Some queer youth experience supportive, welcoming school environments where they are physically and emotionally safe and their 2SLGBTQIA+ identity is respected or even embraced. Others may experience unwelcoming, unsafe, and unsupportive conditions in schools. Research has found that queer+ youth are more likely to experience stress and fear in school than their non-queer+ peers.

A school trustee’s role is to maintain a focus on student achievement, well-being and equity and to participate in making decisions that benefit the board’s entire jurisdiction while representing the interests of their constituents.