Suicide and substance abuse are among the highest with LGBT&Q youth. About 30% of these kids have problems with alcohol and other substances due to the over whelming amount of rejection, and intolerance. LGBT&Q youth are 2 – 6 times more likely than heterosexual youth to attempt suicide when they are ... See More
David Wagner writes on August 10, 2010 for the Center for American Progress, Nowhere to Go, an Issue Brief on Gay and Transgender Youth Homelessness. “The foster care system, charged with providing a safe alternative for children who can no longer live in their original family’s home, also has syst... See More
Each year Families Like Ours provides resources, information, support, education and advocacy to 2,000 foster, adoptive families and professionals. May is National Fos... See More