• Family Acceptance Project

    Download our newly released Posters to Build Healthy Futures for LGBTQ & Gender Diverse Children & Youth HERE The Family Acceptance Project ® is a research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) children and youth, including …

  • Families | Youth.gov

    Family acceptance and support are significant factors that promote well-being and protection from risks for all youth, including LGBT youth. 1 The meaning of family varies by personal, cultural, and other factors and can include individuals who are not biologically or legally related to a youth (i.e., families of choice). 2 Family responses to …

  • Family Acceptance Is The Biggest Factor For Positive …

    Family support, both generally and specifically in reference to a child’s identity, “is a crucial factor in LGBT youth’s health and well-being.” According to Ryan, “when families accept and support their LGBT children, this helps build self-esteem and feelings of self-worth,” which she believes then “contributes to positive coping skills and helps …

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth and …

    2020/05/08 · Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth and Family Acceptance. Katz-Wise SL(1), Rosario M(2), Tsappis M(3). Author information: (1)Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300

  • Family Acceptance of LGBT Adolescents Protects Against ...

    2010/12/06 · Family accepting behaviors towards LGBT youth during adolescence protect against suicide, depression and substance abuse. LGBT young adults who reported high levels of family acceptance during adolescence had ...

  • Family acceptance in adolescence and the health of …

    2020/04/28 · Family acceptance in adolescence and the health of LGBT young adults. Ryan C(1), Russell ST, Huebner D, Diaz R, Sanchez J. Author information: (1)Marian Wright Edelman Institute, San Francisco State University, USA. fap@

  • Family Counts When Protecting Gay Youth From Suicide ...

    2012/02/14 · Family Counts When Protecting Gay Youth From Suicide : Shots - Health News Strong family support can help protect gay and lesbian teens from considering suicide, a study finds. A previous suicide ...

  • Family acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and …

    2010/12/06 · Family acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide, study suggests. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 6, 2020 from www.sciencedaily ...

  • Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, …

    Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Children BY CAITLIN RYAN, Ph.D., A.C.S.W. Director, Family Acceptance Project – San Francisco State University LGBT Adolescents In the

  • Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects ...

    2010/12/06 · Citation: Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide (2010, December 6) retrieved 30 April This document is subject to copyright.

  • Family Acceptance Saves Lives | Human Rights Campaign

    2017/09/13 · The Trevor Project provides support for LGBTQ youth, and their 24-hour crisis hotline can be reached at 1-866-488-7386. If you are a transgender person of any age, call the Trans Lifeline at (877) 565-8860 To learn more about .

  • TALKING ABOUT - Advancement Project

    Talking About Family Acceptance & Transgender Youth, however, is designed primarily for use by parents, family and friends of transgender youth. It provides an overview of conversation approaches that can help families and

  • The Importance of Family Support When LGBTQ Youth ...

    2017/03/14 · The Importance of Family Support When LGBTQ Youth Come Out Mar 14, 2017, 4:46pm Francesca Gaiba The moment of coming out is not the right time for a parent or family member to begin tackling thoughts and feelings about sexual orientation and gender identity.

  • Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health …

    Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT Young Adults jcap_246 205..213 Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW, Stephen T. Russell, PhD, David Huebner, PhD, MPH, Rafael Diaz, PhD, MSW, and Jorge Sanchez, BA ISSUE: The role of family acceptance …

  • Supporting LGBT Youth and Their Families: The Family ...

    The Family Acceptance Project identified 106 behaviors that parents use to either accept or reject their LGBT youth. Rejecting behaviors that have an impact include physical or verbal abuse, excluding the child from family events

  • Why Family Acceptance is Important for LGBT Youth?

    2020/02/17 · Family acceptance of LGBT youth is a matter of understanding. In other words, they should understand how the youth experiences minority stress. As we all know, family is important to youth, irrespective of their sexuality. This

  • Families Matter - Center for American Progress

    2011/02/07 · The Family Acceptance Project is a community research, intervention, education, and policy initiative that works to decrease major health and related risks for LGBT youth such as suicide ...

