Numbers in the news

88

Percentage of Washington secondary school students surveyed by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in 2009 who reported hearing homophobic remarks in school on a regular basis.

22

Percentage of surveyed Washington students who reported hearing teachers comment negatively on someone’s gender expression on a regular basis.

80

Percentage of surveyed Washington students who reported being verbally harassed due to their real or perceived sexual orientation during the school year.

29.8

Percentage of LGBT-identified students who reported skipping class at least once during the school year due to safety concerns, according to a 2011 nationwide survey.

45.7

Percentage of nationally surveyed LGBT-identified students who reported having a Gay-Straight Alliance at their school.

26.9

Percentage of nationally surveyed LGBT students in small towns or rural areas who reported having a Gay-Straight Alliance at their school.

55

Percentage of Washington residents surveyed in 2011 who said they would vote to uphold a law passed by state legislature legalizing same-sex marriage.

6

Percentage of Washington residents surveyed Sept. 2012 who said they were undecided as to whether Referendum 74, a voter referendum that aims to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of Washington, should be approved or rejected.

105,000

Signatures obtained by Protect Marriage Washington to put Initiative 1192, which would create a statue defining marriage as between a man and woman, on the November 2012 ballot in Washington.

132,000

Dollars raised by anti-same-sex marriage group Preserve Marriage Washington as of July 2012.

1.9 million

Dollars raised by Washington United for Marriage, an organization dedicated to supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage, as of July 2012.

SOURCES: GLSEN.org, washingtonpoll.org, King5.com, Reuters