LGBTQ

This webpage highlights CDC research showing that LGBTQ-inclusive practices in schools benefit LGBTQ students and heterosexual students alike, with heterosexual students seeing greater benefit in some risk categories when inclusive practices are present. The reverse is also true. Restrictive LGBTQ policies and practices negatively impact heterosexual students as well. Additional ...

This new webpage on evaluating LGBTQ+ -focused professional development (PD) can help schools and school districts as they offer training to educators on how to create safe schools for LGBTQ+ students. The page includes learning objectives and sample items to assess individuals’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to core competencies ...

This webinar shared how bias affects the identification and support of students involved in human trafficking. It also provided suggestions on how we can lessen the impact of bias, inequities, and injustices in this work; and offered some examples of techniques, practices, and policies that help ensure a more equitable ...

This website features resources, statistics, and important tips for mental health providers to provide culturally competent care for the LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults they work with. Learn more.  

This resource (PDF, 15 pages) helps child welfare and adoption professionals expand their cultural competence and skills when working with parents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and other diverse identities and expressions, including Two-Spirit (LGBTQ+) and same-gender or gender-diverse couples. It also examines laws and policies and ...

This glossary provides users with the words and meanings to help make conversations about gender identity and expression and sexual orientation easier and more comfortable. LGBTQ+ people use a variety of terms to identify themselves, not all of which are included in this glossary. Learn more.   ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 18 pages) examines disproportionality in the foster care and criminal justice systems for lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) girls and women. The factsheet reviews data from multiple studies. Learn more.  

This brief provides the context, definitions, and benefits of gender-affirming care and explores how anti-LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or questioning) health policies harm LGBTQ+ youth. The authors advocate that gender-affirming care—i.e., developmentally appropriate supports shown to reduce anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation in young transgender and gender-diverse people—is ...

This report (PDF, 22 pages) presents data on the rate of violent victimization for persons who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender between 2017 and 2020. The report provides demographic characteristics of victims of violent crimes, including sex, race or Hispanic origin, and age. It also presents data on ...