1.0Lambda Legalhttps://lambdalegal.orgJenna Butzhttps://lambdalegal.org/author/jbutz/LGBTQ+ Youth and Advocates Report Significant Barriers for Trans and Nonbinary Youth in Public Systems; Call for Urgent Reformsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WfksEhYXjG"><a href="https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/us_20240812_lgbtq-youth-advocates-report-barriers-in-public-systems-call-for-reforms/">LGBTQ+ Youth and Advocates Report Significant Barriers for Trans and Nonbinary Youth in Public Systems; Call for Urgent Reforms</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/us_20240812_lgbtq-youth-advocates-report-barriers-in-public-systems-call-for-reforms/embed/#?secret=WfksEhYXjG" width="600" height="338" title="“LGBTQ+ Youth and Advocates Report Significant Barriers for Trans and Nonbinary Youth in Public Systems; Call for Urgent Reforms” — Lambda Legal" data-secret="WfksEhYXjG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://lambdalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/launchevent-scaled.jpg25602072On International Youth Day, a report reveals lack of protective policies, new harms, and little effort at preventing system involvement or meeting the needs of trans and nonbinary youth. Today, on International Youth Day, national experts alongside a group of transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse (“TNGD”) youth with lived experience in child welfare, juvenile legal,...