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US: Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017

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Transgender youths (those whose gender identity* does not align with their sex†) experience disparities in violence victimization, substance use, suicide risk, and sexual risk compared with their cisgender peers (those whose gender identity does align with their sex) Yet few large-scale assessments of these disparities among high school students exist.

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Australia: Over 70 Per Cent of Australians Support Legal Protections for Gay and Trans Students, Teachers

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“Nearly seventy percent of Liberal voters agree that LGBTQ students and teachers need to be protected. It’s time for Prime Minister Morrison to listen to his constituents about the need for change."

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US: Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

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When Sarah Spiegel was in her first year at New York Medical College in 2016, she sat in a lecture hall watching a BuzzFeed video about what it’s like to be an intersex or a transgender person.

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US: Anti-bullying laws that include sexual orientation associated with fewer suicide attempts

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New research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that anti-bullying laws that explicitly protect youth based on sexual orientation are associated with fewer suicide attempts among all youth, regardless of sexual orientation.

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New Report Calls on Europe to Counter Sexual Orientation-Based Violence in Schools

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Violence at schools based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or sex characteristics occurs everywhere in Europe and is acutely underreported.

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Australia: Bill To Protect LGBT Students From Discrimination At Religious Schools Delayed Until Next Year

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LGBTIQ advocates have said the Coalition’s proposed amendments to protect LGBT students from discrimination in religious schools could make things worse, as action on the issue is delayed until the new year due to political deadlock.

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Australia: Labor accuses Coalition of 'weaponising' gay student discrimination ban

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has challenged the Federal Opposition to back the Government's bill to ban religious schools from discriminating against LGBTI students, or allow Labor members a conscience vote on the issue.