Absent Inclusion Polices: Problems Facing Homeless Transgender Youth

Sellers, Mitchell Dylan

doi:10.1080/10999922.2018.1446629

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“…Facing intersectional discrimination results in transgender women and girls of color experiencing higher rates of negative mental health outcomes and exposure to higher rates of violence (Testa et al, 2012), with transgender women of color making up to 73% of transgender murders in 2020 (Human Rights Campaign, 2020). In addition, transgender youth experience disproportionately high numbers of homelessness when compared to their cisgender counterparts (Sellers, 2018).…”

Section: Transphobia/transprejudicementioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of gender-affirming care bans on transgender and gender diverse youth: Parental figures’ perspective.

Abreu¹,

Sostre²,

Gonzalez³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth in the United States are met with systemic barriers that affect their physical and mental health. Recent scholarship has found that TGD youth have been negatively impacted as a result of antitransgender federal, state, and local laws and bills. Given the crucial role of parental figures in the well-being of TGD youth (e.g., supporting their child's health-care decisions), parents can provide important insight about the experiences of their children as they navigate the effects of antitransgender legislation. This study aimed to explore parental figures' perceptions of how bans on gender affirming care affect their TGD child and parental figures' advice for legislators/policymakers regarding the impact of these laws and bills on the well-being of TGD youth. Responses to an online survey with 134 selfidentified parental figures of TGD youth were analyzed. Thematic analysis revealed five themes regarding the impact that these antitransgender laws and bills have on TGD youth, including (a) depression and suicidal ideation/risk of suicide, (b) anxiety, (c) increased gender dysphoria, (d) decreased safety and increased stigma, and (e) lack of access to medical care. Parental figures also provided direct feedback to legislators/policymakers regarding the impact of these laws and bills on the well-being of TGD youth, including (a) transgender youth health is not a political issue, (b) decriminalize gender affirming medical care, (c) decrease discrimination and violence against transgender people, and (d) become educated on transgender health-care issues. Recommendations for research and practice are discussed.

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Section: Transphobia/transprejudicementioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of gender-affirming care bans on transgender and gender diverse youth: Parental figures’ perspective.

Abreu¹,

Sostre²,

Gonzalez³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Public Integrity recently published a symposium addressing one of the most prevalent issues impacting local‐level LGBTQ+ administration and policy, youth homelessness. Some specific examples of local‐level LGBTQ+ municipal efforts in this symposium involve policing methods (McCandless 2018), learning from the success of other municipalities (Dolamore and Naylor 2017), multisector approaches to address the pressing challenges of homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth (Norman‐Major 2018), absent inclusion policies for problems facing homeless transgender youth (Sellers 2018), public library services for LGBTQ and gender variant youth (Robinson 2016), and public ethics and administration approaches to ethical dilemmas in dealing with homeless LGBT youth in the twenty‐first century (Johnson 2018; Johnson, Rivera, and Lopez 2018).…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

LGBTQ+ Civil Rights: Local Government Efforts in a Volatile Era

Elias

2020

Public Administration Review

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LGBTQ+ issues at the local level pose some of the most pressing civil rights challenges in the current U.S. context. This analysis provides insight into what is taking place in major municipalities and how these efforts can be improved to bolster equity and civil rights for LGBTQ+ populations. At a time when identity, language, and public sector values are inherently intertwined and constantly changing, the following question is ripe for analysis: how are major U.S. municipalities addressing the civil rights needs of the LGBTQ+ population? To answer this question, an analysis of government websites from the top 10 U.S. cities by population is conducted, examining the policies, programs, and services that municipalities offer LGBTQ+ residents and the language used to frame these policies, programs, and services as expressions of power, representations of identity, and the website presentation itself. Evidence for Practice • Municipalities should adopt comprehensive policies, programs, and services to promote LGBTQ+ civil rights that take into account the varied needs of their diverse populations. • The language used in LGBTQ+ policies, programs, and services should be carefully considered, because language has the potential to build inclusion and trust among administrators and LGBTQ+ residents. • Municipalities should not only develop more inclusive LGBTQ+ policies, programs, and services but also work to improve their accessibility and web presence so that knowledge of these efforts is readily available to LGBTQ+ individuals. Her forthcoming work includes two coedited volumes: Ethics for Contemporary Bureaucrats: Navigating Constitutional Crossroads and Handbook of Gender and Public Administration.

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“…Currah, Juang, and Minter 2006;Davis 2014). Such works illuminated the injustices faced by the transgender community when dealing with the administrative state (Daum 2015;Spade 2015;Sellers 2018). Scholars have highlighted ways to reorganize social spaces in a transgender inclusive manner (Davis 2017;Elias 2017).…”

Section: The Slow Incorporation Of Lgb and T In Researchmentioning

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Morality Politics and New Research on Transgender Politics and Public Policy

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Recent political debate over transgender military service and gendered bathroom use highlights a dramatic increase in salience over transgender issues in the US. In this essay, we examine a potential new front in the culture wars by reviewing recent empirical research in social science on the politics of transgender rights in the context of morality politics. Research on morality politics has often focused on LGBT rights, with an emphasis on gay and lesbian rights and little attention to transgender issues. We highlight the progress of research on transgender issues in the US, focusing on the study of attitudes about transgender people and rights, transgender rights in states and localities, and broader findings affecting transgender populations. Although there is ample research still needed, the current state of empirical social science on transgender issues has made great advancements in the past decade and shows that morality continues to shape LGBT politics and policy.

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Absent Inclusion Polices: Problems Facing Homeless Transgender Youth

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Impact of gender-affirming care bans on transgender and gender diverse youth: Parental figures’ perspective.

Impact of gender-affirming care bans on transgender and gender diverse youth: Parental figures’ perspective.

LGBTQ+ Civil Rights: Local Government Efforts in a Volatile Era

Morality Politics and New Research on Transgender Politics and Public Policy

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