Rourc for teens, teachers, parents and schools on how to help lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stunts lead safe and healthy liv.
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GAY-STRAIGHT/GENRS & SEXUALI ALLIANC
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This webpage provis fact sheets, bt practic and other rourc for supportg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng youth. By the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) and Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly. By the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, Divisns 16 (School Psychology) and 44 (Society for the Psychologil Study of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Issu).
Informatn about existg legal and policy protectns for LGBTQ and other stunts regardg privacy issu as well as other challeng LGBTQ youth experience schools such as rights associated wh Gay-Straight Allianc, brgg same-genr partners to school danc and drs s. Gay-Straight Alliance Network.
The impact of homophobia and racism on GLBTQ youth of lor. By the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN). Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ+) youth are more likely than non-LGBTQ+ youth to experience vlence at school and have lower levels of school nnectedns.
Gay-Straight Allianc or Genrs and Sexuali Allianc (GSAs) have been associated wh improvements school safety, a key ponent of school nnectedns, for all stunts. Rearch specifilly lks the prence of a GSA to greater feelgs of school nnectedns among LGBT stunts. * gay programs in schools *
However, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng (LGBTQ)* Youth experience elevated risk and associated negative health and mental health out. Many studi nsir lbian, gay, and bisexual youth but do not clu transgenr and qutng youth.
The qutns generate data that enable those workg wh youth to better unrstand the health and safety risks among sexual mory youth1; specifilly data were llected about gay, lbian, and bisexual (LGB) youth.
WisnsIn partnership wh the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, the Wisns Department of Public Instctn and a llaboratg muny-based anizatn, the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools, hosted a trag Milwkee, Wisns, for school profsnals. CDC also funds selected state and lol tn agenci to help school districts and schools implement effective polici and practic to rce sexual risk behavrs among youth, cludg youth at disproportnate risk (such as open lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Youth, pecially sexual mory mal), through fundg opportuny announcements such as Promotg Adolcent Health Through School-Based HIV/STD Preventn and School-Based Surveillance. Those who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual, or who have sexual ntact wh persons of the same or both sex.