  • #FamilyIsStillFamily

    Family is still family a media and community campaign on love and acceptance for Asian American LGBT youth and their families, presented by the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Asian Pride Project, and API PFLAG Parents.

  • Engaging Families to Support Lesbian, Gay, …

    Engaging Families to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: The Family Acceptance Project, continued interviews, we identified more than 100 specific ways that parents and caregivers, including foster parents and guardians, react to

  • Family Acceptance as one Solution to LGBT Youth ...

    Family Acceptance as one Solution to LGBT Youth Homelessness Introduction Many youth report their family’s rejection of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity as a factor leading to homelessness. While the scope of this

  • Family Acceptance as one Solution to LGBT Youth ...

    Family Acceptance as one Solution to LGBT Youth Homelessness Introduction Many youth report their family’s rejection of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity as a factor leading to homelessness. While the scope of this

  • Foster family acceptance: Understanding the role of …

    Foster family levels of acceptance play a critical role in the experiences of LGBTQ youth navigating the foster care system. • Accepting foster families avoid double standards around friendships, romantic relationships, and

  • LGBT Youth | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender ...

    Ryan C, Russell ST, Huebner D, Diaz R, Sanchez J. Family acceptance in adolescence and the health of LGBT young adults. External J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs 2010; 23(4): 205-13. Ryan C, Huebner D, Diaz RM, Sanchez J. Family rejection as a predictor of negative health outcomes in white and Latino lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults.

  • Support and acceptance for LGBTQ youth should start …

    2018/03/12 · And new research specific to transgender youth shows that anxiety and depression are greatly reduced when trans kids are accepted and affirmed at home, in school, and in their communities.

  • Family Acceptance Project "Best Practice Guides" for ...

    2012/10/07 · CW: discussion of suicide New resources aimed at creating a “Best Practices” guide for suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth have been released this week by the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State

  • LGBTQ Youth Resources | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and ...

    The Family Acceptance Project is a research, intervention, education, and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for LGBT children and youth. HealthyChildren.org: Coming Out: Information for Parents of LGBT …

  • Family Acceptance in Adolescence and the Health of LGBT ...

    2010/11/01 · the role of family acceptance as a protective factor for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adolescents and young adults has not been established. a quantitative measure with items ...

  • Rejection and the Family | No More Strangers: LGBT …

    2017/03/14 · Please be aware that you have LGBT friends and youth who you do not know are LGBT. In holding to your ideals, be conscious that your ideals leave very little room for an LGBT friend or family member. Be conscious that through no fault of their own, they are experiencing high levels of rejection, often in the same spaces you are …

  • Family Acceptance: Groundbreaking 'Best Practice' for ...

    2016/02/02 · Research bears us out: The Family Acceptance Project (FAP) has found that youth who are accepted by their families are at significantly lower risk of suicidality, depression, HIV, drug use, and more. Even a small movement by

  • Dr. Caitlin Ryan speaks at National Educator Conference ...

    2011/09/01 · Dr. Caitlin Ryan of the Family Acceptance Project speaks at the 2nd annual national educator conference, Supporting Students ~ Saving Lives in San Diego. (February …

  • Family Acceptance: Groundbreaking 'Best Practice' for ...

    2016/02/02 · Research bears us out: The Family Acceptance Project (FAP) has found that youth who are accepted by their families are at significantly lower risk of suicidality, depression, HIV, drug use, and more. Even a small movement by

  • A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and …

    4 A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and Affirming LGBTQI 2-S Children, Youth, and Families IV. Strengths The meaning of family varies by personal, cultural, and other factors. To build on family strengths among young people, it

  • Gay and Lesbian Youth in the Foster Care System ...

    2014/11/07 · This session will explore the role that foster family rejection and/or acceptance can have on the lives of youth who identify as gay and lesbian as they navigate the child welfare …

  • What We Know | Home | What We Know - What …

    www.whatweknow.info Updated December 2017 What does the scholarly research say about the link between family acceptance and LGBT youth well-being? Overview: We identified 42 peer-reviewed studies that met our criteria for

  • What We Know | What does the scholarly research say …

    2020/01/17 · Overview: We identified 42 peer-reviewed studies that met our criteria for adding to knowledge about the links between family support and the health and well-being of LGBT youth. Of those, 25 found that accepting behavior by parents toward their children’s sexual orientation or gender identity is linked to the health and well-being of LGBT youth…

  • Experts Weigh In On Importance of Family Acceptance in ...

