I-SEARCH: Research Process

In order to find the topic of my social action research project, I thought back to my high school days and what I wanted to change about it. I immediately thought of one my best friends who "came out" during high school and the bullying that he went through. To find sources, first I went to the IUP library website to look up academic articles. I found many interesting sources about the mistreatment or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning, LGBTQ, students this way. The articles I found helped me a lot but, I found the most helpful sources by accident when I went to the library to find a book. The book that I went to look for was in a section that had many other books about the topic. I had not realized that there would have been an entire section of the library devoted to LGBTQ students and the bullying they undergo. To investigate this topic, I have put together a survey that I am going to send to high school teachers. This project has really opened my eyes to the mistreatment that LGBTQ students have encountered in the past and are still encountering today.