The Challenges Facing the LGBTQ+ Community in 2025: A Path Forward
As we move deeper into 2025, the LGBTQ+ community continues to face an evolving set of challenges, some familiar and others new. While progress has been made over the past few decades, including significant strides in marriage equality, workplace protections, and societal acceptance, many members of the LGBTQ+ community still experience discrimination, violence, and barriers to equality. This blog post explores the key issues...
Nearly half of LGBTQ youth in rural areas and small towns reported that their community was somewhat or very unaccepting of LGBTQ people.
Among the broader population of youth ages 10–24 in the U.S., suicide rates are higher in rural than in urban communities. Further, data from GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey indicate that LGBTQ youth from small towns or rural areas are more likely to hear anti-LGBTQ remarks and experience discrimination in schools than those from urban...
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