WATCH: NCLR In Conversation – A Series of Discussions of the State of the LGBTQ Movement
In 2021, NCLR held a series of conversations about pressing issues in the LGBTQ movement with staff talking about what NCLR is doing to respond and what we see in the future.
You can find out about those series of discussions (Forgotten LGBTQ Youth, 1st Amendment Rights vs. Anti-Discrimination, and The Modern Family) and watch full recordings of the conversations below.
Forgotten LGBTQ YouthFirst Amendment Rights vs. Anti-DiscriminationModern FamilyPAST IN CONVERSATION DISCUSSIONS Forgotten LGBTQ Youth Tuesday, October 2612 pm PT/3 pm ET NCLR’s Shannon Minter, Amy Whelan, and Shannan Wilber plus special plaintiff guest The LGBTQ movement has made stunning progress – progress that would have been unthinkable even ten years ago.
Even so, LGBTQ youth still face the most severe, damaging, and gut-wrenching harms. For decades, the horrific statistics about high rates of suicidality among LGBTQ youth have not changed, nor have the appalling realities that LGBTQ youth are 120% more likely to experience homelessness than non-LGBTQ youth, and that LGBTQ youth (overwhelmingly youth of color) account for up to 40% of youth in foster care and juvenile justice facilities.
