Challenges and Support for LGBTQ+ At-Risk Youth

Authors

  • Dorothy L. Reynolds MacEwan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31542/j.cb.1844

Abstract

The number of people who identify as LGBTQ+ has been increasing, especially amongst young people. The LGBTQ+ community faces many challenges. This paper examines responses to at-risk youth who identify as LGBTQ+ in Edmonton, Canada and L’viv, Ukraine from a family structure level, social support structure level, and governmental programs or policies. It also explores how different reactions - such as feminism or patriarchy – have specific implications for these youth. Finally, it looks at how support, activism, advocacy and acceptance, or fear and anger, can create a change within society.

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Published

2019-08-28

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Student Reflections on Youth and Risk

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