LGBTQ+ 18 to 25-year-olds have the chance to be part of vital independent research from Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity.

LGBTQ+ young people need support this winter as many face going home to unaccepting families and dread the return to school in January, say Just Like Us.

By Katherine BotterillAt the end of 2020, my housemate sent me a link to Just Like Us’ website saying they needed LGBTQ+ 18 to 25 year olds to volunteer on their Ambassador Programme.  I was hesitant at first, having just started my second year of university, a pandemic was going on outside, and I had always been terribly anxious about pu...

The majority (55%) of teachers in England have at least one pupil who has come out as transgender and 78% say they would like more help with how to support them, new independent research by charity Just Like Us has found.Nine in 10 (87%) secondary school teachers and one in four (23%) primary school teachers have at least one pupil who has come out...

A London primary school teacher and students who formed a Pride Group in their Essex secondary school are both winners of Just Like Us’ 2021 Role Model Awards, after paving the way for LGBTQ+ inclusion in their schools.The awards follow independent research by Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people's charity, that found LGBTQ+ school pupils are...

Just Like Us is a UK-based charity working to equip children with the LGBTQ+ representation and tools to champion equality that many LGBTQ+ people previously have never had growing up. It was founded on the simple fact that growing up LGBTQ+ can be incredibly tough, and that something needs to be done about this. George Wright from myGwork spo...

One in five (17%) teachers in the UK say they’re uncomfortable discussing LGBTQ+ topics with their pupils, new independent research by charity Just Like Us has found – 18 years since Section 28 was repealed in England and Wales. Only a third (29%) of teachers are ‘completely comfortable’ talking about lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans topics in the...

To celebrate UK Black Pride, two young lesbians and a young trans man have created a video on what it means to be LGBTQ+ and a person of colour.Pippa, Amy and Isaac open up about being LGBTQ+ people of colour and what ‘Love and Rage’ – UK Black Pride’s theme for 2021 – means to them.Pippa Sterk, a lesbian and Just Like Us ambassador, says: “When I...

Thousands of schools across the UK have begun celebrating LGBT+ equality with their pupils this School Diversity Week, organised by charity Just Like Us, to make education more inclusive.School Diversity Week, the annual celebration of LGBT+ equality in education run by Just Like Us, runs 21-25 June and provides schools with free resources, includi...

A third (31%) of pansexual young people are experiencing daily tension at home, such as arguments with family, according to new independent research released on Pansexual Visibility Day by charity Just Like Us. This is significantly higher than LGBT+ young people generally (25%) and non-LGBT+ young people (15%).The majority (67%) of panse...

LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) pupils are far less likely to feel safe at school than their peers, new independent research by charity Just Like Us has found.Only 58% of LGBTQ+ young people have felt safe at school on a daily basis in the past 12 months, compared to 73% of non-LGBTQ+ pupils. The independent study of 2,934 pupils age...

Young lesbians are the most likely in the LGBT+ community to experience tension at home, according to a new independent study.The study surveyed 2,934 secondary school pupils across 375 schools and colleges from December 2020 to January 2021.The study was conducted by Just Like Us, the charity for LGBT+ youth, as part of a larger report into inclus...

Transgender young people are the least likely to feel optimistic about the future, according to new independent research by Just Like Us, the LGBT + young people's charity.14% of transgender young people have “never” felt optimistic about the future in the past 12 months, compared to 10% of gay boys, 10% of bisexual young people and 6% of young les...

Almost all young people (84%) say they would support a friend if they came out as transgender and more than half say they already have a friend who is trans (57%), according to a new independent survey of almost 3,000 secondary school pupils.The majority of secondary school pupils are supportive of trans people and over half (54%) say they know som...

LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) young people in the North East are the loneliest in England, according to new research by charity Just Like Us.Over half (57%) of LGBT+ young people in the North East report feeling lonely and separated from the people they’re closest to on a daily basis since the pandemic began – more than anywhere el...

Lesbians are more likely than all other young people under the LGBT+ umbrella to report feeling lonely and separated from the people they are closest to on a daily basis since the pandemic began. Almost 9 in 10 (87%) young lesbians have felt lonely and separated from the people they’re closest to, including 6 in 10 (60%) who have felt this daily. T...

Black LGBT+ young people’s mental health has been severely impacted by the pandemic, a new survey of almost 3,000 secondary school pupils by charity Just Like Us has revealed.Startling, young LGBT+ people have been found to be twice as likely to be worried about their mental health during the pandemic compared non-LGBT+ peers, but young Black LGBT+...

LGBT+ Charity Just Like Us, which focuses on helping young LGBT+ people see the representation they need, is set to launch a new campaign during December called #YoungerMe, which seeks to bring attention to the difficulties LGBT+ people face growing up, and the support that is needed particularly in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. During Dece...