Despite the strides the LGBTQ community has made in the United States over the last year, juvenile justice and foster care systems are still not equitable for LGBTQ youth, who also combat homelessness.
This was the thrust of a discussion in Manhattan on Wednesday night between representatives from advocacy groups Lambda Legal and Children's Rightswith host Molly Gochman. Two dozen people assembled on a rooftop to hear about the state of LGBTQ youth.
LGBTQ youth make up 6 percent of the general population, Gochman said. But that group represents 14 percent of juvenile incarcerations and 40 percent of homeless population and have a heightened risk for sexual and physical abuse, she said.
[For more of this story, written by Jackie Snow, go to http://jjie.org/lgbtq-youth-st...dvocates-say/136381/]
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