Youth Today
All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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1.3KNewsResponding to LGBT Youth after Orlando
Youth workers should foster resilience in individuals and resilience as a community, according to Akane Kominami, behavioral health services manager with Boston...
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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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1.3KNewsAtlanta Vigil Held for Orlando Massacre
An estimated 3,000 people gathered at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights for vigil Tuesday evening remembering the massacre in...
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1.5KNewsCulturally Competent Youth Programming: Understanding Gender Fluidity
At a youth center in downtown Phoenix, teens can be found taking cooking lessons, participating in a drum circle or doing martial...
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1.6KOpinionHow 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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Project Grants for Transitional Living Services for LGBTQ Runaway/Homeless Youth and Young Adults
Subject: Youth Welfare, Safety, LGBTQ Youth, Homeless/Runaway Youth | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2016
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3.3KNewsFDA 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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2.9KNewsBecoming 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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National Foster Care Quality Improvement Grants for LGBTQ Children and Youth
Subject: LGBTQ Youth, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety | Deadline: May 17, 2016
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1.8KVideosCultural Competence and LGBTQ Kids
LGBTQ youth make up 5 to 10 percent of the 10- to 18-year olds in foster care. Culturally competent foster care addresses...
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Access to Safety: Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service Provision for LGBTQ Youth Who Engage in Survival Sex
This new report from the Urban Institute shines a light on the risky world of LGBTQ youth involved in the commercial sex...
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1.8KNewsServices for LGBTQ Youth Who Have Survival Sex Are Inadequate: New Report
Most LGBTQ youth who trade sex for necessities or money they need to survive use protection to prevent sexually transmitted infections and...
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Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration underwent a careful review of existing research about conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth and...
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1.1KNewsReport: NYC Criminal Justice System Needs to Reform How It Treats LGBTQ Youth
The criminal justice system in New York City is ill equipped to deal with the needs of LGBTQ young people who engage...
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1.2KOpinionJustice System Must Not Worsen Harsh Realities of Life for LGBT Youth
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender kids want to be accepted, as do all teenagers — even in court.
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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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2.0KFrom the BureausRunaway and Cast Off: One LGBT Teen’s Story
Since he was 16, Ivan Cabrera has been spending time at New Alternatives, a drop-in center for 16- to 24-year-olds who identify...
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1.3KOpinionTime to Foster Safety, Well-Being, Permanency for LGBTQ Youth
The time is now for child welfare leaders to acknowledge that we have neglected to fully and responsibly address the unique challenges...
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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...
