This action positions Michigan as the 22nd state in the US to prohibit any form of therapy aimed at altering a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
2019 GLSEN national survey of LGBTQ+ students says nearly 60% felt unsafe at school due to sexual orientation, 43% due to gender expression. Nearly all 98.8% LGBTQ+ students heard gay used in negative way at school, 95% other homophobic remarks, 87% transphobic remarks.
2019 GLSEN national survey of LGBTQ+ students says nearly 60% felt unsafe at school due to sexual orientation, 43% due to gender expression. Nearly all 98.8% LGBTQ+ students heard gay used in negative way at school, 95% other homophobic remarks, 87% transphobic remarks.
Despite evidence transgender rights restriction debates poorly impact LGBTQ+ youth mental health and physicians generally oppose laws interfering in patient care, U.S. states have introduced, passed bills denying trans youth access to gender-affirming medical care.
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Lighthouse Youth and Family Services works with about 800-900 youth a year. While it focuses on all youth and families, it also tries to build bridges with LGBTQ teens, who face unique sets of hardships and are historically distrustful of shelters. The difficult part about that is most young people who live on the streets unsheltered usually require about seven to nine contacts before they actually engage in case management services and may be willing to come into shelter, Campbell of Homeless Youth Services says. So it takes building the rapport and contact and finding them multiple times.
That disproportionately affects LGBTQ youth, she says, because they re more likely to live on the street than their peers, having been kicked out by their families because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. And while they may be able to couch surf with friends for a while, Campbell says those opportunities aren t permanent.