risk of experiencing PTSD as a result.

. . . Using data from a nationally representative sample of more than 34,000 adults, the researchers found that 45 percent of sexual minority women and 28 percent of sexual minority men had experienced violence or abuse in childhood, compared to 21 percent of women and 20 percent of men in the general population.

“I think people know there’s discrimination, but they don’t know the breadth or severity of it - or how lasting the impact is,” Roberts said.

The researchers hope the study, which will be published in the American Journal of Public Health, will raise the awareness of parents, teachers and health-care providers, as well as state lawmakers who are hammering out the final details of an anti-bullying bill in the wake of two high-profile suicides.

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