In this Special Issue:
 
-A Note on Terminology
 
-From the Editor: Gay and No Place to Go, Redux
 
-Special Foreword: It is Time to Start Counting Kids Who are LGBTQ in Child Welfare
Tracey Feild
 
-Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative: Experiences and Outcomes of Youth who are LGBTQ
Jeffrey M. Poirier, Sandy Wilkie, Kristin Sepulveda and Tania Uruchima
 
-Creating Safer Spaces for Youth who are LGBTQ in Broward County, Florida: Collecting SOGIE Data for Life-Coaching Services
Marissa L. Greif-Hackett and Sue Gallagher
 
-Strengthening Family Connections and Support for Youth in Foster Care who Identify as LGBTQ: Findings from the PII-RISE Evaluation
Jaymie Lorthridge, Marneena Evans, Leanne Heaton, Andrea Stevens and Lisa Phillips
 
-Gender Diversity and Child Welfare Research: Empirical Report and Implications of the Los Angeles County Foster Youth Study
Soon Kyu Choi and Bianca D. M. Wilson
 
-‘Because We’re Fighting to Be Ourselves’: Voices from Former Foster Youth who are Transgender and Gender Expansive
Sarah Mountz, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas and Elizabeth Pourciau
 
-Queering the Question: Using Survey Marginalia to Capture Gender Fluidity in Housing and Child Welfare
Amy Castro Baker, Kel Kroehle, Henisha Patel and Carrie Jacobs

Child Welfare Journal, Vol. 96 #1, 2017 Special Issue: Sexual Orientation (1 of 2)