ICJ Training Day August 25, 2015 LGBTQ Juveniles Panel Discussion Moderator: Trudy Gregorie Panelists: Anne Connor Michael Farmer Avery Niles June Paul Christa Price

LGBTQ Youth:  Represent 5-7% nation’s overall youth population Represent 13-15% in juvenile justice system  46% of homeless LGBTQ youth report becoming a runaway because of family rejection  Higher rates of mental health problems  1 in 3 homeless youth are recruited by sex traffickers within 48 hours of becoming a runaway  Twice as likely to be charged with status offenses and other non-violent offenses than heterosexual youth Facts

LGBTQ Youth:  Higher risk of being homeless and using illicit drugs than heterosexual youth  17% homeless after aging out of foster/child welfare  59% of LGBTQ homeless youth report victimization (33% heterosexual youth)  7 times more likely to encounter dating and sexual violence than heterosexual youth Facts

17 year old out-of-State runaway Identifies self as transgender Kicked out of home Referred to runaway shelter; shelter refuses to admit juvenile Directed to local juvenile detention center Scenario One

18 year old under ICJ supervision Identifies self as transgender Current community protects rights as transgender Facing probable revocation and recommitment to juvenile corrections in home state Scenario Two

15 year old runaway Identifies as female, but listed as male runaway by parents Parents traveling to pick up juvenile by late evening Juvenile informs field staff that her step-father hits her when she dresses in female attire Scenario Three

Juvenile return for failed placement Juvenile placed on probation in receiving state after domestic violence charge against mother in sending state Supervising juvenile for 6 months in receiving state at father’s home Juveniles ‘comes out’ to father; father requests juvenile be returned to mother Scenario Four

QUESTIONS? LGBTQ Juveniles