HRC - LGBT Youth Face "tremendous disparities"

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has just published a Report which documents "tremendous disparities" that are holding back "LGBT-identified youth." 

The report’s findings:

54 percent of LGBT youth say they have been verbally harassed and been the victims of anti-gay slurs; 

47 percent of LGBT youth say they do not “fit in”- only 16 percent of non-LGBT youth feel that way; 

67 percent of straight youth describe themselves as happy - only 37 percent of LGBT young people feel this way; 

83 percent of LGBT youth believe they will be happy eventually - only 49 percent believe they can be happy if they stay in the same city or town; 

6 in 10 LGBT youth say their family is accepting of LGBT people - a third say their family is not; 

92 percent of LGBT youth say they hear negative messages about being LGBT – 60 percent say those messages come from elected leaders. 

For straight teens, their most important problem, is stated by them to be the usual challenges of grades, college and finances. But LGBT teens’ worries were directly related to their identity as LGBT and include worries about non-accepting families and bullying.

The Human Rights Campaign - devoted to "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights" - has announced that other Reports are planned which will focus on:

"experiences of specific groups of youth, for example transgender youth, those of different races, religious traditions, etc."

SOURCE:

HRC Releases Landmark Survey of LGBT Youth

& the Report itself:

Growing Up LGBT in America: Key Findings