With the exception of two of the ten types of bullying measured by the survey, sexually and gender diverse youth were more likely to be victims than the exclusively different-gender attracted cisgender youth. The differences were especially large for three forms of bullying: (1) being made fun of, called names or insulted by others, (2) being excluded from activities, and (3) having rumours spread by others.
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