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Quinn Hafen; Shiloh Dailey; Jordan Brooks; Jennifer Currin-McCulloch – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
Students and employees from Colorado State University School of Social Work partnered to co-lead a comprehensive student and employee community-building initiative focused on enhancing 2SLGBTQ+ student and employee well-being and belonging. The Queer Umbrella, created in response to queer and trans-identifying students and employees' experiences…
Descriptors: Higher Education, LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity, Student Welfare
Potvin, Leigh – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2021
The role of allies in social movements is an area of social justice activism that is at times celebrated and at other times contested. Sometimes, allies are celebrated for the "good work" that they do to support marginalized people in their struggle against oppression. They undertake challenging and demanding social justice work, often…
Descriptors: Social Justice, LGBTQ People, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
Anderson, Sloan Okrey; Lough, Benjamin J. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2021
In 2014, Leelah Alcorn, a homeschooled transgender teenager in the United States, died by suicide after enduring months of social isolation and her parent's repeated efforts to change her gender identity. Sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) youth who are, like Leelah, homeschooled in the U.S. do not have access to the institutional and relational…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Home Schooling, Christianity, Environmental Influences
Tyler, Tee R.; Huddleston, Boglarka S.; Barnett, Farren A.; Kohring, Caroline L.; Spaeth, Cassidy M. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2021
This systematic literature review explores parents of transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) children's experiences interfacing with members of their social support networks. We used the qualitative metasummary literature review analysis method to collect and examine peer-reviewed empirical studies, including qualitative data collected from…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Social Support Groups, Children, Interaction
Joy, Phillip; Numer, Matthew – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2017
University can be a critical time for queer identifying youth as they attempt to navigate new relationships and heteronormative and, sometimes, hostile environments. Involvement in queer student groups is one strategy to develop protective mechanisms for these students. This research examines the effect of participation in a queer advocacy group…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Photography, Homosexuality, Student Organizations
Jones, Tiffany – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2016
Australian education is delivered through government and independent systems. This article discusses how education policies on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer students in these different sectors have affected school climates. It describes how previously published policy analysis and survey data on Australian gay, lesbian,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
Swanson, Katie; Gettinger, Maribeth – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2016
This study focused on the association between 3 school-level supports for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward LGBT youth. Framed within social support theory, the study used survey method with a sample of 98 teachers in Grades 6-12. The purpose was to examine the relation…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Teacher Attitudes, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
St. John, Alex; Travers, Robb; Munro, Lauren; Liboro, Renato; Schneider, Margaret; Greig, Carrie L. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2014
This article outlines how gay-straight alliances (GSAs) work to connect youth with community resources, and outlines the political and social context of GSAs in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Fifteen individuals (youth, teachers, and a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer [LGBTQ] youth service provider) participated in interviews…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Youth Programs, Community Programs, Social Influences
Ignatavicius, Stephanie – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2013
Female-identified transgender youth (FIT youth) have a male birth sex but identify as female, placing them outside of socially acceptable standards and increasing the challenges of adolescence. They face numerous potential sources of stress and have a higher likelihood of experiencing negative mental health outcomes due to lack of support, lack of…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Females, Youth, Gender Issues
Greytak, Emily A.; Kosciw, Joseph G.; Boesen, Madelyn J. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2013
This study examines the availability and effectiveness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)-related school resources for a national sample of transgender youth (N = 409), as compared to a national sample of LGB cisgender (non-transgender) youth (N = 6,444). All four examined resources--gay-straight alliances (GSAs), supportive…
Descriptors: Bullying, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Identification (Psychology)
Black, Whitney W.; Fedewa, Alicia L.; Gonzalez, Kirsten A. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2012
Research indicates lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth are a vulnerable population--a status that can be attributed to a hostile social climate at school. Intervention strategies, such as educational policies, programs, and a supportive environment, improve the social climate for LGBT students in secondary schools and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Environment, Homosexuality, School Safety
McEntarfer, Heather Killelea – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2011
This qualitative study examines the processes of forming gay-straight alliances at three religiously affiliated institutions of higher education. Using the lens of Social Movement Theory (SMT), this paper presents the methods and approaches used when advocates of gay-straight alliances at these institutions encountered resistance from…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Educational Environment, Social Support Groups, Church Related Colleges
Westbrook, Laurel – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2009
LGBT campus resources are vital for many LGBT college students' wellbeing and academic success. In this article, I explore what factors may cause different groups under the LGBT umbrella to be included in or excluded from use of LGBT campus resources. I examine patterns of participation at two college campuses: one where women wanted access to…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Gender Discrimination, Gender Differences