Rising Need, Falling Finances: Layoffs Hit LGBTQ Student Support Groups Hard

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Rising Need, Falling Finances: Layoffs Hit LGBTQ Student Support Groups Hard

Organizations supporting LGBTQ students and their teachers in schools saw increases in both their workloads and donations after President Donald Trump’s first election and the recent avalanche of anti-LGBTQ bills moving through state legislatures. Since Trump’s second election, however, there has been a tectonic shift in the landscape.  LGBTQ advocacy groups, including the top youth-serving organizations, say they have seen their funding decline…