Source: The Advocate.com|By Mitch Kellaway 
 In a recent study released by the 

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, nearly three times the amount of LGBT youth respondents - and particularly those in rural areas - reported bullying and harassment online, as compared to their non-LGBT peers (42 percent of LGBT youth versus 15 percent of straight, cisgender youth). In addition, LGBT youth were twice as likely to report being harassed via text message. Billed as the first study to deeply explore the Internet experiences of LGBT youth, Out Online: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth on the Internet drew on a national survey of 5,680 students in middle and high school.