The Wall of Homophobia/Biphobia/TransphobiaThe Wall of Homophobia/Biphobia/Transphobia

Brick #806

i was at the mall with my friend and the whole time her brother was saying stuff like "that's so gay!" and "fag" and "stop being so queer" even after I told him to stop


Brick #874

In an assembly about drunk driving, a straight boy with a really high voice was shown to be killed by a drunk driver.  When waiting for our bus, me and some of my friends were talking about how sad this was, when one guy piped up, saying: "He was a faggot; he deserved to die."

SJAM

Brick #658

In grade 7 a tomboyish girl was asked if she peed standing up.

Laurentian Senior Public School

Brick #643

"Why would you want to be gay when it differs from the social norm?"

KCI

Brick #645

"Are you a lesbo, then?" A friend told another. "No. And stop saying that just because I don't agree that one guy isn't hot."


Brick #644

Even my friends call me an it....They're serious too.


Brick #642

11 year old girl being called a 'lesbo' by other students because her mother is a lesbian.


Brick #659

Today I got out of GSA and then went to class. I asked to go to the bathroom. I was heading down there and a random teacher asked "Are you sure you're going into the right one? Oh wait. You don't have one. You need your own gender-f---ed one"


Brick #660

Many teachers, not all, ignore when names get yelled at me even when it is right in front of them. Hearing dyke, lez, ur so f----ed up, and other things and having teachers just let me put up with it and not step in hurts. Teachers are supposed to help and support, right?


Brick #661

Four years ago in grade 8 I came to one of my teachers to tell them that the other girls were calling me a dyke and a homo. She looked me in the face and said "Well are you queer?". I looked her in the face and told her to go f---k herself.

Sir Dominic Savio

Brick #662

I don't care if they call me a fag. I care when they tell me to go to hell because I am a fag.


Brick #646

A couple of students in a class last year would constantly call one student "gay" or "fag". They would write it on the board in large letters. The teacher in our class saw it every day and eitehr told them to be quiet or did nothing.

Forest Heights Collegiate

Brick #647

In grade 7 a tomboyish girl was asked if she peed standing up.

Laurentian Senior Public School

Brick #648

When I came out to my friends, I asked them if they were ok with it. They all said yes. But my one friend was constantly making fun of me behind my back. I felt so betrayed. She lied right to my face.

Forest Heights

Brick #649

When I walked into the washroom a teacher followed me into the washroom and pulled me out and said that I should go into "THAT" washroom.

KCI

Brick #650

The first day in grade 12 when I went to my class my teacher told me that I was "BUTCHED" and that I didn't belong. So I dropped that class that day.

KCI

Brick #651

A student said "Get out of my face" when I offered him a day of silence sticker. As his friend took a pin he stated being silent for a day is the stupidest thing he's ever heard of.

KCI

Brick #652

Grade 9, just after I came out, a few guys found it funny to push me down the stairs, into lockers, and dons of other physical stuff. One kid mentioned that they shouldn't be hitting a girl and they said that I wasn't one so it was ok.

Waterloo Region High School

Brick #653

"You're going to hell unless you suck your pride and accept that you're straight."


Brick #654

Various students in a class last year would constantly call another student 'gay' and 'fag', even to go so far as writing it on the board. This happened regularly.

Forest Heights Collegiate

Brick #655

When I told one of my classmates I was gay he freaked out and asked to move to the other side of the room. The teacher asked "Why?" and he said "Because I don't wanna sit next to this fag" and then pointed to me and said "What's wrong with him?". The student said "Cause he's a homo!".


Brick #656

Rumours that 2 new students transferring to our school "Had" to leave their old school because people found out they were lesbians. They were ostracized at our school too.

Waterloo Oxford Secondary School

Brick #657

After getting a pink collar people put garbage in my locker along wtih a sign calling me a homosexual slut. People ask me where my owner is and call me an idiot.

Jacob Hespler Secondary School

Brick #663

A friend of mine had "fag" carved into her locker door. It took the school 3 weeks to paint over the writing, yet you could still see the word.

Resurrection

Brick #664

I often dress rather boyis, and always hear people loudly commenting: "Is that a dude or a chick?". "Yo, that is so fucked up".

