While the “It Gets Better” project was founded ten years ago, we are still waiting for the climate and acceptance for LGBTQA+ youth to better in Idaho and across the country.   This talk will provide research, best practices, and antidotal information on the lives and experiences of LGBTQA+ youth in the K-12 system and how we can help better our world for those youth.  
 
Julia Keleher, M.S. (she/her/hers) is the Director of the LGBTQA Office at the University of Idaho. Over the past eleven years, she has dedicated her professional and personal life for the inclusion of LGBTQA+ people in higher education. Originally, from northwestern Iowa, Keleher has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Iowa State University and Master degrees in Gender and Women’s Studies and Educational Leadership from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Keleher is a second-year doctoral student in Education at the University of Idaho.

Go to http://www.uidaho.edu/lgbtqa to learn more about the University of Idaho's LGBTQA Office and staff members.