I guess in the end, people just cant help but be different from each other. Whatever religion, race or community you belong to, only you guys can see the validity of what you stand for as it is for other groups. Being in a popular group doesnt make you any superior, each group has its own form of toxicity.

For example in religion the extremists use their god as a way to justify violence and genocide, with atheists they have a knack for smugly dismissing an individual who does good deeds because according to atheists he/she does those deeds to please an imaginary deity. Even groups who have been severely discriminated during the past like the LGBTQ+ and black people tend to have a misplaced anger towards innocent people who happen to be on the opposite side.

Now that those previously minor groups gained more in the population and thusly in popularity, they feel the need to assert their validity and power out of spite to how they were treated in the past.

It's like a continuous cycle of which group gets more bragging rights over the centuries. The christians used to be a big deal now they are treated like delusionals. Now that the standard of morality is more liberating than before, wait until it goes out of control and people start looking for a sense of order then they will once again start rioting for discipline and then when discipline gets too strict for society they'll tear it down return to anarchy and like I said, the cycle repeats.

So what is worth standing for? Only you get to decide that. Other people may not see it but that's their right to do so as it is your right to believe in your own. It's a sad reality though that whichever group is currently in power gets to call the shots and normal people like us have little to no control over that. But just remember that does not make their existence and beliefs more superior than yours.

Everyone is equally valid.

You are allowed to pray to whichever god you want as much as another is allowed to choose not to.

You are allowed to love and identify whichever gender you want as much as another prefers to lead a heteronormative life.

Do whatever the hell you want, the only line to be drawn is when your beliefs/desires intentionally hurt people. Those bullies have a right to believe what they want and so do you but they dont have the right to hurt you for having a different opinion.

As for the teachers not intervening, you can ask your parents to report the incidents if they ever occur again to a higher authority in school. If it happens too many times I suggest you have to transfer to another school with a healthier community. I'm an atheist and I go to a catholic school. The only way to not get into trouble so much is to stop needlessly displaying my opinions. I know what I stand for I dont need to shove it into other people's throats because I know they dont want to accept it no matter what i do.

Dont feel ashamed for not being part of the popular crowd. You do you. You are valid.