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Podcast guests urge mentors, mental-health access and ‘‘open doors’’ for LGBTQIA system-involved youth
Summary
Guests on the Talk to Me podcast described how system-involved LGBTQIA youth often face family rejection, housing instability and mental-health challenges and urged more mentoring, youth advisory roles and accessible services.
Sherry Bradford, host of the Talk to Me podcast, convened a conversation with two guests about supports for LGBTQIA young people with experience in foster care or unstable housing. Christopher Hendress, a mentor consultant, and JL Nixon, an intern with Kids in the Spotlight, described identity confusion, gaps in culturally responsive services and the role of mentors, community programs and therapy in helping youth find stability.
The discussion matters because both guests said legal protections do not eliminate everyday discrimination that can affect access to housing, services and emotional support. Christopher Hendress, a mentor consultant with the CEO consultant partner, said the process of coming out “was a journey” and that, as an adolescent, he lacked consistent male role models and did not know “who do I talk to?” JL Nixon,…
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