What Trans People In California Lobbied For Last Monday
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/05/25/what-trans-people-in-california-lobbied-for-last-monday/Friday May 25, 2012
Autumn Sandeen
From my column over at LGBT Weekly entitled California's 2012 Transgender Lobby Day:
...One of the two pieces of legislation that CTAD advocates lobbied for this year was Foster Youth: LGBT Competency (AB 1856). The legislation requires that the existing training programs for foster youth caregivers include information related to cultural competency and best practices for LGBT youth.
As the Transgender Law Center frames the issue, LGBT youth are disproportionately targeted for harassment and discrimination in the foster care system. This abuse is perpetrated not only by youth peers, but in some cases by facility staff, foster parents and other service providers.
