Young, Queer, and Locked Up: LGBT Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System

Young, Queer, and Locked Up: LGBT Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System Posted in Voices Thursday, 18 June 2015 In April 2014, a sixteen-year-old transgender girl of color and trauma survivor was placed in an adult correctional facility by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, which claimed the young woman was too violent […]
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Toward Equity: Local Engagement Strategies

Toward Equity: Local Engagement Strategies Beginning in 2011, the Equity Project engaged in intensive-site based work, working with pilot model sites to enhance LGBT advocacy in the juvenile justice system. One objective of the site-based work was to develop a “toolkit” for replication in other localities. However, through this multi-year process, that included many intensive […]
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Toward Equity Training Curriculum Released

The Equity Projects new training curriculum and materials are wonderful resources for the field. These comprehensive and much-needed tools will help agencies challenge their staff to create more supportive and inclusive environments, examine their own biases and behaviors, and better protect the children in their care. Thank you!-Dana Shoenberg, Deputy Director, Center for Childrens Law and Policy Toward […]
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Surviving the Streets of New York: Experiences of LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Engaged in Survival Sex

Surviving the Streets of New York In 2011, researchers from the Urban Institute launched a three-year study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) youth; young men who have sex with men (YMSM); and young women who have sex with women (YWSW) engaged in survival sex in New York City.
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Restoring Justice: A Blueprint for Ensuring Fairness, Safety, and Supportive Treatment of LGBT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Restoring Justice Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, youth continue to be significantly over-represented in the nation’s juvenile justice system, even as overall rates of youth incarceration are on the decline. It is estimated that 300,000 LGBT youth are arrested and/or detained each year, more than 60 percent of whom are black or Latino. […]
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