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GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS

Rearch has shown that those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng (LGBTQ+) have a 120% higher risk of experiencg some form of homelsns. Lbian and gay men also reported higher levels of timate partner vlence and sexual vlence when pared to heterosexual relatnships.

What You Need To KnowRearch has shown that those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng (LGBTQ+) have a 120% higher risk of experiencg some form of who intify as LGBTQ+ disproportnately experience homelsns. 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).

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Gay and Transgenr Youth Homelsns by the Numbers - Center for Amerin Progrs .

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