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Welcome to the CRDP LGBTQ TA Center

The LGBTQ TA Center provides no-cost technical assistance and training to seven grantees funded through the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) to implement and evaluate community-based programs that support mental health among California’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning populations. Over the course of six years (2016-2022), TA Center staff and consultants will work intensively with the grantees to promote strategic planning, effective implementation, rigorous evaluation, successful scaling-up, and ongoing sustainability.

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New Resource! Creating Gender-Affirming Meeting Spaces: A Tip Sheet for Planners
LGBTQ TA Center

We have been taught in school that pronouns are binary (she or he) and singular vs. plural (she or they). Yet today, pronouns used in social and work settings may not subscribe to these rules. For example, many people who identify as gender non-binary (not distinctly male or female) use the pronouns “they/them/theirs” as individuals. Meeting planners have a responsibility to create welcoming and affirming meeting spaces. This brief tip sheet provides standard guidelines and helpful tips for setting up inclusive meetings in professional and social settings.

One in Four Pre-teen Suicides May Be LGBTQ Youth
NBC News

In a recent study, researchers looked at national data on 10,311 suicides in effort to illuminate the circumstances, and unique factors associated with fatalities for young people with diverse sexual and gender identities. Youth 12 to 14 years old who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender are much more likely to die by suicide than their heterosexual peers, a disparity that persists but becomes less pronounced by early adulthood, a U.S. study suggests. “Suicide is not caused because of their LGBT identity, but rather by how the world reacts to their identity,” said John Ayers, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego who wasn’t involved in the study.

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