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LGBTQ+. That’s the current set of letters that we use to refer to a wide range of gender- and sexuality-variant people. You might feel like all of the changes in language to refer to these things are hard to keep up with–they certainly can be! But don’t let that intimidate you.
It’s important to recognize that LGBTQ+ kids are at greater risk of mental illness and suicide due to the challenges they frequently have to navigate by how they are received in the world - especially when they don’t have supportive adults in their lives.