One in five LGBT high school students experience hunger because of food insecurity

More youth of color experience hunger than their white peers A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds 20% of LGBT high school students—an estimated 371,000 youth—experienced hunger last month because there was not enough food at home. Among older youth ages 18-24, 14%—an estimated 703,000 LGBT people—reported not having enough to eat in the past week. Researchers analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior...