Invisible No More: Black Gay Men Over 50 Are Fdg The Silver Lg — The Reckong

Contents:

• 'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
• YOUNG, BLACK, GAY AND HOMELS, TYRON JACKSON ED TO THK HE DIDN’T MATTER. NOW HIS WORK SPEAKS FOR SELF
• INVISIBLE NO MORE: BLACK GAY MEN OVER 50 ARE FDG THE SILVER LG
• WHEN I WAS HOMELS, I SOLD MY BODY GAY SNAS TO SURVIVE
• REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON LIV OF HOMELS GAY YOUTH

'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'

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).

YOUNG, BLACK, GAY AND HOMELS, TYRON JACKSON ED TO THK HE DIDN’T MATTER. NOW HIS WORK SPEAKS FOR SELF

Unlike other eply entrenched social problems such as racism, homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia, homelsns has a ncrete, evince-based solutn: hog.

INVISIBLE NO MORE: BLACK GAY MEN OVER 50 ARE FDG THE SILVER LG

The Trevor Project is the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, & qutng (LGBTQ) young people.

Servg our youth 2015: The needs and experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng youth experiencg homelsns.

WHEN I WAS HOMELS, I SOLD MY BODY GAY SNAS TO SURVIVE

Servg our youth: Fdgs om a natnal survey of service provirs workg wh lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth who are homels or at risk of beg homels. Journal of Gay & Lbian Social Servic, 29(2), 182-200. No Past nor Current Hog Instabily n = 24, 874 (%)Past Hog Instabilyn = 9, 666 (%) Currently Homelsn = 219 (%)Race / EthnicyAI/AN328 (1)244 (3)14 (7)AAPI1, 605 (7)297 (3)3 (1)Black1, 235 (5)469 (5)18 (8)Latx3, 550 (15)1, 304 (14)23 (11)Multiracial3, 855 (16)2, 078 (22)49 (24)Whe13, 430 (56)4, 850 (52)99 (48)Sexual IntyStraight / Heterosexual273 (1)92 (1)4 (2)Gay or Lbian7, 172 (29)2, 517 (26)42 (19)Bisexual9, 402 (38)3, 123 (32)77(36)Queer2, 966 (12)1, 237 (13)25 (12)Pansexual4, 000 (16)2, 335 (24)62 (29)Qutng886 (4)303(3)6 (3)Genr IntyCisgenr boy3, 500 (14)1, 025 (11)21 (10)Cisgenr girl10, 161 (41)2, 973 (31)63 (30)Transgenr girl571 (2)339(4)13 (6)Transgenr boy2, 112 (9)1, 331 (14)36 (17)Nonbary5, 737 (23)3, 028 (32)65 (31)Genr Qutng 2, 429 (10)769(8)14 (7)Cens RegnNortheast4, 073 (16)1, 312 (14)27 (12)South8, 732 (35)3, 517 (36)72 (33)Midwt5, 709 (23)2, 258 (23)40 (18)Wt6, 360 (26)2, 579 (27)80 (36)Age13 – 1814, 716 (59)4, 882 (50)73 (33)18 – 2410, 158 (41)4, 784 (49)146 (67).

Multihyphenate filmmaker Elegance Bratton said his latt project, “The Inspectn, ” about a gay homels Black man who jos the Mar, hs pecially close to home after he was kicked out as a teenager for beg gay and spent a livg on the streets. The film, which is loosely based on Bratton’s life, foc on the challeng the ma character, Ellis French, experienc as a young gay Black man durg the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” era.

REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON LIV OF HOMELS GAY YOUTH

The policy, which was effect between 1994 and 2011, banned gay and lbian service members om servg openly the armed forc.