Terminolgy
What does LGBTQ+ stand for?
LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and more.
What % of LGBTQ youth reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety?
73%
How can YOU be more informed to the community via email?
Adding your pronouns to the signature on your email
When does the internal sense of gender identity develop?
3 Years Old
______ informed care has to include gender affirmation because it is the most protective
Trauma
What is Questioning?
An individual who or when someone is unsure about or is exploring their own sexual orientation or gender identity.
What % of students, in the LGBTQ community, seriously considered suicide in the past year?
45%
How can YOU include students, in the LGBTQ community, to feel welcomed?
Plan trips they can attend, build rapport with those students, ask them what their pronouns are.
LGBTQ youth who felt high social support from their family reported attempting suicide at ________ of those who felt low or moderate social support?
Less than half
What is affirming care?
Interventions designed to support and affirm an individual's gender identity
What is Gender Identity?
Gender Identity is their personal, internal perception of their own gender.
For example, someone who has a different gender identity from the gender that was registered at their birth might identify as trans or transgender
What % of LGBTQ youth reported experiencing symptoms of depression
58%
If you suspect anyone being unkind to our students who would you report to first?
Your Supervisor or HR Immediately.
What % of transgender and nonbinary youth have said they have worried about transgender people being denied access to the bathroom due to state or local laws?
91%
Does gender affirmation influence or change the youth gender identity?
No
What does it mean when someone identifies as non-binary, agender, gender fluid or genderqueer?
These individuals do not identify with 'boy' or 'girl'
14%
What do YOU do if a parent disagrees with their child and how they identify?
Continue to address the student with their pronouns and treat them with respect.
Fact or Cap (as the kids say)
"LGBTQ youth who found their school to be LGBTQ-affirming reported lower rates of attempting suicide"
Fact!
What can lack of affirming care do to our students?
Results in elevated risk factors including anxiety, depression and other health disparities
What is an Ally?
A person who supports, and respects for members of the LGBTQ community. While the word doesn’t necessitate action, we consider people to be active allies who take action upon this support and respect, this also indicates to others that you are an ally.
What % of LGBTQ youth reported that their mental health was poor most of the time or always due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
56%
How can YOU make your classroom safer for our students?
What % of LGBTQ youth who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it?
60%
Youth who are not affirmed leave school at a significantly ______ rate.
Higher