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Gay youth

• Why are there so many queer and trans kids in the criminal justice system?

Contrary to the common refrain of “it gets better,” a new report finds that the unique challenges facing LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming youth actually make them more susceptible to engagement with our justice system when compared to their straight, cisgender peers, particularly among queer and trans youth of color.
(John Walker, Fusion, US, August 29, 2016)

• Mother sues teacher who ‘threatened to throw her son down some stairs

A mother has said she will sue a school district and several teachers after one allegedly threatened to kill her out gay son. (Joseph Patrick McCormick, Pink News, US, January 29 2016)

• Isis: 15-year-old thrown from roof for being gay while Daesh chief he's caught with is spared

Islamic State (Isis) militants killed a 15-year-old boy for being gay by throwing him off a roof while the senior Daesh officer he was accused of having relations with was only demoted and sent to the front lines. Local media reported that the execution took place in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, south east of the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa on Friday 1 January. (William Watkinson, International Business Times, UK, January 3 2016)

• Troye Sivan: How Coming Out Can Mean Life Or Death

"To my audience or an LGBTQ person, it’s a story that they’ve probably heard before of someone from a not very supportive family who ends up unfortunately, tragically taking their own life,” says Sivan." (Evan Pang - The Huffington Post, US)

• Michigan Teen Arrested for Grindr Hookup: Homophobia and Why We Shouldn’t Criminalize Queer Youth

Late last week four Michigan men were arrested for allegedly hooking-up with a teenage boy. Eighteen-year-old Cody Swatling is among four men facing felony charges for engaging in sexual acts with the 15–year–old, whom he met on the gay app Grindr. (David Booth - CSJ, US)