Embracing a New Vision for LGBTQ+ Youth
By Shannan Wilbur, Esq. The launch of the National SOGIE Center (“Center”) is an important milestone in the movement to promote the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ children and youth who interact with...
View ArticleStudy Finds Overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ Youth in Midwest Foster Care System
The study outlined here is one of the first of its kind to be conducted in a Midwestern state, where available data on LGBTQ+ youth is extremely limited. It follows similar studies in New York City...
View ArticleNational Recognition for AFFIRM Youth
The National SOGIE Center is proud to announce that the AFFIRM Youth program has recently been added to the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) as a Promising Practice....
View ArticleReframing the Narrative of Substance Use and Risk Among LGBTQ+ Communities
Margaret M. Paschen-Wolff, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry; Michael Dentato, School of Social Work, Loyola University...
View ArticleEvidence-Based Practice & Gender Affirming Care—It’s Time to Act, Not Delay...
Christopher Bellonci, MD, Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard Medical School If you were to learn that 79% of a population had serious thoughts about suicide in their lifetime[1], 69% with...
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