Question: I have noticed a significant number of young people using our mainstream youth services are struggling with their sexual orientation. There is no local provision for young gay people. How do we best support them?
Jeanie Lynch: Mainstream youth support services with clear equality and diversity policies should be inclusive to all, and staff and volunteers should be trained to ensure that happens.
Suggest running a focus group for the young people you mention to bring them together and find out what would best help them. It may be a specific group for young lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people is needed, or more specialist one-to-one work.
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