Heck, N. C., Flentje, A., & Cochran, B. N. (2011). Offsetting risks: High school gay-straight alliances and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. School Psychology Quarterly, 26(2), 161-174. doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023226

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Gender and school were significant in judging teasing as wrong. In other words, girls and students from urban schools were more likely to judge teasing as wrong. 
Three beliefs, biological, individual rights, and religious convention-- predicted participants judging teasing as wrong.
Three out of 10 justifications were significant factors in judging teasing the gay male target as wrong.:

1. Need To belong
2. Human Equality
3. Unfairness

Personal choice belief were associated with the judgement that teasing is less wrong. 


Teasing: Gay male version

The question was whether or not attending a high-school with gay-straight alliances improved the outcomes of LGBT youth. 

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