Research from the Trevor Project found that ‘LGBTQ+ young people are too often placed at higher risk for suicide not because of who they are, but as a result of how they are mistreated and stigmatized.’ This Committee should not participate in that marginalization of any children in this country.
Citing research on LGBTQ+ youth during hearing
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