Homosexual High

There are reports that a high school is opening in Chicago that is designed to be a safe place for gay and lesbian students to go. The argument for it is that gay and lesbian students are three times as more likely to skip school because they feel unsafe. This leads to truancy and lower grades. But an even bigger problem is the violence that openly gay people can face. The article I read from CNN.com told about a 15 year old kid who was shot by another boy after he asked him if he'd be his valentine.
There's no question that there's generally a bad attitude towards homosexuals in the younger crowd. Gay people face harassment and bullying all the time, and this school does seem like a nice, easy way to stop the bullying. But what is sacrificed by separating these students from the rest of the world? Legally they cannot ask the sexual preference of a student, but it definitely is geared towards gay kids. When does something like this become segregation. And maybe someone agrees that it's segregation but believes that it's a good solution. But what isn't being discussed here is the issue of how being separated from other students will affect them negatively.
I think this is too easy of a solution. Instead of slapping a band aid by separating the harassed kids we should focus of teaching the harassers what's wrong with doing that to other people. Is this a real solution to this huge problem?
Another issue that this gay high school might bring about is tricky to explain. If these homosexual students go to high school where everyone else is also gay, how will this affect the way they function in society. It's the way a home schooled kid reacts when they are suddenly dropped into high school. All these prejudices and people and biases they didn't know about are suddenly dropped onto them like a ton of bricks. High school is part of a very long training for the real world that every kid has to go through. In the real world there are going to be angry and violent people, there are going to be groups that aren't so accepting, and there's going to be homophobia. It's something real that has to be dealt with. But to learn how to cope, I think going to a regular high school is vital.
Now I know the argument against what I'm saying is that gay people are in danger because of all the prejudice and violent hate against them. But that's where a solution should come in. There should be more serious consequences for students who act out against homosexuals. But to segregate homosexuals is almost as wrong as segregating black people (for different reasons of course) and we should seriously consider opening this school.

Here's the CNN article
the picture's also from there.