Cameron Heights Collegiate

Brick #665

When I came out in grade 9 students moved their desks away from mine so they didn't have to sit near me.

Cameron Heights Collegiate

Brick #666

A teacher pulled me out of the girls washroom because I didn't look like a girl. She said "You can't go in there! You are not a girl". I dropped out of school because she gave me and my gay friend dirty looks.


Brick #667

When my daughter was in senior kindergarten, she told her teacher she had 2 step-moms (her dad's wife and her mother's wife). The teacher told her that wasn't possible and she was wrong.

Waterloo Region Elementary School

Brick #668

Someone told me AIDS is a divine punishment for homosexuality.


Brick #669

In grade 8 I had "F--k you stupid DYKE" scrawled on my locker. I ended up being suicidal and afraid to go to school. I almost failed 3 different classes because I missed so much school.


Brick #670

I got a drumstick broken on my head because I'm gay. He must have hit pretty hard to make something MADE for hitting break.


Brick #671

"FAG" was carved into my locker before I started using it and then later on in the year it got more grafitti. It hasn't been repainted yet.

Forest Heights Collegiate

Brick #672

A fellow student in my english class started verbally assaulting me because I said that I, as well as some of my friends, were non-heterosexual Christians saying "Homosexuals can't be Christians! Homosexuality is a sin!". When I told her that I was bisexual, she almost physically assaulted me.

Jacob Hespeler Secondary

Brick #673

A boy walked into a girls washroom because he didn't feel comfortable going into the boys. Students would say "Get out!" or "You shouldn't be in here" or just say "What a fag".

Jacob Hespeler Secondary

Brick #674

In grade 7 they liked to say "Don't talk to her. She's a LESBIAN".

Laurentian Senior Public

Brick #675

"So she's gay? Then why are you her friend?"

Cameron Heights Collegiate

Brick #676

Grade 9 teacher said "When I was your age on Friday nights we'd get nice and steamed, then go throwing fags under busses."

Forest Heights

Brick #677

A teacher commented to elementary student who had 2 moms "What do you mean you don't have a dad? We're you born in a testtube? Everyone has a father".


Brick #678

I heard a boy making homophobic comments such as that's gay, etc. When I confronted him, thinking he didn't know how that could hurt, he simply looked at me like I was an insect and said "What? I hate gays. You're a race of your own and I'm a racist".

Forest Heights

Brick #679

When my little sisters friends found out I was a lesbian they asked her if I tried to molest her all the time.

Laurentian Senior Public School

Brick #680

Every day I'm called a f---ing fag by two other students. I don't even go into the cafeteria anymore (they work there) unless I have to and even then, it's only to grab a salad and run.

Jacob Hespeler Secondary

Brick #681

Oddly enough, my teacher stops the racist comments not the gay ones.


Brick #682

A teacher of mine was joking around with students and said "Oh man! That's so gay!". I was not amused.

KCI

Brick #683

I am called dyke, lesbo, mentally retarded, bush muncher, f---ing homo many times in a day. I will never report it. I'm so tired of it.

Waterloo Oxford

Brick #684

A guy always told me "The power of Christ compels you" when he saw me.


Brick #685

One of my best friends from church, when she found out I was gay, told me she thought I should stop coming to church. She said it like a warning. Like she was doing me a favour because I was offending God and he would kill me for it. All I was doing was praying.

Forest Heights

Brick #686

My 7 year old son asked me what gay meant. I explained that its true meaning means happy. With further questions from him, I also told him that some people use this word in a mean way. This was happening to him. A month later he told me that he was called gay again. He responded by saying "Yes I am a happy person." He was told by this person "That isn't the way I meant it".

St. Jacobs Public School

Brick #687

In Eastwood's cafeteria I sat with my arm around my girlfriend. Suddenly, a girl came up to us and pointed at her friend. She then said "Do you think you could stop? We're trying to eat" and walked away.

Eastwood

Brick #688

"These are all the homos from all the schools, all together here".

KCI

Brick #689

In elementary school I was accused of being gay. I wasn't out yet and wasn't comfortable dealing with it. I asked a girl out and there suspicion died down. I came out two years later, found the girl I dated and apologized. We're good friends now and she has come out as bisexual. Coincidence.


