LGBT Youth Report Now Available Online
By: Mark O'Neil - Posted on: 9/5/2006

This past May, three groups released a report on LGBT youth in Wisconsin and that report is now available online. The Status Report on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth in Wisconsin – authored by Narra Smith Cox, Ph.D. and Gary Hollander, Ph.D. – is intended to generate critical thinking about ways in which educators, mentors, parents, youth workers, advocates, policymakers, funders and others can actively support the healthy development of LGBTQ youth. In addition, it is intended to motivate individuals and organizations to take action – big or small, personal or public – to support LGBTQ youth in Wisconsin.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth Development Advisory Council (LYDAC), the Rainbow Alliance for Youth (RAY), and Diverse and Resilient (D&R) contributed to the research, organization, and editing of the paper. Contributors come from Appleton, Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, and Schofield.

Note: You can access the report directly at http://www.diverseandresilient.org/youth/documents/whitepaper-y-ff.pdf.