Incarcerated LGBQ youth held longer, suffer more sexual abuse than heterosexual peers, study says

Gay, lesbian and bisexual youth are held behind bars longer and have a substantially higher rate of being sexually abused compared to their heterosexual peers, a new study finds The study, by researchers at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, is based on the 2012 National Survey of Youth in Custody-2, which … Continue reading Incarcerated LGBQ youth held longer, suffer more sexual abuse than heterosexual peers, study says