Abstract

Universities are meant to be places of personal and intellectual development In theory they are designed to be a safe place for students where they can express themselves without fear However certain vulnerable groups continue to struggle to be able to assert their identities In this sense five principal categories of social inequality can be identified socio-economic and urban-rural gender ethnic and racial disability and age Gair n and Su rez 2012 There are groups at risk of exclusion in a society still dominated by prejudices and stereotypes in each category Among these groups is the LGBTQI community since people who do not follow sexual and gender norms tend to be punished with bullying and hidden curricula in school environments Elipe et al 2015