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// The Power of Words // Everyday men, women, girls, and boys are being ridiculed, judged, discriminated, and bullied simply because of their sexual orientation. Why is it that 92% of all middle school and high school students report that they hear homophobic remarks and 84% of gay, bisexual, transgender, and lesbian students say they are verbally abused? ** It gets better! **   These remarks and words that are being thrown around are simply because of **ignorance.** These students do not know what it means to be gay, all they know is that it is different than what the “norm is” (whatever the hell that is), so they rebel against it. These students are **afraid of difference.** What schools are doing are setting up Gay-Straight alliances and having programs such as LGBTQ groups that inform students about what sexual orientation actually is. Everyone is different in multiple ways and **we each have something unique to contribute to this world** and don’t you forget that. There are people out there like teachers, counselors, community centers, and even your peers that support who you are and you do not even know it. Do let these words define you; just simply **create yourself** the way you want to be. ** Do not become a statistic. **