It is said that the school age of elementary and junior high schools is the time to recognize one's sexuality, and sexual minority students are vulnerable to bullying and school refusal, and there is a need for enhanced support in the field of education.

　Against this background, Associate Professor Honda and his colleagues conducted a questionnaire survey on the current status of sexual minority support in Japanese junior high schools.According to the survey, 89% of schools answered that "students have faculty members and school counselors who can discuss their concerns about sexuality."However, 30% of schools "know that there are places and faculty members where students can talk about sexuality."

　88% of the schools have "shared consideration for sexual minorities in attitudes and behaviors", 21% have "held training sessions for faculty and staff on sexual minorities", and "sexual minorities". We are developing a guide for faculty and staff on support and consideration for minorities. ”Only 11% of schools.Furthermore, when there was a request from a specific student, at most half of the schools decided to provide some kind of support and consideration in school life, and the most considered one was "health diagnosis" at 50%.

　In the future, it is expected that sexual minority support in Japanese junior high schools will be enhanced by utilizing the results of this survey.This survey was conducted based on the "2017 Yamanashi Prefecture Satoshi Omura Human Resources Development Fund Project (Yamanashi Prefecture Young Researcher Encouragement Project)".

* Sexual minorities are so-called typical LGBT (lesbian: female homosexual, gay: male homosexual, bisexual: bisexual, transgender: person who has a sense of discomfort in physical and mental sexuality). People who show different sexuality from "male" and "female".

Reference: [Yamanashi Eiwa College] Survey on the actual situation of sexual minority support in Japanese junior high schools (PDF)