Tag: youth
WPATH and EPATH Denounce Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare Recommendations to Halt Medically Necessary Care for Trans Youth
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) today jointly condemned recommendations from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare to stop gender affirming treatments for transgender youth.
Survey finds that organisations across Europe are dealing with large numbers of LGBTIQ youth homelessness
A survey of 71 organisations across 32 European countries finds that over 60% have worked with LGBTIQ youth experiencing homelessness, while homeless services lack the skills and competencies to provide safe and welcoming spaces for LGBTI people.
Vatican Confirms Hate Against LGBTIQ People Are A Religious Value
On 10 June 2019 the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Vatican issued a 31 page long guidance on gender identity, stating decisively that gender is binary and imparted by God, not only denying the existence and rights of transgender people, but framing their existence as dangerous and threatening, and entirely overlooking the existence of intersex people.
Young LGBTQ people should have better mental-health conditions in Denmark
Over the summer, Denmark has put asphalt to several Pride parades, which honours LGBTQ people’s visibility and thus their right to exist in a society.
Joe Biden Launches LGBTQ Family Acceptance «As You Are» Campaign
The Biden Foundation launched August 8th «As You Are», a family and community acceptance campaign to raise awareness of the importance of family acceptance in the lives of LGBTQ young people.
LGBTQ issues will have «strong feature» in UK Sex Ed lessons
National Student Pride call for Government to make sure there is no opt-out for faith schools on LGBTQ+ issues in Relationship and Sex education.