From as early as preschool, boys are expelled almost five times as often as girls; for all grade levels, African American students are suspended or expelled at rates several times higher than any other group; and nonheterosexual youth experience school sanctions up to three times more often
than heterosexual youth.
Nearly 20 years of Massachusetts
Youth Risk Behavior (MA - YRB) data show that lesbian, gay, and bisexual students have remained at disproportionate health risk in many dimensions (e.g., victimization, violence, substance use, and unprotected sex)
than their
heterosexual peers.