    2012/07/20 · Theresa Nolan, division director of Green Chimneys NYC, spoke about the importance of family acceptance in regards to foster care and homeless youth. Although emotionally painful, she said that it’s important that youth service providers acknowledge the role of families for runaway and marginally-housed teens.

  • Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects ...

    2010/12/06 · Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide San Francisco State University Share Print E-Mail For the first time, researchers have established ...

  • Joe Biden Launches LGBTQ Family Acceptance Campaign ...

    2018/08/09 · T he Biden Foundation has launched a new campaign called ‘As You Are’ in an effort to promote the importance of family acceptance for LGBTQ youth. The campaign, which was announced Tuesday ...

  • HuffPost - Latino LGBT Youth Cite Family Acceptance …

    2015/02/02 · Family acceptance is the top problem facing Latino LGBT youth, according to a new survey released by the League of United Latin American Citizens. LULAC co-authored the report with the Human Rights Campaign, titled “Growing up LGBT Latino in America,” and released it on Monday to coincide with the opening of the group’s week …

  • Mary`s Center

    2020/02/21 · By Ayla Badell, LCPC “The most difficult problems facing LGBT Latino youth are related to negative responses to their LGBT identity.Concern about family acceptance is the top problem identified, and having their families

  • Family Acceptance Project: Family Support for LGBTQ Youth ...

    Family Acceptance Project: Family Support for LGBTQ Youth Friday, April 5, 2019 at 9:00am to 4:30pm Lane Community College 4000 East 30th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405 by Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide Helping diverse

  • Family Acceptance Project - Posts | Facebook

    In 2002, Ryan launched the Family Acceptance Project, the first organization focused on studying the families of LGBT youth. Ryan wanted to find out if it was possible to transform a family from being rejecting to being accepting

  • LGBTQ youth | family acceptance project | Identiversity

    Family Acceptance : Groundbreaking ‘Best Practice’ for Reducing Suicide Risk for LGBT Youth As a recent report from the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing points out, actions as simple as talking with children about their LGBTQ+ identity or bringing your children to LGBTQ+ organizations or events can have a profound and …

  • Family Acceptance Project — Helping LGBT Youths

    Family Acceptance Project — Helping LGBT Youths By Christina Reardon Social Work Today Vol. 9 No. 6 P. 6 A California social worker’s research into how family behaviors affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

  • Human Rights Campaign - Growing Up LGBT in …

    2016/06/22 · Growing Up LGBT in America HRC’s report, Growing Up LGBT in America, is a groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17. It provides a stark picture of the difficulties they face — the impact on their well-being is profound, however these youth are quite resilient.

  • The Benefits of Family Acceptance of LBGTQ Youth

    2016/04/01 · The Benefits of Family Acceptance of LBGTQ Youth October 12, 2015 by gayeststore At the Coming Out with Pride Festival in Orlando yesterday, we were happy to see many families stop by our pop up shop so that parents could buy t-shirts that said, “I love my gay son” or “I love my lesbian daughter.”

  • ERIC - EJ906333 - Engaging Families to Support Lesbian ...

    Engaging Families to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: The Family Acceptance Project Ryan, Caitlin Prevention Researcher, v17 n4 p11-13 2010 Families play a critical role in child and adolescent ...

  • Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects ...

    2010/12/06 · Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide San Francisco State University Share Print E-Mail For the first time, researchers have established ...

  • Resources for Families of LGBTQ Youth - Child Welfare ...

    The Family Acceptance Project Works to decrease major health and related risks, such as suicide, substance abuse, HIV, and homelessness, for LGBT youth in the context of their families. The initiative uses a research-based

  • LGBT | Youth.gov

    Addressing LGBT-related stigma, discrimination, and violence; building on the strengths of LGBT youth; and fostering supports such as family acceptance and safe, affirming environments in schools and other settings will help