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Juvenile

Apr. 13, 2006

Stop Sweeping Abuse of LGBT Teens Under the Rug

Forum Column - By Tamara Lange - Unprotected. Homeless. Incarcerated. Invisible. For too many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people, those four words describe the only legal system they know. A system that calls them delinquen

Forum Column

By Tamara Lange
     

      Unprotected. Homeless. Incarcerated. Invisible. For too many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people, those four words describe the only legal system they know. A system that calls them delinquent when they run away from home or from foster care placements to escape family abuse based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. A system that ...

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