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Emergency Preparedness and LGBT People: What Health Centers Need to Know
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National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center |
Health centers often serve as a key resource during natural disasters or other public health emergencies. Before an emergency strikes, it is important for health centers to consider the unique needs and circumstances of vulnerable populations, including LGBT individuals and families in the community. |
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January 2016 |
"The Clinic" Short Film & Tip Sheet for Trans Inclusive Care
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"The Clinic” is a short film and digital resource to highlight the need for more trans inclusive healthcare, and provide resources and tips for medical professionals seeking to make their offices and clinics more inclusive for LGBTQ+ patients.
An accompanying resource to "The Clinic," these tips are just the starting points of developing a trans-affirming practice. They come from real trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people who have shared their experiences and hopes for their future medical interactions. When in doubt of how to best support your patient, do your own research and then ask them as respectfully as possible. |
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#TransYouthMatter Policy Toolkit
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Fenway Institute |
State lawmakers around the country are filing and voting for bills that seek to limit access to health care for transgender and gender diverse youth and ban these youth from participating in school sports. These bad faith bills have not been created in response to a societal problem. Rather, they are being used to advance the political right’s culture war against LGBTQIA+ people. Whether these bills are enacted into law or not, they are doing immediate and long-term harms to the health of trans youth. If you live in a state where lawmakers are pushing these bills, these #transyouthmatter resources can help raise awareness of the harm these bills can cause. |
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2022 |
20 Years of Data Shows What Works for LGBTQ Students
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Paige Tutt |
Twenty years ago, students weren’t bullied or harassed in schools because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. At least, that’s what many educators said when advocacy groups first began digging into the urgent problems reported by LGBTQ+ youth in America’s schools. It wasn’t true. LGBTQ+ students were regularly subjected to verbal and physical harassment, but there was no national data about their school experiences. “That was really what sparked the need,” says Dr. Joseph Kosciw, director of the GLSEN Research Institute. “There was no national evidence, and GLSEN realized we need to be able to demonstrate what’s going on across the country.” Launched in 1999, the National School Climate Survey became the largest body of research about LGBTQ+ students, providing a detailed look into topics like school climate, cultural biases, and the indelible impact of discrimination on children. |
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November 19, 2021 |
2016 RISE Project Outreach and Relationship Building Program Manual Vol. 1
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Angela Weeks |
The purpose of the manual is to assist others in the field in replicat- ing or adapting a key component of the RISE Project, ORB, for their local use. Replicating or adapting ESIs with fidelity to the interventions builds evidence in child welfare and expands the range of intervention effectiveness to different target populations and or- ganizational contexts. These efforts to build evidence serve several purposes, including preparing an intervention for evaluation, either during implementation or later, depending on the organizational context in which an intervention is implemented, and building a base of replicable interventions that can serve the complex needs of diverse communities of children and families. This manual does not provide details about or findings from the evaluation. The evaluation report is being published separately.
The intended audience for this program manual includes potential implementers of the intervention, including child welfare administrators and staff, evaluators, and purveyors. |
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2016 |
2016 RISE Project Outreach and Relationship Building Program Manual Vol. 2
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Training Guide User’s Manual: The purpose of these training manuals are to help trainers train the RISE LGBTQ+ competency trainings to child welfare system public and private agency providers. |
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2016 RISE Project Outreach and Relationship Building Program Manual Vol. 3
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Social Work Practice for LGBTQ and Gender-Variant Youth Training Manual: Skills for reducing barriers to permanency for LGBTQ and gender-variant youth in foster care.
