Youth Today
All posts tagged "LGBT youth"
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5.0KNewsWhat’s Next for Gay and Transgender Students?
Advocates question how the new White House will impact recent gains.
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1.9KNewsNew Report Shows LGBT Students Face Ongoing Discrimination
Despite some progress, schools are still a hostile environment for many gay and transgender youth in the U.S., according to a new...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Here’s a Collaborative Way to End Homelessness Among LGBT Youth
The primary reason for all youth homelessness may be related to family conflict, but for LGBT youth sexual orientation and/or gender identity...
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2.1KNewsA Call for Action in OST as Gay Teens Face Violence, Many Other Risks
About 8 percent of high school students are lesbian, gay or bisexual, according to the first nationwide survey asking teens about their...
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2.2KNewsDiscrimination Lands Many LGBT Youth in the Justice System, New Report Says
Stigma and discrimination, unsafe schools and discriminatory policing drive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth into the justice system where they...
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1.4KNewsCDC Finds LGB Students at Greater Risk of Bullying, Sexual Violence
Collective action is needed to ensure the safety of lesbian, gay and bisexual students, who experience violence and other health risks at...
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Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Youth
This new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses the first nationally representative study of U.S. lesbian, gay and...
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1.5KNewsA Message to Queer Youth in the Wake of Orlando
For some, the ubiquity and high frequency of mass shootings in the United States is nothing less than shocking. But many teens...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayHow Youth Workers and Organizations Can be Real Allies to LGBT Youth
Moments like this define my job as an ally. As facilitator of the Atlanta Coalition for LGBTQ youth, I’d like to share...
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3.2KNewsFDA Anti-Smoking Campaign Focuses on LGBT Youth
The Food & Drug Administration wants young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender smokers to know there’s no safe amount of tobacco use.
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2.7KNewsBecoming a ‘Real Boy’: Filmmaker Follows Teenager’s Trans Journey
“This is a film about what it feels like to just want to be loved by the people you’re closest to, and...
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From Statehouse to Schoolhouse: Anti-Bullying Policy Efforts in U.S. States and School Districts
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) produced this report to comprehensively examine the anti-bullying policies of all 13,181 school districts...
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Grants
Mentoring for Youth: Underserved Populations Grant Program
Subject: Mentoring, Youth Welfare, Youth Services, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ Youth, Mental Health | Deadline: June 16, 2015
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Surviving the Streets of New York: Experiences of LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Engaged in Survival Sex
This new study by the Urban Institute documents the lives of vulnerable LGBTQ (and other) youth in New York City and makes...
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Beyond 4 Walls and a Roof – Addressing Homelessness Among Transgender Youth
The Center for American Progress outlines the unique social and economic struggles the ever-growing population of homeless transgender youth face across the...
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National School Climate Survey – The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
The 8th biennial report by the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) which outlines the experiences of LGBT youth in schools...
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Supporting and Caring for our Bisexual Youth
A new report by the Human Rights Campaign in partnership with BiNet USA, Bisexual Organizing Project and the Bisexual Resource Center which...
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Moving Beyond Marriage: What Young People of Color Think about the LGBT Agenda
A report by the Black Youth Project which studies the attitudes of young people (particularly those of color) towards the LGBT rights...
