Gay and homels: In pla sight, a largely hidn populatn
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- GAY AND HOMELS: IN PLA SIGHT, A LARGELY HIDN POPULATN
- PHOTOS: GAY AND HOMELS VIEW SLISHOW THE FIRST THG JONATHAN DO WHEN HE WAK UP ON THE STREET IS REACH FOR A MARIJUANA PIPE. “YOU SEE THOSE HO ON THE HILL?” HE SAID, “I’M A HAVE ONE OF THOSE ONE DAY.” (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) JONATHAN, 21, GETS DRSED AFTER SHOWERG AT THE JEFF GRIFFH YOUTH CENTER, A HOLLYWOOD DROP- CENTER OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER. HE SAID HE HAD MORE THAN 20 PLACEMENTS BETWEEN THE TIME HE WAS REMOVED OM HIS PARENTS’ HOME AT 5 AND AGED OUT OF THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM AT 18. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) OUTREACH SPECIALIST JUAN ALTAMIRANO, LEFT, AND HEALTH TOR BILLY GARCIA DRIVE THROUGH HOLLYWOOD SEARCH OF HOMELS GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) A HOMELS YOUTH WALKS THROUGH THE CLOTHG CLOSET AT THE JEFF GRIFFH YOUTH CENTER, A HOLLYWOOD DROP- CENTER OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER. THE FACILY ALSO OFFERS MEALS, UNSELG, JOB HUNTG ASSISTANCE, AND TRAG FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TT. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) HOMELS YOUTHS E PUTERS AT THE JEFF GRIFFH YOUTH CENTER, A HOLLYWOOD DROP- CENTER OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) CHRISTOPHER, 22, STRAIGHTENS UP HIS APARTMENT HOLLYWOOD. HOMELS FOR TWO YEARS, HE IS NOW HAS A JOB DISPENSG YOGURT AND A HOME OF HIS OWN. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) CHRISTOPHER PASS TIME READG BETWEEN SERVG CTOMERS AT A PKBERRY HOLLYWOOD. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) 1/7SHOW SLI INFORMATN PHOTOS: GAY AND HOMELS
- YOUNG, GAY AND HOMELS L.A. COUNTY
GAY AND HOMELS: IN PLA SIGHT, A LARGELY HIDN POPULATN
Ramsey had his phone open to Grdr, a datg app popular wh gay men, and a stream of them were gettg touch — most of whom were shirtls. Nearly 36% said they were gay or lbian. Fdg support n be difficult, pecially sce the experienc of lbians, gay men, bisexual and transgenr dividuals and queer people are different and each group has specific 2019, three-out-of-five young people experiencg homelsns beme that way for the first time, acrdg to LAHSA.
1 - May 15, 2021, there was a nearly 18% crease bias reported agast gay men, lbians, bisexual or transgenr dividuals the cy of Los Angel, pared wh the same perd last year. Bias agast gay men specifilly jumped 45% durg that same time perd.
But the once-actured relatnship also unrsr a generatnal divi about perceptns of LGBTQ+ people that are hard to overe, and leave many young people unhoed each year wh limed available we leave the hoe, Ramsey chuckl, acknowledgg that his grandfather is set his ways and nothg would probably change his md about feelg that beg gay is wrong. ” Every year, hundreds of gay youths end up alone on the streets of Los Angel County, where they make up a disproportnate share of the at least 4, 200 people unr 25 who are homels on any given day.
PHOTOS: GAY AND HOMELS VIEW SLISHOW THE FIRST THG JONATHAN DO WHEN HE WAK UP ON THE STREET IS REACH FOR A MARIJUANA PIPE. “YOU SEE THOSE HO ON THE HILL?” HE SAID, “I’M A HAVE ONE OF THOSE ONE DAY.” (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) JONATHAN, 21, GETS DRSED AFTER SHOWERG AT THE JEFF GRIFFH YOUTH CENTER, A HOLLYWOOD DROP- CENTER OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER. HE SAID HE HAD MORE THAN 20 PLACEMENTS BETWEEN THE TIME HE WAS REMOVED OM HIS PARENTS’ HOME AT 5 AND AGED OUT OF THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM AT 18. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) OUTREACH SPECIALIST JUAN ALTAMIRANO, LEFT, AND HEALTH TOR BILLY GARCIA DRIVE THROUGH HOLLYWOOD SEARCH OF HOMELS GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) A HOMELS YOUTH WALKS THROUGH THE CLOTHG CLOSET AT THE JEFF GRIFFH YOUTH CENTER, A HOLLYWOOD DROP- CENTER OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER. THE FACILY ALSO OFFERS MEALS, UNSELG, JOB HUNTG ASSISTANCE, AND TRAG FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TT. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) HOMELS YOUTHS E PUTERS AT THE JEFF GRIFFH YOUTH CENTER, A HOLLYWOOD DROP- CENTER OPERATED BY THE LOS ANGEL GAY AND LBIAN CENTER. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) CHRISTOPHER, 22, STRAIGHTENS UP HIS APARTMENT HOLLYWOOD. HOMELS FOR TWO YEARS, HE IS NOW HAS A JOB DISPENSG YOGURT AND A HOME OF HIS OWN. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) CHRISTOPHER PASS TIME READG BETWEEN SERVG CTOMERS AT A PKBERRY HOLLYWOOD. (CHRISTA HOE / FOR THE TIM) 1/7SHOW SLI INFORMATN PHOTOS: GAY AND HOMELS
PHOTO GALLERY: On the streets of Hollywood wh AJ and Alex A recent study found that 40% of the homels youths Hollywood, a gatherg spot for the young people, intify themselv as gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure of their sexual orientatn. In recent weeks, a Tim reporter and a photographer spent time wh several gay homels men their early 20s. *** Gay and transgenr youths bee homels for the same reasons as others their age.
*** AJ was jt 16 when his Vietname immigrant father told him to get out of his hoe, unable to accept his admissn that he was gay. Gay and Lbian Center.
*** For some gay youths alienated om their fai, the foster re system provis sanctuary. Gay and Lbian Center’s associate director for children, youth and fay servic, they bounce between foster parents and group hom until they turn 18. “I ed to hate gay people bee of what happened to me, ” he said.
YOUNG, GAY AND HOMELS L.A. COUNTY
Gay and Lbian Center is one of several Hollywood anizatns that assist homels youths.
” (Christa Hoe / For The Tim) Jonathan, 21, gets drsed after showerg at the Jeff Griffh Youth Center, a Hollywood drop- center operated by the Los Angel Gay and Lbian Center. (Christa Hoe / For The Tim) Outreach specialist Juan Altamirano, left, and health tor Billy Garcia drive through Hollywood search of homels gay and transgenr youth. (Christa Hoe / For The Tim) A homels youth walks through the clothg closet at the Jeff Griffh Youth Center, a Hollywood drop- center operated by the Los Angel Gay and Lbian Center.