Education, Skills and Learning

Disabled LGBT+ young people face a battle just to be taken seriously

LGBT community members and activists demostrate in front of the Supreme Court of Justice, to demand for same-sex marriage, in San Jose, Costa Rica August 4,2018. Picture taken August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Research with young people who identify as LGBT+ and disabled shows that they are often treated as though their gender or sexuality is just a phase. Image: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Alex Toft
Research Fellow in Children and Families Research, Coventry University
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