Covid: LGBT teenagers 'isolated and lonely' in pandemic
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Schools and families can do more to tackle young LGBT people's loneliness during the pandemic, a charity says.
A survey of more than 1,100 young LGBT people by Just Like Us suggested a higher proportion from Wales felt lonely than anywhere else in the UK.
LGBT teenagers who were black, eligible for free school meals and/or have a disability were the worst hit.
Chief Executive Dominic Arnall, said teenagers needed a "positive message of acceptance" from authority figures.
The Welsh government said schools were given guidance which recognised that "some young people are more likely to require more support for their wellbeing, including those from the LGBT community".
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@bc22
I don't see how this is an LGBT issue, rather than a human issue.
Excluding the few cities, Welsh communities are quite isolated.
Scotland also has a lot of isolated areas, which are lonelier than the Welsh valleys, because fewer people live there and are further apart.
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@raphjd LGBT - the new clickbait keyword. You may be right, it got me.
People, including kids, are lonely even without a pandemic.
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Who isn't lonely these days?
