On
July 31st, the All
Students Count Coalition is hosting a free webinar
to inform youth and allies about efforts to promote health, safety, and
academic success for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ),
and gender nonconforming students. The webinar will discuss how and why
students and allies – including parents and educators – should engage in local
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) advocacy to make the survey more inclusive of
LGBTQ students.
The
YRBS, a component of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, was developed
by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor “health-risk behaviors
that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems
among youth and adults.” These surveys are conducted in schools nation-wide
to assess nutrition, bullying, violence, skipping school, drug and alcohol
abuse, and sexual activity among the country’s youth. However, only some school
districts currently use surveys that ask approved optional questions about
sexual orientation and behavior, and gender identity and gender expression. Surveys
that do not include LGBTQ and gender nonconforming questions neglect these
students and prevent the CDC from being able to address their most pressing
needs.
As
part of our mission to promote the health and well-being of LGBT persons, we at
PFLAG strongly support this webinar and hope it will lead to a more inclusive
YRBS that better reflects our youth and adequately addresses the needs of all
students. With a stronger and more inclusive survey, the CDC can promote school
programs and policies that foster safe, affirming environments that will
support students’ learning and success.
Take Action: The webinar will provide insight about ways to
advocate for a more inclusive YRBS in your school district. It is critical that you speak up for a more
inclusive YRBS in your state to support all LGBTQ and gender non-conforming
students. Please click here to learn more about this free webinar and to sign up to join the
conversation.
3 comments:
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Dr. Mike Abrams, PhD, MBA, ABPP psychologists nyc
The main point of this seminar should be about alcohol and substance abuse. Abuse of those can the aggravate all of the mentioned problems that can be encountered. Once they provide proper guidance with this, everything should fall into place.
Hosting free webinars that aims to promote health is such a good and helpful project. I just hope that they will produce more free webinars in the future and the government must also give their support to these kinds of activities.
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