This is from Florida from last year. My guess is that this kind of bigotry is more common in the South than in the Northeast.

"a freshman at Flagler Palm Coast High School, began receiving death threats over Facebook from a classmate, who said he’d carry *** out in a body bag. The school assured **** and his family they’d keep him safe, and remove the student from the school. That was a lie, *** explains himself, as was the notion of safety: his own shop teacher ****** began targeting **** over his sexuality." (quote from story linked below)

Full story here: Luke Herbert: ‘It’s Time To Fight Back’ Against Schools That Don’t Protect LGBT Students / Queerty