The Outreach and Relationship Building (ORB) Team is the RISE project intervention focused on building practitioner competency to reduce barriers in caregiving settings by decreasing heterosexism, anti-gay and anti-transgender bias. The ORB curriculum consists of two trainings (LGBTQ Foundation and Social Work Practice, respectively). The LGBTQ Foundation training provides basic knowledge about terminology and concepts related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression; the coming out process; the impact of accepting and rejecting behaviors; the positive power of affirming environments; and the legal and professional standards guiding work with LGBTQ youth. The Social Work Practice training consists of five units and provides practitioners with opportunities to combine the knowledge acquired in the LGBTQ Foundation training with common practice skills, such as active listening, motivational interviewing, assessing environments, and responding to specific instances of biases. Participants must attend the LGBTQ Foundation training prior to attending the Social Work Practice training. Each training is 3-3.5 hours in length. |
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2016 RISE Project Outreach and Relationship Building Program Manual Vol. 4
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The Supportive Families, Safe Homes training consists of four units that provide foster parents basic information about the permanency needs, health, and well-being of LGBTQ and gender-variant children and youth. More specifically, the training seeks to increase caregiver knowledge related to (1) attitudes, beliefs, and information regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression; (2) the coming-out process and its significance; and (3) family acceptance and rejection and the impact on health outcomes for LGBTQ children and youth. The training is 90 minutes in length and includes the following learning objectives and intended outcomes: |
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2016 RISE Project: The Care Coordination Team (CCT) Program Manual
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Wilson et al |
This program manual provides detailed information about the implementation process of the LA LGBT Center’s Permanency Innovation Initiative—Recognize, Intervene, Support, and Empower (RISE). RISE aims to improve permanency for LGBTQ+ children and youth in the foster care system by reducing heterosexism and anti-gay and anti-transgender bias and increasing support for their LGBTQ+ identity. The purpose of the manual is to assist others in the field in replicating or adapting a key component of the RISE Project, the
CCT, for their local use. Replicating or adapting ESIs with fidelity to the interventions builds evidence in child welfare and expands the range of intervention effectiveness to different target populations and or ganizational contexts. These efforts to build evidence serve several purposes, including preparing an intervention for evaluation (either during implementation or later, depending on the organizational context in which an intervention is implemented) and building a base of replicable interventions that can serve the complex needs of diverse communities of children and families.
The intended audiences for this program manual are potential implementers of the intervention, including child welfare administrators and staff, evaluators, and purveyors. |
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2016 |
A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
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Shannan Wilber |
This practice guide is a response to that demand and:
• provides an overview of key concepts and terminology related to SOGIE;
• summarizes the research on the effect of stigma and bias on the health and well-being of LGBT youth, the drivers contributing to their disproportionate involvement in the justice system and the harmful and unfair practices to which they are subjected in the system;
• identifies policies and procedures to prohibit discrimination, prevent harm and promote fair and equitable treatment of LGBT youth who are arrested and referred to juvenile justice agencies; and
• provides guidance on policies and practices required to ensure the safety and well-being of LGBT youth in detention facilities. |
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2015 |
A Place of Respect: A Guide for Group Care Facilities Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth
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This guide offers group care facilities information and tools to provide transgender and gender non-conforming youth with appropriate and informed care. It describes laws requiring facilities to protect these youth from harassment and abuse and to provide them with appropriate medical care. This publication assists staff in understanding the experiences and concerns of transgender and gender non-conforming youth, and responding to these youths’ safety, programmatic, and health care needs. |
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2011 |
A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children
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This guide offers information and resources to help practitioners throughout health and social service systems implement best practices to engage and help families and caregivers support their LGBT youth. |
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2014 |
Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient and Family-Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community
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Designed as guide, this tool reviews effective communication and patient-centeredness in providing safe and high-quality health care to diverse patient populations. |
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Advancing Healthy Outcomes: Eight Ways to Promote the Health and Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Youth Involved with Child Welfare through FFPSA
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Center for the Study of Social Policy |
The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) marks a substantial movement toward child welfare reform by beginning to bring child welfare financing into alignment with what research tells us is best for children and families: keeping children in their homes whenever safe and possible — and when children have to be placed in foster care —ensuring they are in the most family-like, least restrictive setting that will meet their needs. Through FFPSA there's a significant opportunity for child welfare systems to address existing disparities for LGBTQ+ children, youth, and families. |
