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Federal Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations for LGBQ/GNCT Youth

 

The Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) has issued its recommendations to OJJDP for strategies to advance juvenile justice reform for LGBQ/GNCT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning/gender nonconforming, transgender) youth. The LGBT subcommittee, which is comprised of FACJJ members and leaders who work with and/or identify as LGBQ/GNCT youth, formulated the recommendations. The recommendations are grouped into four categories:

  • Policy and Program Development
  • Training...

LGBTQI-GNC and Two-Spirit Blog for StopBullying.gov

By: Robert L. Listenbee, Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) with contributions from Keith Towery, Grants Management Specialist, OJJDP

All children deserve a chance—a chance to be safe, to be educated and to be themselves. Too often, this chance is denied to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex, gender nonconforming (LGBTQI-GNC) and Two-Spirit1 youth. Many of these youth are...