Reply #26: In some cases better, in some worse, I imagine

[noamnety]

We've informally become a sort of rescue school for kids who were bullied in traditional schools for not fitting gender norms. Before new students start with us, they attend several days of diversity workshops - before they even get their class schedules - to get indoctrinated about our school culture, and we have some pretty frank school wide discussions during that time about stereotypes, bullying, racial issues, glbt issues.

I know that's not the norm though at any school. The norm is to not address it at all, look the other way and pretend such things as gay people don't exist.