Bullying in Schools

As I read Pascoe's book, the constant solution to "fag culture" I was thinking was simply educating students at a young age stopping separation on the basis of gender. Throughout elementary school, everything is separated in two- boys and girls. And quite frankly I think most of the issues stem here. The education system needs to stop making this such a strict differentiation.
There are so many little instances that could be changed that I believe would help the bullying immensely. Not 100% of girls love the color pink, and not all boys love blue; so why do we make everything for them those colors? Why not use the entire rainbow and just randomly place names. Also, maybe we should stop separating toys and frowning on boys for picking up a doll or stuffed animal. Lets start putting the legos next to the Barbies and the stuffed animals next to the cars. My other main issue with elementary schools is the fact that sitting "boy girl" is such a punishment. Why does it matter? And what about the child that is not comfortable with being called a certain gender, like in DeLine's book. Instead of directly causing uncomfortable situations like that, have kids sit according to name or just make a seating chart.
Middle and High school it all just comes down to education. Throughout school you get taught all about racism and a little bit of sexism. So why do we not incorporate different genders and sexual orientations into classes now? And how someone who is not cisgender and heterosexual is a person just like you. Start it young, and it would not be nearly as foreign as it is in todays schools, like in River High.
Finally, we need to educate administrators and teachers. There were examples in the book where teachers would do nothing to stop the bullying. Teachers are the last people who should be bystanders, but I highly doubt they are ever trained on how to deal with homophobic bullying and that is extremely problematic.
All in all, knowledge is key and change is much needed in the school system.

Until Next Time,
Ciara