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Advocating for LGBTQ+ Students with Disabilities
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Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Association of School Psychologists, National Education Association |
This guide for educators, parents, and guardians outlines the rights of LGBTQ+ students with disabilities and offers concrete strategies for supporting LGBTQ+ students who have an IEP or 504 plan. |
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May 2021 |
Affirming Primary Care for Intersex People
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National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center |
This community-informed clinical guide on primary care for intersex people provides an overview of intersex terms and concepts, the health concerns of intersex people, intersex-affirming practices, and resources for further learning. |
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August 2020 |
Affirming and Supporting LGBTQ Children and Youth in Child Welfare
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Brief factsheet on affirming approaches to support LGBTQ youth in child welfare |
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All Children - All Families: Training Program
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As part of the broader All Children-All Families initiative, the curriculum is intended to provide expert LGBTQ competency support that can be customized based on the needs of the organization. The curriculum includes 1) An Introduction to LGBTQ Competency for Child Welfare Professionals, 2) Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Families, and 3) Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care. The training is supported through a fee-for-service with an average cost approximately $1,500 per trainer per day. |
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An Intersectional Approach to Therapy with Transgender Adolescents and Their Families
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Rachel Lynn Golden & Matthew Oransky |
The current article aims to raise awareness of a need for an intersectional approach with gender-affirming family therapy techniques. We detail ways intersectionality can inform therapy practice and provide case examples from our work with a diverse group of transgender adolescents and their families. |
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January 2019 |
Association of Nondiscrimination Policies With Mental Health Among Gender Minority Individuals
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Alex McDowell, RN, MSN, MPH; Julia Raifman, ScD; Ana M. Progovac, PhD; Sherri Rose, PhD |
We examined the association between health insurance nondiscrimination policies and mental health outcomes for gender minority individuals. Using a large, private health insurance claims database, we constructed a sample of enrollees with gender minority–related diagnosis codes in 2009- 2017. We used a difference-in-differences design to evaluate changes in suicidality and inpatient mental health hospitalizations among gender minority enrollees in states with and without nondiscrimination policies. The present study was conducted from August 1, 2018, to September 1, 2019.
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Implementation of a state-level nondiscrimination policy appears to be associated with decreased or no changes in suicidality among gender minority individuals living in states that implemented these policies from 2013 to 2016. Given high rates of suicidality among gender minority individuals in the US, health insurance nondiscrimination policies may offer a mechanism for reducing barriers to care and mitigating discrimination. |
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September 2020 |
Away From Home Youth Experiences of Institutional Placements in Foster Care
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Sarah Fathallah & Sarah Sullivan |
Think Of Us led a team of seven researchers who conducted a study to understand the perspectives, attitudes, and experiences of young people with recent histories in institutional placements, and to understand their beliefs around reforming or ending institutional placements. The goal of this report is to share the stories and insights of youth with lived experience that surfaced during the study. |
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Be True Be you LGBTQ Booklet
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Written to youth and young adults to provide an overview of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, coming out, LGBTQ+ and mental health, self-care, mental health services, and rights. |
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Being Two Spirit: A Brief Explainer
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They’ve gone by a lot of names. They’ve endured colonialism and hatred. But they are still here and they are amazing. Here is a brief history of queer Native culture. |
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2017 |
Bending the Mold: An Action Kit for Transgender Students
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This toolkit is designed to assist transgender, gender non-conforming, questioning, and ally students to make school a safer place. Resources include how to advocate for change as well as an extensive list of resources to help you connect with the transgender community and find support. |
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Breaking the Silence: LGBTQ Foster Youth Tell Their Stories
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Breaking the Silence: LGBTQ Foster Youth Tell Their Stories - Resource CD
To ensure the most effective use of Breaking the Silence, each DVD comes packaged with a CD containing over 25 training tools and resources. These materials not only provide additional background and information for trainers who screen the DVD, but are meant to be distributed to those who are watching the DVD to supplement their knowledge and give them tools to put into action. Some resources will also assist administrators or managers in transforming their agencies into ones that have an organizational culture that is inclusive of LGBT youth. |
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