Brick #690

Once, while being introduced to my friend's sibling I gave my name and stuck out my hand. The first thing they did was ask if I was gay. My oblivious answer being yes, they looked at me and walked away. They apologized later that night.


Brick #691

"Why don't they just cut off their dicks?"

Bluevale Collegiate

Brick #692

All the girls stopped being my friend when I came out. And the guys wanted to watch.


Brick #693

A guy was sitting in class and someone said "So where is your boyfriend" and he was not gay. The person said that just because he had a high voice.

Jacob Hespeler

Brick #694

"I'm not homophpbic. I just hate gay people."


Brick #695

Once I hid in the bathroom all lunch hour because of a bully who called me gay. But now, I realize that being a homosexual is not a character flaw. It's a blessing.


Brick #696

A teacher at school called me an "it...well, whatever you are". I told admin, the teacher denied it, and they didn't do anything. A week later I overdosed and because I was in CAIP I failed two classes because I missed my exams plus one month of school.


Brick #697

A (female) staff member was disturbed by two female students --out lesbians--who were showing affection. The staff member was upset. No such concerns were raised about our heterosexual students showing affection.

KCI

Brick #698

When people see me hanging out with my gay friends they ask me either "Are you gay?" or "Why do you hang out with them?"

Jacob Hespeler

Brick #699

When I was in math one time the teacher made a gay joke. That wasn't the bad part. It was just weird to have everyone stare at me to see what I'd do.


Brick #700

The homophobia in my elementary school was so much that it affected my mental health so much that I had several mental breakdowns and became suicidal.


Brick #701

It takes a lot to tell someone to stop when they are being intolerant. Personally whenever I hear the term faggot or gay I make a point to stand up to them., Once I yelled at a guy in class for using the word fag. The teacher who heard the fight came over but instead of lecturing the kid for using an inappropriate term she told ME to calm down because I was making a fuss over nothing.

Cameron Heights

Brick #709

At my senior public school, some of my classmates had come accustomed to referring to me as "butch". When my science teacher overheard them, he joined in, and called me that from then on. At the time, I was rather naive...pretty much oblivious, not really realizing what at all was being said.

Laurentian Senior Public School

Brick #708

Some girl in the hallway started calling me names like dyke. My girlfriend stood up for me and almost got into a fight with this other girl. Teachers broke them up. We all went to the office and the principal said we would deal with the situation after x-mas break....nothing was said or done and this girl still gives me looks in the halls.

KCI

Brick #707

At a group get together (outside of school) some uninvited guests showed up. At first I figured they were just looking for a fun time like the rest of us....until they started chanting "Faggot, wanna fight?".


Brick #706

In religion class my teacher had one of the other staff in to talk and he told us that being homosexual is a sin. One of the other students asked "Because _____ is gay does that mean she's going to hell?" and the speaker answered "Yes".

Resurrection

Brick #705

I was constantly being harassed in my grade 10 science class. I exited the calss crying. The teacher came to talk to me. She said she would talk to them and never did. It continued to happen until the end of the year. It was horrible!


Brick #704

Lately a guy down the hall from me enjoys calling out Dyke in a sing song tune type way every time I'm at my locker. I only realize he's been saying it after I walk away.

Waterloo Region High School

Brick #703

In my senior public school people warned my best friend to stay away from be becuase I was bi and would hit on her.

Senior Public School

Brick #720

I was sitting alone with my Mom one day, when she says "Do you like girls?". I hesitated, and asked to change the subject. She told me she wanted Grandkids, So I had to marry a man.

Home

Brick #738

"Ew, why is that lesbian staring at me?" She looks to her friend disgusted. "I''m going to kick her ass if she checks me out again." She didn't laugh as though it was a joke. I was really scared.

James Street Alter Ed School

Brick #739

Ive Known I'm Lesbian For As Long As I Can Remeber And I Really Wanted To Tell Someone But I Didn't Know Who. So I Thought It Would Be Easier Telling My Friends. I Burst Into Tears When I Told Them Because I Thought They Would Hate Me, But They Were Okay With It...I Thought My One Friend Told Another Girl In The School And Pretty Soon Almost Everyone Knew I Felt So Embarassed Everyone Was Making Fun Of Me And Everyone Was Threating To Tell My Mom (and I Knew I Couldnt Tell Her) So I Lied And Said It Wasnt True, Luckaly I Don't Go To That School Anymore I Go To KCI Hopefully things will be better there...I Just Wanna Be Myself I Don't Wanna Hide It Anymore

At School

Brick #742

I came out to my mom as gay a while back. Her reaction was to tell me that I was wrong.

