Plus: Listening to LGBTQ+ youth

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June is Pride Month: a time to raise awareness of the issues facing the LGBTQ+ community and to encourage inclusiveness. It’s also a time for parents and others to educate themselves about the differences between a person’s biological sex, gender and sexuality ([link removed]) , and how understanding these differences can help them become supportive of sexual and gender minority youth.

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** Autism and LGBTQ+ identities ([link removed])
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More than 10% of adults with autism identify as a gender different from their sex assigned at birth. While we don't know why LGBTQ+ identities may be more common among autistic people, we do know that support and acceptance are important.

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** Listening to LGBTQ+ youth ([link removed])
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Did you know that nearly half of adolescents who identify as LGBTQ+ have seriously considered suicide? A new study from Children’s National Hospital looks at what these youth value as a way of examining how to curb this national trend.

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