“…Further exploring Another study limitation was the inability to consider the influence of context, such as the state in which participants lived. Previous research indicates that living in states with greater equity laws, attending schools with greater diversity education, and having a school gay-straight alliance are associated with lower rates of biasbased bullying (both in-person and online) as well as higher perceived school safety, increased grade point average's, and a reduction in school suspensions (Eisenberg et al, 2022;Gill & Govier, 2023;Lessard et al, 2020). Similarly, findings have indicated that after the 2020 election, bias-based bullying increased, particularly for sexual and gender minority youth and youth with multiple marginalized identities, highlighting the role of discourse occurring as part of elections in shaping experiences for youth, and the impact of politics at the national level.…”