LGBQT youth have long been invisible within the foster care system, evident by the lack of data presented on the underserved and over-represented group. However, a groundbreaking study, "Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Los Angeles County Foster Care: Assessing Disproportionality and Disparities," has finally emerged, and it tracks the sexual orientation and gender identity youth in Los Angeles' foster care system, and it exposes their needs.
