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advocacy for LGBTQ youth and their allies, as well as a guide to
common terms related to LGBTQ youth. Commonly used words and
expressions related to LGBT communities and LGBTQ youth.
Numerous organizations provide legal defense, hotlines and other
resources and information for LGBTQ youth and their allies.
Organizations around the country are providing LGBTQ youth and
their allies with support and information in their own
communities. Maverick Couch is a high school junior threatened
with suspension if he wore a T-shirt bearing the message “Jesus
Is Not a Homophobe.” Case representing a transgender girl
subjected to verbal and physical abuse because of her sexual
orientation, gender identity, sex and disability while in the
custody of a secure youth detention facility in Philadelphia.
Case in which a counseling student sues her school for requiring
a remediation plan that included greater exposure to LGBT
patients.