All posts tagged "transgender"

Diversity of nonbinary youth

The Trevor Project uses data from its National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to highlight and discuss the diversity of youth...

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Committee to Consider Change to Bill Targeting Trans Youth

The Montana Legislature may consider changes to a measure that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school and college sports according...

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From the Bureaus

17 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...

Fostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers For LGBTQ+ Youth in Care report; young LGBTQ+ woman in facemask

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Fostering 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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COVID-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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Role 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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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...

trafficking of girls: young, sad woman sitting on bed looking out window

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Atlanta 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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LGBTQ, 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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LGBTQ Homeless Youth: We Can’t Ignore Their Systematic Oppression

Angel was unable to live at home because her mother ran a day care center out of their house and her clients...

LGBTQ mental health survey; word cloud of different sexual identity terms on orange background

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National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2019

The Trevor Project recently released results from the largest-ever survey of LGBTQ youth across the country. The report shows that nearly 40%...

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Transgender Identity and Experiences Among High School Students

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released this study showing the prevalence of transgender high school students to be nearly...

2018 Gender Expansive Youth Report cover

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2018 Gender-Expansive Youth Report

Human Rights Campaign and researchers at the University of Connecticut conducted a survey of more than 12,000 LGBTQ youth to produce this...

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For Youth in Sports, Transgender Means Off the Pitch

Keiran Flynn had just finished his junior year at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., when he decided he was ready to...

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