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Whether it's in the hallways at school or in out-of-home care settings, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are at risk for harassment, bullying and discrimination and are too often neglected and unprotected by the institutions responsible for their care. Through our Youth in Out-Of-Home Care Project and through advocacy on behalf of youth in schools, Lambda Legal works to ensure that all LGBTQ young people can be safe, respected and free from discrimination and harassment.

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Youth and Schools
Youth in Out-of-Home Care

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 Recommended Practices to Promote the Safety and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth and Youth at Risk of or Living With HIV in Child Welfare Settings
Couch v. Wayne Local School District
 Lambda Legal is suing an Ohio school after it refused to allow Maverick Couch to wear an LGBT affirming T-shirt.
Getting Down to Basics
 This tool kit provides guidance to child welfare and other professionals on an array of issues affecting LGBTQ youth in out-of-home care.
Nabozny v. Podlesny
 Groundbreaking case that established that schools have a responsibility to protect students from antigay verbal and physical abuse.
Ithaca City School District v. NY State Division of Human Rights
Appeal addressing whether the New York State Human Rights Law protects students from discrimination by and harassment in public school districts, in which a school district challenges an administrative award of damages to an African American student and her mother based on a finding that the daughter's school failed to reasonably address racial harassment of her by other students.
4/3/2012
Couch v. Wayne Local School District
Maverick Couch is a high school junior threatened with suspension if he wore a T-shirt bearing the message “Jesus Is Not a Homophobe.”
11/30/2010
Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley
Case in which a counseling student sues her school for requiring a remediation plan that included greater exposure to LGBT patients.
10/27/2009
L.P. v. Philadelphia, et al.
Case representing a transgender girl subjected to verbal and physical abuse because of her sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and disability while in the custody of a secure youth detention facility in Philadelphia.
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