- School is an important environment in which participants spend the majority of their time
- In some ways school is a positive experience for participants because:
- They have formed strong friendship bonds with like-minded individuals, and their friends are a very important contributor to their wellbeing and happiness, and their feeling of belonging
- Most teachers are supportive and available to talk to
- Secondary school provides a bigger pool of LGBTQ+ role models
- In other ways school is a negative experience because of:
- Micro-aggressions/bullying from other pupils
- A lack of understanding/knowledge from some teachers
- Not being called by their preferred pronouns or their preferred first name
- A lack of opportunity to celebrate their lifestyle or LGBT history/culture in school
