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Report describes 'emergency' for LGBTQ youth in DCF system


Report describes ‘emergency’ for LGBTQ youth in DCF system
LGBTQ youth are suffering from a lack of safe, effective, and affirming services.
TJ Farmer, 17, steps up to the kickball plate at the Let Trans Athletes Play (LTAP) event in Mayor Danehy Park on Aug. 1, 2021.
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LGBTQ youth are experiencing discrimination and mistreatment at higher rates while in the hands of the state’s child welfare system, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth.
The report references local and national data, interviews with current and former foster children and parents, and information from stakeholders, which all paint a bleak picture of life as an openly LGBTQ youth in state care. Among the many recommendations for improvement was rigorous data collection, as the report noted that agency-specific data on LGBTQ youth is largely unavailable. ....

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Hot Stove Cool Music steps up to the plate for charity once again


Hot Stove Cool Music steps up to the plate for charity once again
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated May 10, 2021, 6:16 p.m.
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Former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein (right) embraces Red Sox president Sam Kennedy at the 2020 Hot Stove Cool Music show at the Paradise Rock Club.Blake Nissen For The Boston Globe
For Red Sox fans, two big things happened during the “hot stove” offseason in February 2020. The team traded Mookie Betts to the Dodgers, and the baseball-themed Hot Stove Cool Music fundraising event celebrated its 20th anniversary.
If you haven’t forgiven the Sox for letting go of a generational talent, don’t look now, but this year’s team is currently enjoying the best record in baseball. Zealous fan Kay Hanley says the 2021 Sox remind her a little of the curse-breaking “Idiots” of 2004. ....

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