Youth Today
All posts tagged "Ethnicity and Gender"
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694Guest Opinion EssayHow DEI rollbacks at colleges and universities set back learning
Institutions are shuttering programs preemptively to avoid political pressure. This will have lasting effects.
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692Guest Opinion EssayState laws threaten to erode academic freedom in US higher education
Twenty-one of 150 Republican-proposed state bills curbing academic freedom on campus have become law.
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626NewsTicketed at school as a teen, a young Black woman is suing an Illinois city for violating her civil rights
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets to children.
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535NewsSchools are more segregated than 30 years ago. But how much?
Between 1991 and 2019 the segregation level rose by over 1/3rd in 541 districts.
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1.0K► Reports2024 U.S. national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people
Among LGBTQ+ youth there are elevated suicide risks and lack of mental healthcare access.
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569NewsLGBTQ students wonder what’s next as conservative states seek to block new Title IX rules
Two days after new Title IX rules were published, 15 states announced they're suing.
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687NewsNew Title IX rules offer ‘comprehensive coverage’ for LGBTQ+ students and sexual violence survivors
The new regulations from the Biden administration strengthen protections for sex discrimination, reversing Trump-era changes.
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568NewsTexas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
LGBTQ+ foster kid support vanished; silence blankets the agency tasked with raising LGBTQ+ children.
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874► Reports2024 Black LGBTQ+ youth report
Despite solemn statistics, Black LGBTQ+ youth are finding the confidence to own their space.
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960NewsThe mental health needs of Black and Hispanic girls often go unmet. This group wraps them in support
WOW offers weekly meetings to students of all races who identify as female/nonbinary.
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783NewsSchool clubs for gay students move underground after Kentucky’s anti-LGBTQ law goes into effect
Kentucky’s law, passed in March 2023, is one of the most sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
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1.2K► NewsmakersKimberly R. Alexander named executive director of M.O.B.B United and M.O.B.B United for Social Change
Kimberly R. Alexander is the new executive director of Moms of Black Boys United, Inc. (M.O.B.B. United) and M.O.B.B. United for Social...
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1.7KNewsIn ‘host homes,’ volunteers provide safe homes for LGBTQ+ youth at risk of homelessness
Host homes build off of a "history of resilience and resistance.”
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1.4KNewsA new policy in Florida could out LGBTQ+ students to their parents if they join a GSA
Some LGBTQ+ student clubs in Florida have disbanded altogether.
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853NewsAs migrants arrive, some schools need more buses, books and bilingual teachers
An increase in immigrant kids has created challenges for schools.
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1.7KNewsKristin Henning: The criminalization of Black children needs to stop
We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.
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2.5KNewsHomeless LGBTQ youth risk discrimination and harassment when seeking help
LGBTQ youth are disproportionately homeless, facing unique challenges in finding affirming shelter.
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905NewsYour state has a law on bathrooms and trans kids? Officials may not know how it will be enforced
It's not clear how bathroom laws will play out after being enacted.
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1.2K► Reports2023 U.S. national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people
The Trevor Project releases its annual survey report on LGBTQ youth mental health.
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956NewsTransgender youth: ‘Forced outing’ bills make schools unsafe
Several proposals would allow or require schools to deadname trans students or out them.
