LGBTQI+ Youth

LGBTQI+ youth face significant challenges including discrimination, restricted health care access, and mental health impacts, with recent legal cases and legislation posing additional barriers to services and protections.

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What It’s Like to Be an LGBTQ+ High Schooler in DeSantis’s Florida In the News
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What It’s Like to Be an LGBTQ+ High Schooler in DeSantis’s Florida

Florida high school student Cameron Driggers explains how Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-FL) policies affect LGBTQ+ students like him. He warns that a potential DeSantis presidency would bring extremist policies to Americans everywhere.

the Advocate

Cameron Driggers

Fact Sheet: LGBT Workers in the Labor Market Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: LGBT Workers in the Labor Market

New data from the Census Bureau reveal economic insecurity and labor market gaps experienced by LGBT people compared with non-LGBT populations.

the Center for American Progress

Caroline Medina, Lindsay Mahowald, Rose Khattar, 1 More Aurelia Glass

A Landmark Win for the LGBTQ Community, With Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David Podcast

A Landmark Win for the LGBTQ Community, With Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David

This week, Daniella and Ed are joined by Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision ruling that LGBTQ workers cannot be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Ed Chung, Jesse Lee, 3 More Chris Ford, Dwayne Greene, Adam Peck