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Fifteen years later, bullying, harassment, and exclusion remain serious problems for LGBT youth across the US, even as their peers generally become more supportive as a group. Experiencing targeted verbal harassment had negative effects on student mental health. Although the Briggs Initiative was defeated, laws prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality or restricting discussions of homosexuality in schools were enacted by state legislatures in the late s and s.
When students themselves tried to raise questions that were pertinent to LGBT youth, instructors more typically reacted with embarrassment or deflection. For example, in some schools, same-sex couples were excluded from elections to the homecoming court or other school competitions.
Council members Mike Hennefer and Glen Blanscet opposed the measure.