How did you grow up learning about LGBTQ+ people and the community? If it was negative things you heard associated with LGBTQ+ people, why is that?  Did you learn about LGBTQ+ people in sex education or in history?  Did you bully and/or harass a person who was part of that community? Did you use gay as an insult and other derogatory language? Did you make "jokes" and ask stupid questions like "would you rather have a gay son or a hoe daughter"? Do you still do that? If you answered in a negative way towards any of the questions above then think about this: Lack of safety resulted in many LGBTQ students missing school Compared to cisgender LGBQ students, transgender students were more likely to receive school discipline and over three times as likely to report that they might not complete high school. LGBTQ students who reported high levels of victimization, absenteeism or discrimination were more likely to have been involved with the justice system as a result of school discipline.Because schools and people refuse to unlearn the bias and stigma associated with LGBTQ youth, they end up being pushed into the streets and into the school-to-prison pipeline. Listen to Finish The Sentence, unlearn your bias, so we can dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline once and for all and have a better future for our LGBTQ youth.*Note: This is part 2 of a 3-episode series on the school-to-prison pipeline.