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LGBTQ Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Resources and information about serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth in out-of-home care.
Best Practice Principles: Gay and Lesbian Youth in Care (PDF - 3609 KB)
Ragg & Patrick
Residential Group Care Quarterly, 6(3), 2006
Discusses the development of a gay identity in adolescents, challenges gay adolescents face, and best practices for working with gay adolescents.
CWLA/Lambda Joint LGBTQ Initiative
Child Welfare League of America and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
The partnership is working together to build the child welfare system's capacity to deal equitably and constructively with young people, family members, and employees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning their sexual orientation (LGBTQ), with particular emphasis on those making the transition to adulthood.
Exploring Attitudes About LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care (PDF - 85 KB)
Laver
ABA Child Law Practice, 26(7), 2007
Explores attitudes expressed by child welfare lawyers and judges about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth during five listening forums, and recommends strategies for identifying and discussing attitudes and actions toward LGBTQ youth.
LGBTQ Issues and Child Welfare
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Resources related to LGBTQ youth in the foster care system.
LGBTQ Youth in the Foster Care System
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
Discusses reasons LGBTQ youth enter the foster care system and describes the experiences of these youth in foster care.
Sexual Orientation/Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ) Youth Issues
Child Welfare League of America
Information related to GLBTQ youth in the child welfare system.
Youth Voices: Working With Gay and Lesbian Youth
Eastern Michigan University, Institute for the Study of Children, Families, and Communities (2003)
View Abstract
This DVD features gay and lesbian foster youth discussing their experiences with the child welfare system and foster families.
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