{"id":20080,"date":"2018-05-27T13:54:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20080"},"modified":"2020-06-02T08:51:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T12:51:57","slug":"joe-biden-launches-national-program-to-help-lgbt-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/05\/joe-biden-launches-national-program-to-help-lgbt-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden launches national program to help LGBT youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Biden52718.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Biden52718.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Biden52718-300x159.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/bidenfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Biden Foundation<\/a> has partnered with YMCA of the USA in an initiative to help LGBT youth and families. In an oped published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/21\/opinions\/lgbtq-youth-inclusion-program-biden-washington\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>, the former vice president announced the partnership. The piece celebrated the recent legal successes of the LGBT community, but also stressed how localities must do their part to support people experiencing discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, too many members of the LGBTQ community continue to face discrimination, harassment, rejection and physical violence every day at school, at work, in their neighborhoods and even in their homes,&#8221; wrote Biden and Kevin Washington \u2014 CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ymca.net\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Y-USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/21\/opinions\/lgbtq-youth-inclusion-program-biden-washington\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This crisis is especially severe among youth. LGBTQ youth are five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers, and they represent up to 40 percent of the homeless youth population even though they make up only about 7 percent of the overall youth population in the U.S.,&#8221; noted the men, who also pointed to issues like food insecurity, hate crimes, and poverty that affect queer people and need addressing.<\/p>\n<p>In order to &#8220;change our culture to one of greater inclusion, empathy and understanding,&#8221; a selection of Ys will begin developing a variety of strategies and programs \u2014 such as member outreach, community partnerships, and personnel training \u2014 to help assist LGBT young people and families. The most effective practices will then be adopted by Ys across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every American deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, but too many in the LGBTQ community are denied this basic human right today. This is unacceptable in a country founded on the belief that we all are created equal,&#8221; wrote Biden and Washington. &#8220;Equality and opportunity for all is the way to a brighter future, and at the Biden Foundation and the Y, this is the future we are working to create.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joe Biden Foundation has partnered with YMCA of the USA in an initiative to help LGBT youth and families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":20081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,14327],"tags":[11714],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joe Biden launches national program to help LGBT youth - 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