The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s...
By Stuart Biegel Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the United States, the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous...
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By Stuart Biegel, Sheila James Kuehl September 2010 This policy brief examines what we know from both litigation and research concerning the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...
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Briefing on Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response
By Ilan H. Meyer, Ph.D. May 2011 Testimony made before the United States Commission on Civil Rights briefing on “Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response.” Click here for the...
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Statement to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Regarding Peer Violence & Bullying
By Stuart Biegel July 2011 Statement delivered to Commissioner Roberta Achtenberg, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, regarding Peer Violence & Bullying: First and foremost, K-12 public school...
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Peer-To-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights September 2011 Published by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights this report analyzes government efforts to protect minority youth from violence and bullying in school....
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Serving Our Youth: Findings from a National Survey of Service Providers...
By Laura E. Durso, Gary J. Gates July 2012 In collaboration with The Palette Fund and True Colors Fund Over the past ten years, the percentage of homeless youth providers serving LGBT clients has...
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Adolescents with Lesbian Mothers Describe Their Own Lives
By Nanette Gartrell, Henny Bos H, Heidi Peyser, Amalia Deck, MSN, Carla Rodas November 2012 Teens with lesbian mothers are academically successful and happy with their lives. The 17-year-olds...
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Adolescents in Lesbian Families: DSM-Oriented Scale Scores and Stigmatization
By Henry Bos, Nanette Gartrell & Loes van Gelderen May 2013 The present study focused on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-oriented scale scores from Child Behavior...
View ArticleMinority Stress Experiences and Psychological Well-Being: The Impact of...
By Carolyn F. Wong, Sheree M. Schrager, Ian W. Holloway, Ilan H. Meyer, Michele D. Kipke August 2013 African American young men who have sex with men (AAYMSM) from the House and Ball communities are at...
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School-Based Gay-Affirmative Interventions: First Amendment and Ethical Concerns
By Ilan H. Meyer, Ronald Bayer August 2013 *Published in the American Journal of Public Health Public health professionals and educators have developed effective school-based interventions to reduce...
View ArticleProvider Perspectives on the Needs of Gay and Bisexual Male and Transgender...
By Laura E. Durso, Angeliki Kastanis, Bianca D.M. Wilson, Ilan H. Meyer August 2013 Los Angeles-area gay, bisexual, and questioning male and transgender (GBTQ) youth of color face individual,...
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Civic Competence of Dutch Children in Female Same-Sex Parent Families: A...
By Henny Bos, Nanette Gartrell, Jaap Roeleveld, Guuske Ledoux September 2013 Pre-teen Dutch children raised by female same-sex parents scored higher on core principles of democratic citizenship than...
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Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults
By Ann P. Haas, Philip L. Rodgers, Jody L. Herman January 2014 New analysis of responses to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) shows that transgender respondents who experienced...
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LGBTQ Youth Face Unique Barriers to Accessing Youth Mentoring Programs
By Christy Mallory, Brad Sears, Amira Hasenbush, Alexandra Susman January 2014 Over three million LGBTQ youth in the United States could benefit from access to youth mentoring programs. Research shows...
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Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless...
By Andrew Burwick, Vanessa Oddo, Laura Durso, Daniel Friend, Gary Gates February 2014 A study published by Mathematica and co-authored by the Williams Institute examines services for LGBTQ runaway and...
View ArticleLesbian and Heterosexual Two-Parent Families: Adolescent-Parent Relationship...
By Henny M.W. Bos, Loes van Gelderen, Nanette Gartrell February 2014 *Article published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies Adolescents with continuously-coupled lesbian mothers had higher...
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Preschool selection considerations and experiences of school mistreatment...
By Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Z. Smith March 2014 Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual parents of preschoolers may be particularly sensitive to family, racial and sexual diversity issues as they evaluate and...
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Protective School Climates and Reduced Risk for Suicide Ideation in Sexual...
By Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Michelle Birkett, Aimee Van Wagenen, Ilan H. Meyer April 2014 Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth living in states and cities with more protective school climates are...
View ArticleMental Health and Suicidality Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sexual...
By Wendy B. Bostwick, Ilan Meyer, Frances Aranda, Stephen Russell, Tonda Hughes, Michelle Birkett, Brian Mustanski July 2014 Sexual minority youth had higher prevalence than heterosexual youth of each...
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Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Foster Care: Assessing Disproportionality...
By Bianca D.M. Wilson, Khush Cooper, Angel Kastanis, Sheila Nezhad August 2014 LGBTQ foster youth are twice as likely to report poor treatment and more likely to live in group homes and to have more...
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