Women receive discharges for homosexuality at more than 3 times the rate of men. Other administrative actions include removal of security clearances and job reassignments. School-Related Concerns Lesbian and Gay youth are denied formal group recognition. Other lesbian and gay students have gone to court seeking the right to attend school-sponsored events. Gay and lesbian youth are concerned about the privacy of their school records.
Challenges are costly and require tremendous emotional fortitude.
Censorship - censoring a wide variety of books used in the classroom and libraries. Emancipation Juveniles who are unhappy at home may emancipate themselves by showing the court that they fulfill certain requirement such as age limits, showing that one has a job, a place to live, and can be self- sufficient. There are a number of instances in which lesbian and hay youth, at odds with their parents in a family crisis, will move in with an older lover and attempt to emancipate themselves. Street Law - aspects of street life such as underage drinking, bar raids, underage entry into bathhouses, age of consent and statutory rape definitions, hustling and juvenile prostitution, runaways, vagrancy, etc. Return to the TOP of the page.