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All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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1.8K► ReportsFostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers For LGBTQ+ Youth in Care
This new report from Children's Rights details how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already difficult situations for LGBTQ+ youth in care facilities...
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2.7KOpinionCOVID-19 Making Life Harder For Some Transgender, Nonbinary Youth
Times are unsettling for all of us these days. While it feels like in many ways we are experiencing this pandemic all...
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1.4KGrantsUpper Midwest LGBTQIA Community Support During COVID Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, LGBTQIA, LGBTQ Youth, Health, Human Services, Midwest | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.8KNewsRole of Guns Not Tracked For LGBT Community
Today, Synthia Roy works at a tattoo parlor in Jacksonville, Fla., she does set design and makeup for horror films and recently...
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1.1KGrantsTrans Community Support During COVID Crisis Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Trans Youth, Racial Justice, LGBT Youth, Human Services | Amount: Up to $10,000+ | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.1KGrantsLGBTQ+ Youth Welfare and Safety Services Grants
GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Youth, Youth Welfare, Safety, Youth Services, Mental Health | Amount: $5,000 - $75,000 | Deadline: May 15, 2020
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3.3KFrom the BureausNew York Homeless Youth Feel Lonely, Stuck, Isolated
First he lost his job as a shift manager at McDonald’s. Then the movie theater, the bowling alley, all the places he...
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Implications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The Trevor Project brings together research to highlight the ways in which LGBTQ youth are particularly vulnerable to the social, emotional and...
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3.0KOpinionHomeless LGBTQ2S Youth Deserve Safety, Respect
“Gay kids in a shelter that is predominantly straight are very vulnerable, they’re in a very hard position and it makes it...
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4.8KOpinionIs It Time to Rethink Foster Care For LGBTQ Youth?
Youth who enter the foster care system in New Mexico and nationally tend to be between the ages of 1 and 10...
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1.6K► ReportsSuicidality Disparities by Sexual Identity Persist from Adolescence into Young Adulthood
The Trevor Project tracks rates of suicidality among LGB youth after turning 18, showing that the stark suicide disparity between straight and...
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3.9KOpinionWhere Are LGBTQ Youth in Gun Violence Conversation?
Jerel’s story is one of many tales of hate, anger, pain and violence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth face...
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3.6K► ReportsAtlanta Youth Count: The Prevalence of Sex and Labor Trafficking Among Homeless Youth in Metro Atlanta
Researchers from Georgia State University surveyed homeless youth around Atlanta to create a comprehensive overview of their experiences, particularly in regard to...
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2.5KNewsLGBTQ, Traumatized Homeless Youth More Vulnerable to Being Trafficked: Report
Understanding how homeless youth are trafficked is important information for the organizations offering them services.
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5.9KOpinionLGBTQ Youth Become Homeless for Many Reasons, Not Just Family Rejection
Policy regarding young people experiencing homelessness, youth involved in the juvenile legal system, young people of color and youth who are lesbian,...
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5.3KOpinionFamily Conflict for LGBTQ Youth Can Mean Housing Instability
Riley (all names have been changed to protect research participants’ privacy) had been living with their grandmother before moving into the emergency...
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3.3KOpinionHomeless Youth Must Be Helped With Services, Not Forced Into Justice System
In 2013, my colleagues and I were gathering stories from youth around the country to better understand their pathways into the justice...
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2.6KFrom the BureausHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth.
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2.6KFrom the BureausTrans Woman Who Died at Rikers Created Chain Reaction of Kindness, Friends Say
The first time Christina Vengerovsky met Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was on Christopher Street in the summer of 2010. Her friends had been talking...
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5.6KFrom the BureausAbusive Childhood, Then Foster Care Led to Homelessness
Matthew “Fire” Mishefski was days away from completing his makeshift encampment. After years of homelessness, the 24-year-old knew what he needed to...
