Youth Today
All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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4.1KOpinionYouth At Greater Risk For Being Sex Trafficked If Homeless, LGBTQ, Minority
Sexual crimes are prevalent domestically and globally, and sex trafficking — people brokering other humans for sex — is no exception. Data...
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3.8K► ReportsNational Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020
The Trevor Project releases the second annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
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2.6KOpinionHow Do We Make Youth Homelessness Effort Bipartisan?
4.2 million. That’s the number of homeless youths in America every year. This opinion piece is about the 4.2 million, how and why...
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1.2KFrom the Bureaus17 Rikers Workers to Be Disciplined for Transgender Woman’s Death in Solitary
The New York City Department of Corrections will discipline 17 officers for their conduct surrounding the death of 27-year-old Layleen Polanco, a...
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1.2KGrantsMinority and LGBTQ+ Youth-Led Social Activism Project Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Leadership, LGBTQ+ Youth, Social Change, Social Justice, Activism | Amount: Up to $20,000 | Deadline: July 7, 2020; August...
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2.3K► 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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3.1KOpinionCOVID-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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1.7KGrantsUpper 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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3.2KNewsRole 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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1.4KGrantsTrans 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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1.3KGrantsLGBTQ+ 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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3.7KFrom 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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Opinion
Homeless 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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5.2KOpinionIs 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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2.0K► 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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4.4KOpinionWhere 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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4.2K► 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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2.9KNewsLGBTQ, 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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6.9KOpinionLGBTQ 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,...
