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Homophobia in high school: One student's experience

Homophobia in high school: One student's experience Karlee Reid, pictured, took a stand against homophobia at high school and found herself in the psychiatrist's office. She tells her story. While Pickering High School isn't known for violence, it is certainly known for the homophobic students within it. After severe harassment caused a considerable amount of emotional upheaval in our school and home environments, my current partner and I, with the help of a mutually close friend, proceeded to post copies of a typed poem we wrote throughout the school expressing our opinions and feelings about the homophobic and harassing attitude of our peers. It wasn't long before we were intercepted. We found ourselves in the office.�
[Date: 12-Aug-05 ]