1988 is the first year that the Human Rights Campaign held its national Coming Out Day, Oct. 11.

26 percent of gay and lesbian youth are forced to leave home because of conflicts over their sexual identities.

97 percent of incidents involving anti-gay slurs in schools are not addressed by the classroom teacher.

Sources: http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/comeout.html, http://www.lambda.org/Gay_student_facts.htm