Sécurité et non-discrimination

  • All participants in the juvenile justice system should treat you without discrimination based on your sexual orientation, gender identity and HIV status. This includes the prosecutor, your attorney, the probation department and the agency serving youth in state custody.

This means

  • You have the right to safe and appropriate placements free from discrimination or harassment based on your actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
  • If you have an attorney, your attorney should be educated on representing LGBTQ youth.
  • You have the right to be open about your sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
  • You have the right to be identified by your chosen name and pronouns and to wear clothing consistent with your gender identity.
  • Vous avez droit à une protection contre les abus physiques, émotionnels ou sexuels de la part d’autres jeunes ou du personnel de l’établissement.
  • A facility’s response to harassment or violence against you cannot be to move you to a more restrictive facility or to isolate you.
  • You cannot be segregated or classified as a sex offender based on myths that LGBTQ youth prey on other youth.

Égalité de traitement et de services

  • You have the right to equal treatment and to access appropriate services while in the juvenile justice system.

This means

  • You must have access to appropriate medical or mental health care, both for general services and for any medical services that may be unique to you as an LGBTQ youth.
  • Les soins médicaux ne doivent pas être conditionnés à un bon comportement ni refusés à titre de punition.
  • Vous ne devriez pas être contraint de subir des services inappropriés ou peu recommandables qui nuisent à votre bien-être, tels que des thérapies réparatrices ou de conversion.
  • You may not be disciplined for engaging in age-appropriate romantic or sexual conduct that would not be punished between two different-sex youth.
  • You have the right to be free from religious indoctrination by facility staff that condemns or disparages your sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.