Gay-Straight Alliance Network; Crossroads Collaborative at the University of Arizona

Keywords: Juvenile Justice; Racial and Ethnic Disparities; Research; School-to-Prison

The Crossroads Collaborative at the University of Arizona and Gay-Straight Alliance Network collected data for this research brief through a series of adult interviews, youth focus groups, and survey distribution beginning in early 2012. Results indicated that LGBTQ youth face vast challenges that build upon one another to create “school push-out,” where many students are pushed out of the school system altogether, enroll in alternative or disciplinary school, or enroll in a GED program. This exclusion influences academic success and well-being and, moreover, sets LGBTQ youth of color on a path towards the juvenile justice system, perpetuating the School-To-Prison-Pipeline.[Summary adapted from resource.]

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LGBTQ Youth of Color: Discipline Disparities, School Push-Out, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline