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The Trevor Project Research Brief: LGBTQ Youth with a History of Foster Care

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This brief focuses on foster care and suicide risk among LGBTQ youth. The data points to a strong association between foster care involvement and being kicked out, abandoned, or running away due to treatment based on one’s LGBTQ identity, particularly among transgender and nonbinary youth.  The association between the two experiences highlights the important role supportive and accepting caregivers can play in helping LGBTQ youth remain outside the foster care system.

 

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