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LGBT Youth

LGBT Youth. Key Issues. Key Issue 1: Age. Key Issue 2: Parents. Key Issue 3: School. Key Issue 4: Isolation. 60% had 3 or fewer gay friends before accessing GALYIC 73% less isolated since attending GALYIC 55% felt less depressed 91% confidence increased

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LGBT Youth

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  1. LGBT Youth Key Issues

  2. Key Issue 1: Age

  3. Key Issue 2: Parents

  4. Key Issue 3: School

  5. Key Issue 4: Isolation • 60% had 3 or fewer gay friends before accessing GALYIC • 73% less isolated since attending GALYIC • 55% felt less depressed • 91% confidence increased • 100% more positive LGBT identity • 91% GALYIC had improved self esteem

  6. Key Issue 5: Homophobic Hate Crime

  7. Key Issue 6: Homelessness

  8. Key Issue 7: Substance Misuse

  9. Key Issue 8: Mental Health

  10. Key Issue 9: Sexual Vulnerability

  11. Key Issue 10: Lack of Services • Majority not meeting needs – few notable exceptions • Majority not aware of sexuality/gender identity – not monitoring • Majority not aware of needs – most not including sexual orientation or gender identity in needs assessments • Majority not had appropriate training (neither basic professional nor in-service) • Few targeted services like GALYIC with appropriate funding and staffing

  12. Public Sector Equality Duty April 2011. All public services proactively: • eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation • advance equality of opportunity • foster good relations • remove or minimise disadvantages • take steps to meet the needs of persons • encourage persons who share a relevant protected characteristic to participate in public life or in any other activity in which participation by such persons is disproportionately low • tackle prejudice, and promote understanding

  13. Section 158 Positive action • suffer a disadvantage connected to the characteristic: overcome or minimise that disadvantage • needs that are different from the needs of persons who do not share it: meeting those needs • participation in an activity is disproportionately low:enabling or encouraging persons to participate in that activity

  14. Positive action 1. • Parents- multi-agency care pathway for LGBT young people who are vulnerable at home.

  15. Positive action 2. • School- zero tolerance of homophobic/transphobic bullying; support for LGBT young people in schools

  16. Positive action 3. • Hate Crime- targeted support; awareness training for police

  17. Positive action 4. • Housing- appropriate accommodation pathways for homeless LGBT youth (see Newcastle)

  18. Positive action 5. • Substance Misuse- local substance misuse strategy to include LGBT youth as vulnerable; specific, targeted service to meet the needs of LGBT youth

  19. Positive action 6. • Mental Health- specific multi-agency care pathway for LGBT young people with mental health problems

  20. Positive action 7. • Sexual Health- sexual health strategy to include LGBT young people, including vulnerability to HIV (young men), teenage pregnancy and appropriate safer sex information

  21. Positive action 8. • Lack of Services– audit services to identify • Monitoring • Assessing • Training • Meeting needs

  22. Positive Action 9. • Isolation • Is there an LGBT youth group • What is their capacity • Can they respond to need • Do other agencies refer to them

  23. Positive Action 10. • National agencies:take on board needs and prioritise work with LGBT youth • National strategies:include LGBT youth • All research:on young people include sexual orientation and gender identity

  24. Resources www.galyic.org.uk http://lgbt.resurv.co.uk

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