Article | Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer experienc of homelsns and inty: secury and home(o)normativy | Universy of Stirlg

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• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER EXPERIENC OF HOMELSNS AND INTY: SECURY AND HOME(O)NORMATIVY
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER EXPERIENC OF HOMELSNS AND INTY: SECURY AND HOME(O)NORMATIVY

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER EXPERIENC OF HOMELSNS AND INTY: SECURY AND HOME(O)NORMATIVY

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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER EXPERIENC OF HOMELSNS AND INTY: SECURY AND HOME(O)NORMATIVY

CatnMatthews P, Poyner C & Kjellgren R (2019) Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer experienc of homelsns and inty: secury and home(o)normativy.

AbstractHomelsns among the young lbian, gay, bisexual and trans* (LGBT+) populatn is beg an creasg societal ncern, wh alarmist reportg of high rat of homelsns pared to heterosexual people. As a rult, rather than unrstandg our participants as passive victims of a homophobic or transphobic society, we foc on their agency velopg a queer inty alongsi their experienc of secure acmodatn. There were also perceptns that relig anisatns were more likely to be homophobic or biphobicTrans and non-bary young people faced addnal barriers to accsg shelters and acmodatnTrans young people faced prejudice om service ers and felt that staff were not always equipped to rpond.

While the challeng of intifyg and ntactg youth experiencg homelsns make difficult to tablish the exact prevalence of LGBTQ youth homelsns, is timated that lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth make up 7-9% of the general populatn (Wilson, Cooper, Kastanis, & Nezhad, 2014) but 29% of youth experiencg homelsns (Choi et al., 2015).

1 It is important to note that due to a failure to llect nuanced sexual orientatn and genr inty data many large-sle surveys, much of the prev rearch on LGBTQ youth actually only vers those who are lbian, gay, or bisexual.

In this report, fdgs that only apply to lbian, gay, or bisexual youth will be noted wh the acronym LGB and fdgs which apply to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, or qutng youth will be noted wh acronym LGBTQ. 46) pared to gay/lbian youth. However, rearch om the Fay Acceptance Project shows that many parents reject their child’s LGBTQ inty bee they fear the homophobia and transphobia their child may experience society (Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn, 2014).