➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Measuring the lives of LGBT youth
Child Trends – August 31, 2016
The last several years have featured many encouraging strides for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people: the nationwide victory for marriage equality, the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, supportive policy guidance from the Departments of Education and Justice, and other policy-level and grassroots initiatives have all established new policy standards for LGBT equality. In many ways, today’s LGBT youth are growing up in a much more broadly supportive society than the one I faced years ago. But while societal norms are shifting toward equality, a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) high school students still face significant obstacles to achieving well-being. CDC Report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/ss/ss6509a1.htm
http://www.childtrends.org/measuring-the-lives-of-lgbt-youth/