LGBTQIA+ Youth — Long Island Youth Summit

FOCUS
QUESTIONS

1. What does the term LGBT mean?

2. What are some of the health issues that people in the LGBT community may encounter? (the answer to this is typically very wide: from issues of social stigma to inability to do a transgender surgery because there are no hospitals in New York that are approved for that)

3. What are some of the social issues (stigma, social acceptance, bullying, work discrimination) that impact lives of the members of LGBT community?

4. How easy or difficult is it to be a transgender individual in our society?

5. Does your high school have LGBT students? How are they treated and do they have a club of their own?

6. What can be done to make sure that members of the LGBT community have proper access to healthcare that they need and experience less stigma in our society?

7. What organizations address the issue of health and wellness in the LGBT community?

LINKS

1 What does the term LGBT mean?

Heartland Alliance International:
http://www.rainbowwelcome.org/faq#faq1

USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/01/lgbtq-questioning-queer-meaning/26925563/

Tahoe Safe Alliance:
https://tahoesafealliance.org/for-lgbqtia/what-does-lgbtqia-mean/

OK2BME:
http://ok2bme.ca/resources/kids-teens/what-does-lgbtq-mean/

University of Michigan Spectrum Center:
https://internationalspectrum.umich.edu/life/definitions

Youth Engaged 4 Change:
http://engage.youth.gov/blog/lgbt-key-terms

Healthy People.org:
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-health

National Institutes of Health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1070935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081377/

Identities MIC:
https://mic.com/articles/92349/11-major-obstacles-to-equality-that-lgbt-americans-still-face-in-2014#.w71okzmZQ

Catalyst:
http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-workplace-issues

National Alliance on Mental Illness:
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/LGBTQ

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA12-4684/SMA12-4684.pdf

CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/
http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/stigma-and-discrimination.htm

Transgender Equality:
http://www.transequality.org/issues

Glaad:
http://www.glaad.org/publications/understanding-issues-facing-transgender-americans

3. What are some of the social issues (stigma, social acceptance, bullying, work discrimination) that impact lives of the members of LGBT community?

Identities MIC:
https://mic.com/articles/92349/11-major-obstacles-to-equality-that-lgbt-americans-still-face-in-2014#.w71okzmZQ

National Association of Social Workers:
http://www.socialworkers.org/diversity/new/lgbt.asp

Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/4-lgbt-issues-to-focus-on-now-that-we-have-marriage-equality-20150629

American Civil Liberties Union:
https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights

SAGE:
https://www.sageusa.org/issues/general.cfm

CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/stigma-and-discrimination.htm

PEW Research Center:
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/06/13/chapter-2-social-acceptance/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/25/how-lgbt-adults-see-society-and-how-the-public-sees-them/

Stop Bullying.gov:
https://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/groups/lgbt/

No Bullying.com:
https://nobullying.com/lgbt-bullying-statistics/

The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/14/a-scientific-look-at-the-damage-parents-do-when-they-bully-their-gay-kids/?utm_term=.620f598165e1

Mental Health America:
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/bullying-and-gay-youth

4. How easy or difficult is it to be a transgender individual in our society?

National Center for Transgender Equality:
http://www.transequality.org/issues

Human Rights Campaign:
http://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-transgender-community

Advocates for Youth:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/497-tips-and-strategies-for-addressing-the-challenges-that-face-transgender-youth

USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/22/transgender-primer-manning/2687869/

The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/parker-marie-molloy/anti-transgender-discrimination_b_4273822.html

5. Does your high school have LGBT students? How are they treated and do they have a club of their own?

ACLU:
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/lgbt-high-school-students-what-do-if-you-face-harassment-school
https://www.aclu.org/other/how-start-gay-straight-alliance-gsa

GLSEN:
http://www.glsen.org/learn/research/national

The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/health/gay-lesbian-teenagers-violence.html?_r=0

Tolerance.org:
http://www.tolerance.org/lgbt-best-practices

GSA Network:
https://gsanetwork.org/get-involved/start-gsa

6. What can be done to make sure that members of the LGBT community have proper access to healthcare that they need and experience less stigma in our society?

LGBT Health Education:
http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/Improving-the-Health-of-LGBT-People.pdf

Center for American Progress:
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/reports/2009/12/21/7048/how-to-close-the-lgbt-health-disparities-gap/

APA:
https://www.apa.org/about/gr/issues/lgbt/disparities-brief.pdf

Chron:
http://work.chron.com/solutions-lgbt-discrimination-workplace-school-23934.html

National Center for Transgender equality:
http://endtransdiscrimination.org/action.html

The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/29/lgbt-health-disparities-stigma-us

UN AIDS:
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2015/september/20150929_LGBTI

7. What organizations nationally address the issues of health and wellness in the LGBT community?

Alliance for Strong Families and Communities:
http://www.alliance1.org/magazine/issue1-12/serving-lgbt-community

CenterLink:
http://www.lgbtcenters.org/localstatenational-groups.aspx

GLSEN:
http://www.glsen.org/

Diversity Best Practice:
http://www.diversitybestpractices.com/news-articles/22-lgbt-organizations-you-need-know