9 years ago
The terrible message Florida is sending to LGBT foster care youth
‘Florida dislikes gays so much they’re willing to take it out on the kids, and in a way this is worse than the Indiana discrimination bill because it’s not adults vs. adults, it’s kids who are sitting in the system who are going to lose out on a home.”
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One of the most comprehensive studies on foster care youth in the U.S. surveyed children in L.A. County. About 19 percent of foster youth identified as LGBTQ—13.4% LGB or questioning and 5.6% transgender, according to the UCLA’s Williams Institute, a think tank that studies the intersection of sexual orientation, gender identity and public policy.
“That’s as much as twice the estimated percentage of youth not in foster care who are LGBTQ,” read the report.
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