Bullying in Schools Towards Sexual Minority Youth Kris Varjas Brian Dew Megan Marshall Emily Graybill Anneliese Singh Joel Meyers Lamar Birckbichler ABSTRACT. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning and inter- sex (GLBTQI) youth, and those perceived to be GLBTQI, face extensive verbal and physical bullying in schools. Although increasing attention has been made at examining the safety concerns of sexual minority (GLBTQI) youth, there remain important gaps in the literature as well as significant sampling limitations. This article seeks to identify and re- spond to research gaps by: (a) reviewing existing literature about the causes and risk factors associated with homophobic bullying; (b) re- viewing existing literature about the consequences associated with the victims of sexual minority bullying; (c) identifying the limitations to re- search procedures and methodologies that have been used to investigate Kris Varjas (E-mail: kvarjas@gsu.edu), Brian Dew (E-mail: cpsbjd@langate.gsu. edu), Megan Marshall (E-mail: cpsmlm@langate.gsu.edu), Emily Graybill (E-mail: Emily.graybill@gmail.com), Anneliese Singh (E-mail: nanakikaur@yahoo.com), Joel Meyers (E-mail: cpsjjm@langate.gsu.edu), and Lamar Birckbichler (E-mail: lbirckbichle@ gmail.com) are all affiliated with Counseling & P.sychological Services, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3980, Atlanta, GA 30302-3980. Funding for this work was provided through a grant from the Society for the Study of School Psychology (SSSP). Additional funding was received from Georgia State University's College of Education Educational Research Bureau (Principal Investiga- tors Varjas, Dew, and Meyers). Journal of School Violence, Vol. 7(2) 2008 Available online at http://jsv.haw6rthpress.com © 2008 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved. doi:10.1300/J202v07n02 05 59