LGBTQ

This rule finalizes requirements under titles IV-E and IV-B for young people in foster care who are LGBTQI+. This final rule requires agencies to ensure that placements for all children are free from harassment, mistreatment, and abuse. Learn more. 

This resource (PDF, 4 pages) presents a list of questions for school leaders to consider and address as they establish school policies and cultures that are inclusive and supportive of LGBTQI+ students’ digital health, safety, and citizenship. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages). 

This webpage contains resources to help school mental health providers increase their skills as affirming providers to support LGBTQ+ students. The webpage contains webinar recordings, self-paced e-learning modules, links to crisis hotlines, and additional resources. Learn more. 

This webpage highlights resources to help raise awareness of the many struggles, challenges, and triumphs of Alaskan Native and American Indian youth, including youth who identify as Two-Spirit or Native LGBTQ+. The webpage also includes a video explaining the origins of the term “Two-Spirit” in Native American cultures. Learn more.  ...

The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) is seeking school-based health center (SBHC) providers to help validate a checklist of LGBTQ+ supportive practices. This work is part of an HHS-funded study on enhancing services and supports for LGBTQ+ high school students who access SBHCs. Learn more.  ...

This four-part podcast series focuses on the McKinney-Vento Act and discusses how partners in the field are working with families and young people experiencing homelessness. The series shares insights, challenges, experiences, and opportunities for learning, growth, and partnership in the field. These listening sessions highlight various student populations experiencing homelessness, ...

This report (PDF, 49 pages) provides a roadmap for opportunities for the Federal Government to continue to build evidence and leverage data to advance equity for LGBTQI+ young people and adults. The learning questions posed in this report will help agencies approach evidence building more effectively and strategically with a ...

This three-part webinar series supports Tribal child welfare professionals in building knowledge and identifying strategies to increase their understanding, acceptance, and support of LGBTQIA2S+ youth and families. Recorded sessions include:  Part 1: Foundations of Gender Diversity   Part 2: Origins of the Gender Binary  Part 3: Celebrating Gender Diversity  Learn more.  ...

This webpage contains a series of guides to help professionals, families, and communities support the mental well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) youth. The series includes a resource guide (PDF, 36 pages) and four companion focus guides designed for these specific populations:  Parents, families, and ...

This webpage provides a detailed overview of Youth Advisory Councils (YACs). It describes the role YACs play in improving the schools and communities they serve, discusses how they can use data to make decisions and create action plans, and outlines the structure of a YAC. Learn more.