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Researching for a new blog piece on equity & doing stuff in the virtual space. (Almost done...)

Some of this stuff is hard to read... https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/supporting-lgbtq-students-during-social-distancing

Supporting LGBTQ Students During Social Distancing

Experts at The Trevor Project offered their recommendations for ways educators can support LGBTQ students through coronavirus school closures.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/supporting-lgbtq-students-during-social-distancing

"Research suggests that among LGBTQ youth, only one-third experience parental acceptance, with an additional one-third experiencing parental rejection, and the final one-third not disclosing their LGBTQ identity until they are adults (Katz-Wise et al., 2015)."

Why does this matter?

Your students / early career researchers may decided, or had to, move back to their family home during this period of social distancing.

There is a great report from @TrevorProject - "Implications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ youth mental health and suicide prevention" https://www.thetrevorproject.org/2020/04/03/implications-of-covid-19-for-lgbtq-youth-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention/

Implications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention – The Trevor Project

INTRODUCTION About The Trevor Project The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, & […]

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/2020/04/03/implications-of-covid-19-for-lgbtq-youth-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention/

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