The Alliance for GLBTQ Youth – Mark Houston, LCSW and Pauline Green, Esq

Episode 30
Guests: Mark Houston, LCSW & Pauline Green, Esq.
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Mark Houston, LCSW and Pauline Green, Esq., of The Alliance for GLBTQ Youth in Miami, share their organization's comprehensive work supporting LGBTQ youth in Miami-Dade County through clinical services, care coordination, community education, and policy advocacy. They discuss the intersecting challenges facing LGBTQ youth — including homelessness, safety, homophobia, transphobia, and racism — and how The Alliance builds affirming, youth-led community rooted in resilience. The conversation also addresses the harm caused by practitioners who fail to challenge heterosexism and cisgenderism in their work.

In this episode:

• The Alliance's work with LGBTQ youth — clinical services, care coordination, education, and policy change
• Key issues facing LGBTQ youth including safety, homelessness, and intersecting forms of oppression
• How The Alliance builds affirming, youth-led community grounded in resilience
• The harm done by social workers and clinicians who fail to challenge heterosexism and cisgenderism

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