Joy Kitchell News Today

Join Joy Kitchell of Parent Child Abuse Vermont for a free Lamoille Family Center workshop on Wednesday, May 17, from 6-8 p.m. via Zoom.

Join Joy Kitchell of Prevention Child Abuse Vermont for an interactive training on the basics of sexuality and trends relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual youth.

Tthe 2019 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 27 percent of Vermont high schoolers who responded have either sent or received a sext — a sexually explicit message or image — in the past 30 days. “That’s really significant,” Marcie Hambrick of Prevent Child Abuse Vermont said. “Students of color and students who identify as LGBT have even higher rates.”