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Caitlin Ryan is a clinical social worker who is considered a pioneer in research related to LGBTQ health and mental health.
Ryan is the director of the Family Acceptance Project® , “a research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for LGBTQ children and youth” based out of the Marian Wright Edelman Institute at San Francisco State University.
Ryan has been called “an LGBT family whisperer.... evidence-based family intervention model has turned the world of LGBT healthcare on its head. It embraces not only disapproving families, but also cultures and faith traditions that are inhospitable to LGBT kids. Overcoming these rifts is crucial to the physical and mental health of LGBT youth, and it can be done, Ryan argues, without asking the family to disregard their religious or cultural values.“