Out of the margins : a report on regional listening forums highlighting the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth in care /

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Author / Creator:	Woronoff, Rob.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : Child Welfare League of America ; New York, NY : Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, c2006.
Description:	xviii, 157 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Social work with sexual minority youth -- United States. Child welfare -- United States. Sexual minority youth -- Services for -- United States. Sexual minority youth -- Institutional care -- United States. Homophobia in child welfare -- United States. Heterosexism in child welfare -- United States. Child welfare. Heterosexism in child welfare. Homophobia in child welfare. Social work with sexual minority youth. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6233604

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Varying Form of Title:	Experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth in care Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth in care
Other authors / contributors:	Estrada, Rudy. Sommer, Susan. Marzullo, Michelle A. Child Welfare League of America. Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Also issued electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.
Summary:	Between September 2003 and December 2004, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (Lambda) organized Regional Listening Forums in 13 different cities nationwide. The objective of these events was to highlight the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in care. The CWLA/Lambda Regional Listening Forums provided an opportunity for LGBTQ youth in care, and the adults who work with and care for them, to share their experiences and work together to identify strategies for bringing about lasting change within the child welfare system. Out of the margins consolidates the responses of the more than 500 youth and adult participants from 22 states who attended the forums and offered personal stories of actual experiences and concrete solutions for building the capacity of the child welfare system to better meet the needs of LGBTQ young people in care.

Table of Contents:

A letter of faith / by H.J. David Ambroz
Introduction
Addressing negative attitudes about people who are LGBTQ
Safe and supportive placements
Homeless LGBTQ youth
Community resources and services
Issues facing LGBTQ youth in schools
Permanency planning
Transgender youth
Bridging the rural-urban divide
Faith-based child welfare services
Adults involved with the child welfare system
The utility of the regional listening forums for policy, practice, and research : a tripod / by A. Chris Downs
Conclusion
Appendix A-1. Adult invitation
Appendix A-2. Youth invitation
Appendix A-3. Youth flyer
Appendix B. Assent forms
Appendix C. Listening forums outline.

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