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Here you'll find support and advocacy for LGBTQ youth and their allies, as well as a guide to common terms related to LGBTQ youth.
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Commonly used words and expressions related to LGBT communities and LGBTQ youth.
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Numerous organizations provide legal defense, hotlines and other resources and information for LGBTQ youth and their allies.
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Organizations around the country are providing LGBTQ youth and their allies with support and information in their own communities.

Recent Cases
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Maverick Couch is a high school junior threatened with suspension if he wore a T-shirt bearing the message “Jesus Is Not a Homophobe.”
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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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Case in which a counseling student sues her school for requiring a remediation plan that included greater exposure to LGBT patients.

