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My name’s Sophia and I’m a Care Leaver. When I first went into the foster care system, I looked for advice videos online to help me navigate my situation, but there were none. This is why I decided to start making these videos and create my own channel on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nHappy June & Happy Pride month everyone! I am back with another foster care vlog, and his time I\u2019m talking about a topic super close to my heart. By posting this, I realise I am outing myself on the internet (which is super scary), but I think this is as good as time as any to do it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As promised, below are all of the resources (and more) that I talk about in the video. I really hope you found this video informative and that this can help start more of a conversation around the topic of young people in foster care who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a great rest of Pride month – and don’t forget to Subscribe<\/a>!
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\nFoster Cares<\/a>
\nBecome article – \u201cWhen will we see change?\u201d: Improving the experiences of LGBT+ young people in care<\/a>
\nSpeakout Project<\/a>
\nLGBT Youth in Care<\/a>
\nSupporting LGBT Youth in Care<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the author
\nSophia is a radio presenter, vlogger, Uni of Oxford graduate and foster care advocate.
\nFind out more here; Youtube<\/a>   Twitter<\/a>   Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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