El Centro de Educación de Trabajadores, in partnership with Pride for Youth, Circulo de la Hispanidad, and The Prevention Collaborative created a Spanish-language resource, Amigos Y Amantes. This website is an interactive online educational intervention focused on HIV prevention for at-risk Spanish speaking members of the Latinx community. It includes animated content, as well as Spanish language information […]
Sexual & Gender Minorities
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey: Reports on the Experiences of Black Respondents and Latino/a Respondents
The National Center for Transgender Equality, Black Trans Advocacy, and National Black Justice Coalition released the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey: Report on the Experiences of Black Respondents. This report focuses on the unique experiences, including behavioral health disparities, of the 796 survey respondents who identified as black or African-American. Nearly half (47 percent) of black respondents reported an attempted suicide […]
Recommendations to provide gender-affirmation treatment for transgender individuals
The Endocrine Society issued a Clinical Practice Guideline on the treatment for gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent people, commonly referred to as transgender, to develop the physical characteristics of the affirmed gender. The guideline, entitled “Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online and will appear in the November 2017 print issue of […]
Association Between Gender Minority Status and Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health in the United States
People who identify as transgender or gender nonconforming may have higher than average rates of poor or fair health, a new study suggests. “There is little research on this population, because people haven’t been asking them to identify themselves,” said lead author Dr. Carl Streed Jr., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Transgender describes […]
Let Her Learn: Stopping School Pushout for Girls in Foster Care
Girls across the country are being pushed out of schools as a result of discriminatory disciplinary policies and the continued failure of schools to identify and adequately address trauma. This is increasingly alarming for girls of color involved in the child welfare system as they are likely to experience frequent residential and school changes and […]
LGBQ/GNCT Girls and Boys in the California Juvenile Justice System: A Practice Guide
This guide is designed to help California probation officials protect the safety and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, and/or gender nonconforming and transgender (LGBQ/GNCT) youth in their care and custody. The guide recommends policies and procedures to prohibit discrimination, prevent harm, and promote fair and equitable treatment of LGBQ/GNCT youth in the state’s juvenile […]