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Youth

LGBTQ adolescents and young adults are coming out earlier than previous generations, yet they continue to experience high levels of stigma and discrimination. We study the demographics of sexual and gender minority youth with a focus on how various settings create risks for harm and opportunities to thrive.

Featured Publications

Fact Sheet

LGBT Youth Population in the United States

September 2020
Brief

Conversion Therapy and LGBT Youth

June 2019
Report

Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Foster Care

August 2014
Report

LGBTQ Youth in California’s Public Schools

October 2017
Brief

Characteristics and Mental Health of Gender Nonconforming Adolescents in California

December 2017
Report

Sexual Orientation Enumeration in State Antibullying Statutes in the United States

January 2019

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Experts working on this topic

Cathren Cohen

Staff Attorney

Miguel Fuentes

Research and Data Analyst

Sapna Khatri

Law Teaching Fellow

Bianca D.M. Wilson

Senior Scholar of Public Policy
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