This article examines the legal issues raised by the right of young LGBTQ people to be free from discrimination. Human rights law requires that school authorities protect youth against homophobic and transphobic bullying and violence. The implementation of measures, both preventive and corrective, aims to limit the scope and effects of bullying and to make public schools safer and more inclusive places to learn. The legal standards, developed by human rights tribunal especially, are better understood in light of the historic journey towards the entrenchment of the right to formal equality of LGBTQ people. It is clear from the Canadian cases that the school environment is one of the most important sites in the socialization of children. The legitimate interest of the State with regard to the education of youth warrants the role of public schools in the promotion of certain societal values, including respect for human rights and sexual and gender diversity. A school board that is slow to implement measures to counter transphobia and homophobia could be liable, solely because of its inaction, for discrimination based on applicable human rights legislation.