Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer/qutng (LGBTQ) youth are 120% more likely to be homels than cisgenr and heterosexual youth, yet current feral polici are sufficient and...
Contents:
- GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR YOUTH: AN EPIMIC OF HOMELSNS
- REPORT: GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH DISPROPORTNATELY HOMELS
GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS
* gay and transgender youth homelessness by the numbers *
Report: On the Streets: The Feral Rponse to Gay and Transgenr Homels Youth. 8 ln homels young people the Uned Stat, and timat suggt that disproportnate numbers of those youth are gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr. The vulnerable gay and transgenr youth often n away om home bee of fay nflict and then face overt discrimatn when seekg alternative hog, which is pound by stutnalized discrimatn ferally fund programs.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR YOUTH: AN EPIMIC OF HOMELSNS
Of the timated 1.6 ln homels Amerin youth, between 20 and 40 percent are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT). Homels LGBT youth are at risk not only on the streets, but the shelter system as well. * gay and transgender youth homelessness by the numbers *
The feral ernment has the power to rce and eventually elimate rat of gay and transgenr youth homelsns while addrsg youth homelsns overall. They should jo wh feral agenci and uple wh an expansn of equal rights and protectns to all gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people.
An alarmg number of gay and transgenr young people are homels.
20 to 40 percent: The portn of the homels youth populatn who are gay or transgenr, pared to only 5 to 10 percent of the overall youth populatn. 320, 000 to 400, 000: A nservative timate of the number of gay and transgenr youth facg homelsns each year. 4: The average age that lbian and gay youth New York bee homels.
REPORT: GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH DISPROPORTNATELY HOMELS
Gay and transgenr youth are disproportnately homels pared to youth general, a June report released by the Center for Amerin Progrs fds. Further, once homels, the youth face creased stanc of physil and sexual exploatn. The report synthiz current rearch on homels youth while highlightg rearch on those who are transgenr or gay. In addn, the report provis personal acunts om transgenr and gay youth who have experienced homelsns. * gay and transgender youth homelessness by the numbers *
Homels gay and transgenr youth see higher rat of abe and victimizatn.
58 percent: The portn of homels gay and transgenr youth who have been sexually asslted, pared to 33 percent of homels heterosexual youth. 44 percent: The portn of homels gay and transgenr youth who reported beg asked by someone on the street to exchange sex for money, food, dgs, shelter, or cloth, pared to 26 percent of straight homels youth. 13: The average age gay and lbian youth now e out after self-intifyg as gay or lbian as young as ag 5 to 7.
62 percent: The portn of homels gay and transgenr youth who experience discrimatn om their fai, pared to 30 percent of their heterosexual peers. 42 percent: The portn of homels gay and transgenr youth who abe alhol, pared to 27 percent of heterosexual youth. 62 percent: The portn of homels gay and transgenr youth who attempt suici, pared to 29 percent of their heterosexual homels peers.