To better unrstand provir experienc servg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and Qutng (LGBTQ) naway and homels youth, this study reports on se studi of four lol agenci receivg grants om the Admistratn for Children and Fay’s Runaway and Homels Youth (RHY) Program. The purpose of the study was to learn about programs’ strategi for intifyg and servg LGBTQ RHY, the challeng programs face unrstandg and addrsg the needs of this populatn, and potential areas for future rearch.
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MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH
To better unrstand provir experienc servg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and Qutng (LGBTQ) naway and homels youth, this study reports on se studi of four lol agenci receivg grants om the Admistratn for Children and Fay’s Runaway and Homels Youth (RHY) Program. This report, which summariz fdgs om four se studi of Runaway and Homels Youth Program grante servg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng youth, benefed om the ntributns of many people. Some ernment and private anizatns are terted improvg servic for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth who n away om home or experience homelsns.
Rearch suggts that young people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng their sexualy (LGBTQ) face a disproportnate risk of homelsns. Acrdg to a study of a reprentative sample of high school stunts one state, lbian, gay, and bisexual youth and heterosexual youth who have same-sex sexual partners are 4 to 13 tim more likely than exclively heterosexual youth to be homels (Corliss et al. Several studi have found that lbian, gay, and bisexual youth are more likely than heterosexual youth to (1) have been physilly or sexually victimized, (2) engage survival sex or sex work, (3) have attempted suici, (4) e illic substanc, and (5) have greater mental health ncerns (Cochran et al.
Sexual orientatn refers to “the sex of those to whom an dividual is sexually and romantilly attracted” and generally clus the tegori lbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual. 2 Exampl clu the Ali Forney Center and Green Chimneys New York Cy; the Ruth Ellis Center Detro, Michigan; and the Gay and Lbian Communy Center Los Angel, California. Acrdg to the RHY Program’s 2010-2011 Report to Congrs, among youth whose sexual orientatn was reported RHYMIS, lbian, gay, and bisexual youth acunted for 6 or 7 percent served the Basic Center Program and 9 or 10 percent served the Transnal Livg Program durg fisl years 2010 and 2011 (HHS 2013).