Home

Brick #744

i was walking to mcdonalds for lunch and it was just after i got  my hair cut really, really short. he asked if i was a lesbian because i looked like a guy, i said that i was. he just looked at me in a weird way and said "thats so gross, how can a girl like another girl!?"

KCI

Brick #754

A peer in one of my classes said this: "I'm not homophobic, I am just against gays." 

School

Brick #799

When I came out to my friends i thought they were fine with it, until they stopped inviting me to things 1 month later when I told them about my new girlfriend.


Brick #756

"please dont ever turn gay on me, thats gross"


Brick #771

i like hanging out with my one friend because she doesnt mind that im bi and supports me, we were going to go to the mall on the way home her dad came to pick us up and was making gay jokes the hole way he was laughing, her mom was laughing and even she was laughing, i felt like i was going to cry.


Brick #801

I came out to my very religious parents, and they told me that I could still come back to God and be straight. They said I'd go to hell. I told them that I'd rather go to hell, because if that's where all the gay people went, then it would be a much better place than heaven. 

Home

Brick #803

i was walking to my locker to get my lunch and some person came up to me and yelled dyke right at my face in frount of a lot of people and they just laughed.

KCI

Brick #807

i was talking to my friend about how i have friends that are lesbian, gay and bi and support them  she didn't seem to mind but when I told her i also had transgender friends she got really really mad and hasnt talked to me since


Brick #808

 "EEWWW!! she a dyke! why do u hang out with her?"

KCI

Brick #838

I'm coming out slowly to the people around me. Every person I tell looks at me in disgust or laughs. It saddens me to think that this is what our world has come to.

New Hamburg, Ontario

Brick #892

My gf at the time and I were sitting at the very back on the bus. I was lying on her lap. The bus stopped to let a passenger on as she walked on looking for a seat she saw us at the back of the bus. In shock she stop dead in her tracks, had a discusting look ok her face and got right back off the bus at that very same stop she had got on.

GRT Bus

Brick #943

My friend was telling me about when she was talking to a girl about not using "that's so gay" as an insult., this girl she was talking to's response was that  "gay people shouldn't be so sensitive".  I don't look at her the same way anymore.


Brick #952

My friends give me a hard time for taking my 6 year old to the gay pride parade each year


Brick #953

My dad told me "Not to hang out with gay kids"


Brick #954

Called butch dyke by grade 8 teacher.


Brick #955

"He's into drama he MUST be gay"


Brick #956

Last year, in grade 11, my girlfriend and I were walking through the hallway and just holding hands. Some guy looked at us and gave us the most disgusting look and yelled out, as he was walking by, "That's f*cking disgusting!"


Brick #957

My best friend saying "My hair looks so gay." "That's gay". She didn't speal to me after I asked her to stop. We have not talked in over 2 years.


Brick #958

I was walking downtown with my BFF and someone yelled out "Bawty Boy!".


Brick #959

Lost some very close friends after I came out and some of those kept think I can't hug them without being in love with them


Brick #960

My former principal was concerned if there was too much support for questioning youth by gay adults, they would be 'encouraged' to be gay.


Brick #961

"We can't have a GSA at our school because it's against our religion".


Brick #962

"You're a girl, you can't wear that"
People couldn't understand that my best friend was a boy. They teased me and said we were dating and doing horrible things. He stopped being my best friend. :(


Brick #963

If you're bisexual why not just date opposite gender?


Brick #964

"We shouldn't have gay clubs in schools...it's not like we have straight clubs."


Brick #965

People can be gay just NOT in my house.


Brick #966

"It's not natural"


Brick #967

A guy in my school, when asked how he felt about gay rights pointed out that "it" was sick and wrong. And if provided the opportunity he would shoot "them" even if it was his best friend.


Brick #968

Stranger stalked my gay friend at a park, then he was saying stuff "You're wrong,...etc!" and "it just was wrong". My best friend did nothing but sit there and take it.


Brick #969

"I'm sure they're a good teacher and all. I just don't want my kid being taught by them".


