Laura, a school counselor, called the National Human Trafficking Hotline because she was concerned that one of her middle school students, Alyssa, was engaging in commercial sex.
Based on interviews with 283 youth in New York City, this is the first study to focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) youth; young men who have sex with men
Covenant House New York and Fordham University's Applied Developmental Psychology Department developed a scientifically validated screening tool to identfy trafficked youth.