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Objective: Questionnaire surveys conducted to clarify the experiences of sexual minorities (gay/lesbian, bisexual and transgender etc.) during physical education classes and sports club activities at school.
Method: Survey was held among Kansai-rainbow parade 2008 (274 effective answers). Questions about repressed experiences at school were asked. Then, the answers were compared by sexual identities.
Results: ① 56% of sexual minorities heard about homophobic speech. 59% felt to be forced to act into gender roles and 80% felt classes were conducted in a heterosexist atmosphere. 25% experienced disregards and ridicules, and 6% were physically abused. 37% were felt uncomfortable about dividing the group by gender. 32% were felt uncomfortable about the uniform and 12% felt uncomfortable about dividing the locker room by gender. ② For sexual minorities, recognition of homophobic and heterosexist atmosphere had a deeper meaning than for sexual majorities; no differences by gender identity among sexual minorities were noticed. Sexual minorities felt uncomfortable about dividing female and male into groups about uniform and locker room by gender significantly stronger than sexual majorities; and female felt them significantly stronger than male among sexual minorities.
Sexual minorities experienced disregard, ridicule and physical abuse more than sexual majorities; and male experienced them more than female among sexual minorities.
Conclusion: In Japan, sexual minorities felt the heterosexist and homophobic atmosphere, and were even exposed to violence at school. It is important to acknowledge this situation regarding sexual minorities.
