Abstract
The following analysis surveys the vast child and adolescent psychiatric evidence regarding the significant risks that LGBTQ youth suffer from the fear of disclosure and/or the actual publicity of their sexual orientation once child dependency proceedings are presumptively opened to the media and the public in general.
Highlights
The primary goal of child dependency law is to secure a safe and permanent placement for abused and/or neglected children that will be in the child’s best interest.[2]
In my fifteen years of studying the jurogenic effects of open dependency court systems on abused and neglected children,[5] I have rarely encountered legal literature that looks at the effects on LGBTQ child victims of opening child protection hearings to the press and the public
The following analysis surveys the vast child and adolescent psychiatric evidence regarding the significant risks that LGBTQ youth suffer from the fear of disclosure and/or the actual publicity of their sexual orientation once child dependency proceedings are presumptively opened to the media and the public in general.[9]
Summary
The primary goal of child dependency law is to secure a safe and permanent placement for abused and/or neglected children that will be in the child’s best interest.[2]. The following analysis surveys the vast child and adolescent psychiatric evidence regarding the significant risks that LGBTQ youth suffer from the fear of disclosure and/or the actual publicity of their sexual orientation once child dependency proceedings are presumptively opened to the media and the public in general.[9] As I have previously demonstrated elsewhere,[10] the speculative increase in system accountability from opening the courts is substantially outweighed by the additional psychological damage that open systems cause for this already-vulnerable population. . ..”11 the risk that disclosure of identifying facts about LGBTQ child abuse victims in presumptively open child dependency proceedings, and the consequent dangers to those children, must be taken into consideration when policymakers determine the ambit of press and public access to those proceedings.[12] “A recent review of the research identified 19 studies linking suicidal behavior in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents to bullying at school. . ..”11 the risk that disclosure of identifying facts about LGBTQ child abuse victims in presumptively open child dependency proceedings, and the consequent dangers to those children, must be taken into consideration when policymakers determine the ambit of press and public access to those proceedings.[12]
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