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The Legal Rights of Young People in State Custody: What Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Professionals Need to Know When Working with LGBT Youth
      The legal rights of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) youth are discussed through the use of scenarios that show professionals in chil
    Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People
      “The overall goal of the SOC [Standards of Care] is to provide clinical guidance for health professionals to assist transsexual, transgender, and g
    The Unfair Criminalization of Gay and Transgender Youth: An Overview of the Experiences of LGBT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
      “Gay and transgender youth are pipelined into the juvenile justice system at disproportionate rates, often stripped of their basic dignity and civi
    LGBTI: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Persons in Custody (Selected Resources for Criminal Justice Professionals) Annotated Bibliography
      “This annotated bibliography has been developed in an effort to provide current and useful information to correctional agencies regarding the safe
    Best Practice Principles: Gay and Lesbian Youth in Care
      “For adolescents, developing and integrating their identity can be difficult.
    A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Youth Confinement Facilities
      “This Quick Guide will help agencies and facilities develop a comprehensive response to working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inters
    A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Adult Prisons and Jails
      “This Quick Guide will help agencies and facilities develop a comprehensive response to working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inters
    LGBTI Populations: Their Safety, Your Responsibility [Internet Broadcast]
      Correctional agencies face many challenges surrounding the safe management of the populations they house and supervise.
    Human Resources and Administrative Investigations
      This is a 24-hour training covering the national Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards and implications for responding to the different needs of me
    Protecting the Rights of Transgender Parents and Their Children: A Guide for Parents and Lawyers
      “More and more transgender parents are fighting to protect their relationships with their children in the face of custody challenges.


      Violent Victimization by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2017–2020
      This report presents data on the rate of violent victimization for persons who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender during the 4-ye
    The Overrepresentation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Questioning, Gender Nonconforming and Transgender Youth Within the Child Welfare to Juvenile Justice Crossover Population (2016)
      This study surveyed youth in seven juvenile detention facilities.
    Entitled to Treatment: Medical Care for Transgender Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System (2016)
      Transgender individuals are those whose “gender identity” - their personal sense of being male or female - does not match the sex they were assigne
    Reflections on New National Data on LGBT/GNCT Youth in the Justice System (2017)
      The purpose of this paper is to report new national data on the over-representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, gender nonconforming, a
    Unjust: LGBTQ Youth Incarcerated in the Juvenile Justice System (2017)
      This report and graphical executive summary examines how LGBTQ youth who are incarcerated in juvenile detention and correctional facilities face bi
    The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act (SB-132)
      This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to, during initial intake and classification, and in a private setting, as
    U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Health & Well-being for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans
      HHS works to ensure that LGBTQ+ people, their families, and communities receive equal access to health services by providing enhanced resources for
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
      People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are members of every community.
    World Professional Association for Transgender Health
      The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
    Administration for Children's Services: LGBTQ Support
      ACS is committed to creating a safe and affirming environment where all young people can thrive, no matter their sexual orientation or gender-ident
    National PREA Resource Center: Research Library: LGBTI
      This link takes the reader to a list of LGBTI resources from The PREA Resources Center.
    The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA)
      The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born wi
    National Center for Transgender Equality
      The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender peopl
    Transgender Law Center (TLC)
      **Transgender Law Center changes law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination r**
    Lambda Legal
      Founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil right
    Just Detention International
      Just Detention International is a health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.
    American Psychological Association: Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression
      What does transgender mean?
    Standing With LGBT Prisoners: An Advocate’s Guide to Ending Abuse and Combating Imprisonment
      Jails are traumatizing and often dangerous places, especially for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and anyone who is gender nonconfo
    U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS)
      With almost 28,000 respondents, the U.S.
    Committing to Safety and Respect for LGBTI Youth and Adults in Confinement: Lessons From Two Agencies
      Research has shown that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people face a higher risk of sexual victimization in confinement.
    The Teaching Transgender Toolkit: Glossary of Transgender Terms (2015)
      This is a glossary of some of the more common terms that are used when discussing transgender identities and experiences.
    Quine v. Beard (Case# C 14-02726 JST)
      California is first in the nation to agree to pay for a transgender inmate’s sex reassignment operation, but the state’s settlement of a recent cou
    Open Doors for All: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protections in Health Care (2015)
      Navigating our country’s health system—from getting affordable insurance coverage to finding quality care—can be a challenge for anyone.
    National LGBTQIA+ Heath Education Center Homepage
      We provide education programs, resourcesand consultation to health careorganizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost effective health car
    Suicide Thoughts and Attempts Among Transgender Adults: Findings from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (2019)
      Studies show that the prevalence of suicide thoughts and attempts among transgender adults is significantly higher than that of the U.S.
    Being transgender no longer a 'mental disorder': APA (2012)
      The American Psychiatric Association has revised its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and it  no longer lists being transgende
    Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
      LGBT individuals encompass all races and ethnicities, religions, and social classes.
    Accord Alliance Homepage
      Accord Alliance promotes comprehensive and integrated approaches to care that enhance the health and well-being of people and families affected by
    The Fenway Institute Homepage
      The Fenway Institute conducts policy research on issues affecting LGBT health, HIV policy, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and other is
    American Psychiatric Association: Gender Dysphoria
      In the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), people whose gender at birth is contrary to the
    “What's the right thing to do?” Correctional healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and experiences caring for transgender inmates (2017)
      Findings revealed that transgender inmates do not consistently receive adequate or gender-affirming care while incarcerated.
    Human Rights Campaign Homepage
      By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, the Human Rights Campaign strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a
    CSG Justice Center Releases Roadmap for Reforming School Discipline (2014)
      The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center released today a comprehensive report providing school leaders and state and local government
    ACS Office of LGBTQ Child and Family Well-Being
      ACS is committed to creating a safe and affirming environment where all young people can thrive, no matter their sexual orientation or gender-ident
    Recommendations for promoting the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents: a position paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2013)
      Adolescent health care providers frequently care for patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT), or who may be strugg
    Gender Spectrum Homepage
      Families have the first and greatest impact on children, so our connections with families are central to our work.
    TransYouth Family Ally Homepage
      Anyone who will enthusiastically nurture, support, respect and validate a trans, gender variant or gender questioning youth’s inherent right to sel
    Lambda Legal: How the Law Protects LGBTQ Youth
      The U.S.
    Supreme Court: 1964 Civil Rights Act Protects LGBT Employees from Workplace Discrimination (2020)
      The U.S.
    Trevor Project: National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2021
      The past year has been incredibly difficult for so many, but we also know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) y
    Visualizing the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system (2021)
      LGBTQ people are overrepresented at every stage of our criminal justice system, from juvenile justice to parole.
    LGBTQ Youth of Color in the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Freedom, Liberation, and Resistance (2017)
      Emergent research suggests Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) youth experience increased discipline in school, as well as incre
    20 Years of Advocating for LGBTQ Youth in Out-of-Home Care (2018)
      Government-funded systems for youth in out-of-home care have laudable and important public policy goals.
    Library of Congress: LGBTQ+ Legal Resources: A Beginner’s Guide
      This Beginner’s Guide is intended to simplify this research process, and provide some helpful resources for those interested in the law surrounding
    An (updated) LGBTQ+ friendly survey template (2022)
      After the amazing feedback I (the author, Mei Ke) received on my original post “
    Violent Victimization by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2017-2020
      This report presents data on the rate of violent victimization for persons who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender during the 4-ye
    Nurse’s Guide to Caring for LGBTQ+ Youth
      Learn how to provide culturally competent healthcare to LGBTQ+ youth, a vulnerable population in need of knowledgeable, compassionate, and skilled
    Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health: Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (2023)
      Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health: Results from the 2021 and 2022 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health presents data on key substance Return to top

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