CONCRETE STRATEGIES FOR SENSITIZING YOUTH-SERVING AGENCIES TO THE NEEDS OF GAY, LESBIAN, AND OTHER SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTHS

In the past few years, several authors have detailed the needs of gay and lesbian youths and the obstacles youth-serving agencies face in ad dressing their needs. How administrators and practitioners can make ch anges in agencies that are not adequately serving sexual minority yout hs has been unclear. This article uses the experiences of two youth-se rving agencies to offer recommendations on agency philosophies concern ing the social realities of sexual minority youths and on several ways of creating a safe, welcoming, and productive environment.