Foster Care Repeats Rejection for LGBTQ+ Texans
State services should build community—and acceptance—for teens otherwise vulnerable to exploitation, homelessness, and isolation.
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Adam McCormick is a professor of social work at St. Edward’s University in Austin who has dedicated his career to exploring the intersections of trauma and resilience. He’s the author of LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care: Empowering Approaches to an Inclusive System of Care and the forthcoming book, Healing the Helper’s Childhood Trauma: The Unfinished Business of Childhood.
State services should build community—and acceptance—for teens otherwise vulnerable to exploitation, homelessness, and isolation.