Brick #970

Don't wanna be bullied? Don't be gay.


Brick #971

Walking in the mall with my girlfriend and getting scoffed at.


Brick #972

"I don't condone your behaviour"


Brick #973

Had to switch schools because I was assumed to be gay.


Brick #974

Grandmother talking about granddaughter's coming out to the family:

"I don't know why so many people are turning gay. Maybe something is wrong with our air or food." (yes, she was serious).


Brick #975

If you are gay, then you can just get the f&*k out of my house.


Brick #976

On facebook, a boy said he hated gay people, The End. Everyone commented including his bi girlfriend...who agreed with him.


Brick #977

In 9th grade, a guy told me to "Stop being such a dyke" and punched me in the face. Don't worry...I kicked his a**!


Brick #978

In high school I was really surprised when a lifelong friend--a good person--said she didn't care what gay people did "Behind closed doors" but they shouldn't do it in PUBLIC!". We're still friends, but she has since married (a man) and settled in traditionally...and I still haven't told her I like girls.


Brick #979

Becoming "distant friends" with people, because they judge my support for my GSA.


Brick #980

Hearing "That's gay"


Brick #981

Old man telling a guy and I to "stop acting like such fags!".


Brick #982

My brother saying (with disdain) "Don't be such a lesbian"


Brick #983

"Only gay people wear plaid. You aren't gay are you?"


Brick #984

My mum uses my sexuality as something to talk about for attention and sympathy...when she's DRUNK!


Brick #985

My brother tells me I'm not bisexual, I just want attention and never to bring a girlfriend home. The hell does he know?


Brick #986

"Why can't you just be a girl?"


Brick #987

Some peers and I were verbally berated and told that our lifestyles were condoned only by the devil and that we would be punished in hell.


Brick #988

My mom stayed home and gave up a week's pay-because she thought it'd be better spent crying over the loss of her son.


Brick #989

"Don't worry. It's just a phase you'll grow out of it."


Brick #990

Since I've come out to him, my dad hasn't spoken to me...It's been 4 months...he was my best friend.


Brick #991

Grandma thinks god gave humanity AIDS because of the gays.


Brick #992

How Gay are you?


Brick #993

When I originally wanted to come out, my sister told me I would be better off to kill myself...So I tried...and almost succeeded.


Brick #994

"I'm totally OK with 'Bill'. He's a great guy. But I don't think he's supposed to be in our church if he's gay"


Brick #995

My step mum and I were talking about "boy troubles' and I said "So basically you're saying I'd be better off to date girls?". My step mum said, "OMG NO! And never even imply that to your father!"


Brick #996

A teacher said she couldn't support GSA's in schools because "Gay people are promiscuous"


Brick #997

In elementary school, my teachers failed me in almost all of my subjects because I didn't act like a proper "GIRL"


Brick #998

Getting shouted at from people in a car driving by


Brick #999

"What guy wouldn't want to hook up with a girl who's bi cause then if she likes guys and girls, they'll have a threesome!"


Brick #1000

"There's no such thing as bisexual, so you must be a lesbian."


Brick #1001

Being asked why I don't settle down and get a husband...


Brick #1002

"No such thing as a bisexual. They just don't know what they want."


Brick #1003

Principal to teacher:

"I don't think a GSA belongs at our school. Besides, do you know how many parent phone calls that would generate?"


Brick #1004

My sister says "I support gays. I just don't think they have the right to get married."


Brick #1005

Sitting out front of Ren and a car full of guys drives past yelling "DYKES!".


Brick #1006

Heard a student say "You f*(kin faggot"


Brick #1007

I can't tell my father my REAL name.


Brick #1008

I was talking home from a friend's house and some guy yells from his car "fag".


Brick #1009

My mom's boyfriend is a homophobe and he told my mom to kick me out and she did.


Brick #1010

Being scared to walk down the halls because a group of guys were standing at the end.


Brick #1011

"You are being brainwashed by all this gay media."


Brick #1012

My dad said no one will want to be with me cuz I am bi so guys will think I will go to a girl and girls will think I will go to a guy.


Brick #1013

My mother assumes I'm a lesbian because some of my best friends are.


Brick #1014

My brother and his friend were walking outside holding hands and 2 men called them "fags" and said they were "f*&*ing gross".


Brick #1015

In grade 7 I was constantly accused of being a lesbian because I wore boys clothes.


Brick #1016

An ad for a pro-LGBTQ event came on the screen. The young man beside me turned to his parents and loudly said "That shouldn't be allowed. They shouldn't be able to advertise stuff like that. Gross."

Theater in Waterloo

Brick #1017

I dated a guy whom I wasn't sexually attracted to. I'm more into women. He wanted "action". I said no. No wasn't an acceptable answer. I was beaten and he got his 'action' without consent.


Brick #1018

My sister won't even look at me the same...she thins I'm wrong and shouldn't be me.


Brick #1019

When my mom said that being a fag is not right and you will never be loved...


Brick #1020

Every year when I go to the pumpkin patch with my aunts people stare and say it's disgusting because two people of the same sex can't fall in love.


Brick #1021

A school board member in Halton compared being in a GSA as similar to being a NAZI.


Brick #1022

My mom makes comments about how I act with my friends, she calls me a lesbian. I'm afraid to tell her I'm bi.


Brick #1023

Girl asking her friend "Does my hair look gay today?"


Brick #1024

Sometimes when I walk past preps they grunt and call me faggot.


Brick #1025

My dad says that gay pride is just a bunch of "fags" dancing around in the street.


Brick #1026

In grade 9 my gym teacher said that going outside in gym clothes, when we didn't have to, would be gay.


Brick #1027

"It's WRONG!" -Religion teacher.


Brick #1028

Getting called a fag by grade 10 teacher.


Brick #1029

"God doesn't love you"


Brick #1030

"Why do you care about gay people so much? Are you gay or something?"


Brick #1031

One of my bestfriend's boyfriend is emotionally abusive. He uses homophobic language all the time. Even after we ask him to stop. And one word is never enough, he combines them. "Gay homo fag"


Brick #1032

I couldn't tell my mom whyat the gsa conference was about.


Brick #1033

"It's just a phase. It'll pass."


Brick #1034

Teacher: "Let's talk about love between a man and a woman."

Student: "What about a man and a man or a woman and a woman?"

Teacher: "We're talking about REAL love."


Brick #1035

"You're going to THAT gay conference?"


Brick #1036

"I can't believe that they're letting faggots marry in New York."


Brick #1037

My professor pointed out a kid he assumed was queer and asked him to tell the class how gay prented families act.


Brick #1038

One of my best friends called me a b*tch because I told her I was bi/questioning. Now when I walk down the halls her sister in grade 12 gives me glares and mouthes fag. :(


Brick #1039

"You're not a lesbian. You just haven't had enough experience with a man and sex...Want me to show you?"


Brick #1040

"That's SO GAY"


Brick #1041

I've been told that I have AIDS all because I'm a lesbian...and that I like to eat crap for fun. I haven't told anyone since!


Brick #1042

"Are you a lesbian cause people talk about it non-stop! Friends/peers ask "all" the time everyday."


Brick #1043

My mom didn't understand how guys have sex. I had to awkwardly explain.


Brick #1044

I was gay bashed a lot in grade 9/10. So bad that I was switched to a different change room in gym. I also started self harm as an "outlet" for my anger and depression.


Brick #1045

I've been told that because I'm bi I'm a whore. I've barely been with anyone...


Brick #1046

Sometimes when my dad and sister are mad at me they call me homo or faggot.


Brick #1047

"Whud UP Faggots!"


Brick #1048

If you're gay you have the devil in you.


Brick #1049

My mom is a hardcore Christian and I'm bi. No, I haven't told her because she's always talking about how she doesn't like me in GSA because being gay is a SIN. IT'S NOT!

I love my mom, but I just wish she would support me and GSA.


Brick #1050

I once experienced a peer move away from me in class because he felt 'uncomfortable' and that I would "hit on" him.


Brick #1051

"I'll still love you if you were gay, but don't be that around me, or move out."


Brick #1052

People are constantly stating how "obvious" it is that their sexual partner would be of the opposite sex...cause y'know girls can't POSSIBLY like other girls.


Brick #1053

If you're a lesbian I'll disown you.


Brick #1054

Your grandmother would be ashamed.


Brick #1055

Lesbians are messed up in the head.