US: President Biden’s historic executive order strengthens protections for 2 million LGBT youth in the US (Press release)
Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law – June 16, 2022
Today, President Biden signed an executive order that includes actions to protect LGBTQI+ youth from conversion therapy, expand LGBTQI+ access to comprehensive health care, support LGBTQI+ youth in schools, end suicide among LGBTQI+ youth, eliminate LGBTQI+ homelessness, address LGBTQ+ discrimination in foster care, strengthen support for older LGBTQI+ adults, promote increased federal data collection of sexual orientation and gender identity, and more. President Biden stated that the main focus of the order is protecting LGBTQI+ youth who are increasingly targets of state legislation that limits access to health care and creates unsupportive school environments. According to the Williams Institute, approximately 2 million youth ages 13-17 in the U.S. identify as LGBT, including 300,000 who identify as transgender.
Also: Biden launches plan to protect transgender youths’ health care (Includes video): https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/15/biden-plan-transgender-youth-health-care-00039844
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/biden-pride-eo-media-alert/