August 12, 2024
Transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse youth face challenges and harms in foster care, the justice system, and homeless services, says a new report released Monday for International Youth Day.
“Safe Havens II: We Must Affirm and Support Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Diverse Youth in Out-of-Home Systems” combines recommendations for system improvement from young advocates with lived experience in these systems with an update on important law and policy protections and attacks on these young people. Elliott Hinkle, a nonbinary person with lived experience in foster care and founder and principal of Unicorn Solutions, teamed with Lambda Legal, Children’s Rights, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy to update information and recommendations made in a 2017 report.
“Let youth have a say in their care, in their lives, and in their existence — it is just such a vital part of what I would push for.”
Emilio, youth contributor to Safe Havens II