study was to explore the perspectives of service providers and youth advocates working with lesbian and gay communities in … order to increase understanding of bullying of lesbian and gay youth. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted … address bullying. Several dimensions of bullying that may be specific to lesbian and gay youth (e.g. pervasiveness across …

Today's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth come out at younger ages, and public support for LGBT … issues has dramatically increased, so why do LGBT youth continue to be at high risk for compromised mental health? We provide … an overview of the contemporary context for LGBT youth, followed by a review of current science on LGBT youth mental …

chapter examines the socially supported discrimination confronting queer youth in community institutions. It surfaces the … community institutions to protect queer youth and reduce their chances entering the juvenile justice or child welfare systems …