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ICJ Training Day August 25, 2015

ICJ Training Day August 25, 2015. LGBTQ Juveniles Panel Discussion Moderator: Trudy Gregorie Panelists: Anne Connor Michael Farmer Avery Niles June Paul Christa Price. Facts. LGBTQ Youth: Represent 5-7% nation’s overall youth population Represent 13-15% in juvenile justice system

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ICJ Training Day August 25, 2015

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  1. ICJ Training Day August 25, 2015 LGBTQ Juveniles Panel Discussion Moderator: Trudy Gregorie Panelists: Anne Connor Michael Farmer Avery Niles June Paul Christa Price

  2. Facts • LGBTQ Youth: • Represent 5-7% nation’s overall youth population • Represent 13-15% in juvenile justice system • 46% of homeless LGBTQ youth report becoming a runaway because of family rejection • Higher rates of mental health problems • 1 in 3 homeless youth are recruited by sex traffickers within 48 hours of becoming a runaway • Twice as likely to be charged with status offenses and other non-violent offenses than heterosexual youth

  3. Facts • LGBTQ Youth: • Higher risk of being homeless and using illicit drugs than heterosexual youth • 17% homeless after aging out of foster/child welfare • 59% of LGBTQ homeless youth report victimization (33% heterosexual youth) • 7 times more likely to encounter dating and sexual violence than heterosexual youth

  4. Scenario One • 17 year old out-of-State runaway • Identifies self as transgender • Kicked out of home • Referred to runaway shelter; shelter refuses to admit juvenile • Directed to local juvenile detention center

  5. Scenario Two • 18 year old under ICJ supervision • Identifies self as transgender • Current community protects rights as transgender • Facing probable revocation and recommitment to juvenile corrections in home state

  6. Scenario Three • 15 year old runaway • Identifies as female, but listed as male runaway by parents • Parents traveling to pick up juvenile by late evening • Juvenile informs field staff that her step-father hits her when she dresses in female attire

  7. Scenario Four • Juvenile return for failed placement • Juvenile placed on probation in receiving state after domestic violence charge against mother in sending state • Supervising juvenile for 6 months in receiving state at father’s home • Juveniles ‘comes out’ to father; father requests juvenile be returned to mother

  8. LGBTQ Juveniles • QUESTIONS?

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