The Price of Sunshine: Open Dependency Courts and Their Risks to LGBTQ Child Abuse and Neglect Victims

Authors

William Wesley Patton, Whittier Law School and UCLA David Geffen School of MedicineFollow

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.

Recommended Citation

Patton, William Wesley (2013) "The Price of Sunshine: Open Dependency Courts and Their Risks to LGBTQ Child Abuse and Neglect Victims," Journal of Hate Studies: Vol. 11, Article 8.
DOI: 10.33972/jhs.95
Available at: https://repository.gonzaga.edu/jhs/vol11/iss1/8

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