by Christopher Vasquez | Nov 30, 2022
Introduction Lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, gender nonconforming, and transgender (LGBTQI) youth are well documented as disproportionally represented in the juvenile justice system. These disparities, coupled with the high visibility of LGBTQI youth as leaders amongst prominent campaigns to abolish the youth prison model, emphasize the importance of examining the concerns facing LGBTQI youth involved in the prison abolition movement, and the strengths they bring to the effort. This...
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by Shriya Bhindwale | Sep 1, 2021
NCLR partners with the Pacific Juvenile Defense Center on “COVID-19 and California’s Detained Youth: Vulnerable and Overlooked.” Published in the California Journal of Politics and Policy, this article describes the unique dangers posed by COVID-19 to incarcerated youth in county-run detention facilities in California. It delves into the efforts of advocates to urge government stakeholders to implement health and safety protocols, and draws on the experience of the past year and a half to...
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by Christopher Vasquez | May 26, 2021
Poverty at the End of the Rainbow is a group of fact sheets written in an attempt to equip advocates, lawmakers, community members and allies alike with a greater understanding of the unique challenges facing LGBTQ+ people living in poverty. These challenges are specifically heightened during the pandemic but go far deeper than the current circumstances. Please read on for more information. This compilation of fact sheets are published by The National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action...
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by Erik Olvera | Dec 3, 2015
NCLR’s report to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations regarding the United States’ compliance with its human rights obligations in the area of the family relationships of LGBTQ people and conversion therapy. Download PDF
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by Dan Mahoney | Oct 2, 2013 | Youth, Federal policy, adoption, school, same-sex parents, parentage, parental rights, child custody, lesbian parents, LGBT parents, same-sex couples, Federal Legislation
This publication provides an overview of the legal rights of LGBTQ parents and their children in the United States. Download PDF
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by Erik Olvera | Jul 25, 2013
A pioneering new report authored by the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project urges group care facilities to reassess their treatment of transgender and gender non-conforming youth and to adopt policies and practices that provide these youth with appropriate, fair and equal care. The report is the first to provide comprehensive guidance about the treatment of transgender and gender non-conforming youth in group care facilities,—including detention centers,...
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by Cathy Sakimura, Esq. | Jul 25, 2011
This publication gives an overview of the federal and state provisions requiring schools to protect students from anti-LGBTQ harassment and discrimination. Download PDF
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by Erik Olvera | Jul 25, 2010
A state-by-state look at non-discrimination laws that explicitly protect transgender people. Download PDF
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