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Contents:
- WHEN I WAS HOMELS, I SOLD MY BODY GAY SNAS TO SURVIVE
- GAY AND HOMELS: IN PLA SIGHT, A LARGELY HIDN POPULATN
- REALLY DIRTY PHOTOS OF ADAM SCHIFF GAY DG DEN ALLEGEDLY SURFACE
- GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS
- A DAY THE LIFE OF A GAY TORONTO STREET KID
WHEN I WAS HOMELS, I SOLD MY BODY GAY SNAS TO SURVIVE
Denholm Spurr on how he beme homels after g out to his parents and rorted to sex work gay snas to stay off the streets. * gay homeless *
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.
GAY AND HOMELS: IN PLA SIGHT, A LARGELY HIDN POPULATN
Gay and homels: In pla sight, a largely hidn populatn * gay homeless *
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).
REALLY DIRTY PHOTOS OF ADAM SCHIFF GAY DG DEN ALLEGEDLY SURFACE
Unlike other eply entrenched social problems such as racism, homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia, homelsns has a ncrete, evince-based solutn: hog. The Trevor Project is the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, & qutng (LGBTQ) young people.
GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS
Servg our youth 2015: The needs and experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng youth experiencg homelsns.
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.
A DAY THE LIFE OF A GAY TORONTO STREET KID
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). ” 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. 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.